Eagles get new cross country coach

According to Cross Country Assistant Coach Charles Pruitt and CSC Sports Information Director Kaleb Center, CSC has hired Luke Karamitros to take over head coaching duties of the Eagles’ cross country team.

According to Adams State University, Karamitros spent the last three seasons as a volunteer assistant cross country and track and field coach with the Grizzlies. Last season he coached alongside former CSC Head Cross Country Coach Brian Medigovich in Medigovich’s first season as an assistant coach with the Grizzlies.

His bio on the ASU Athletics website says while in college he was a two-time NCAA Division II National Cross Country team participant for Southwest Baptist University of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.

While at Southern Baptist he was awarded the SBU Cross Country/Track & Field Leadership award in both 2014 and 2015. In 2014 he received NCAA DII All-Region honors and in 2015 was an All-MIAA honorable mention.

According to ASU, while Karamitros was an assistant coach the Grizzlies earned four national titles. He is described as being “characterized by his high energy and passion to propel athletes to pursue the team objective of achieving both academic and athletic excellence.”

At the age of eight, Karamitros moved to Shenyang, China, and returned to the United State when he was 17. He graduated high school in Atlantic, Iowa. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in sports management from SBU. According to his ASU bio, as of the 2018-2019 season he was pursuing a master of arts degree in applied sports psychology from ASU and was expected to graduate in December of 2019.