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Chad Clevenger serves as the for Head Coach Men's and Women's Cross Country and Track and Field programs. Clevenger is in his tenth year at Highland where he over saw the Men's Cross Country and Men's Track and Field programs for six years, before serving as the Head Coach for both Men's and Women's Cross Country and as an assistant Track and Field coach for the next two years. He took over the head coaching position for Track and Field in 2018-19 school year and continues to serve as Head Coach for the Cross Country teams.

He came to Highland in 2010 from his high school alma mater in Ida, Michigan, where he was the head cross country and track coach. He has experience on both the high school and collegiate levels, including Hillsdale College, Kansas sister institution Allen County and Grand Valley State, where he earned his bachelor’s degree. 

Just in the years Clevenger has been at Highland he has seen great performances by many athletes as he guided the women's cross country team to a 20^th place finish at Nationals in 2018. The Top 20 finish is the second highest in HCC history and the team average of 20:26 was good for second best at HCC since the NJCAA DI-II merger. The men's cross country team finished 26^th in the Nation in 2018, while just back in 2016 the men took 15^th place in the Nation.

In the track and field scene Clevenger helped coach several National qualifiers during his tenure including a National Champion in the women's 600 meter run during the 2018-19 Indoor season as Coshan Campbell posted a time of 1:30.13 to win the race. The Highland women finished 10th as a team at the Indoor National meet behind five medalists. Between the men and women Scotties competed in 20+ events at the Indoor National meet and set nine school records during the season. During the Outdoor season Scotties had five National medalists. 

During the 2017-18 season he coached five medalists at Indoor Nationals, while helping the women take 12^th place as a team at Indoors and also helped coach six medalists at the Outdoor Nationals.

Clevenger holds a master’s degree from Concordia College in Ann Arbor and additional graduate hours from Pittsburg State.