CASEY KEAR
Volunteer Coach / Point Loma Nazarene (2010)
Casey Kear joined the Huskers as a volunteer assistant coach in 2014-15. Kear works with the Husker distance group under Nebraska Assistant Coach David
Harris. Kear is a USA Track and Field Certified Level 1 Coach.
Kear comes to Nebraska after serving as an assistant coach at Point Loma Nazarene University, where he coached five national qualifiers in distance events in
2013. Before his time at Point Loma Nazarene, Kear was the girl’s 800-meter cross country head coach and assistant track and field coach at San Juan Hills High
School from 2011-13. Kear coached three California Interscholastic Foundation Qualifiers in the 800-meters. He also guided the 25th-ranked girls’ 800-meter
sprint medley in the nation, the 42nd-ranked girls’ 800-meter distance medley and the 23rd-ranked 800-meter runner.
Kear competed in cross country and track at Point Loma Nazarene (2006-2010). In 2008, he was the GSAC (Golden State Athletic Conference) 4x800-meter
relay champion. His success continued in 2010, when the three-time NAIA national qualifier was the GSAC 3000-meter steeplechase champion and an NAIA
Champion of Character Award recipient. His success helped lead Point Loma Nazarene to the 2010 GSAC championship.
Kear earned a bachelor’s degree in biblical studies from Point Loma Nazarene in 2010 and a master’s degree in coaching and athletic administration at
Concordia University in Irvine, Calif., in 2013.
Cross Country Support Staff
Da’Nelle Earl
Brad B