Jonathan Wood is entering his first year as Tabor's Head Cross Country and assistant Track & Field coach. He is coming from Berryville, Arkansas where he served as a head Cross Country and Track & Field for the past three years. During his time at Berryville he coaches 2 athletes in the top 10 at Arkansas Activties Association (AAA) 4A State Championship Meet on the Cross Country side.Â
On the Track side, both men's and women's 4X800 relay teams qualified for the AAA 4A State Track Meet in all the seasons Wood was at the helm of the program, with both teams finishing in the top 10 at this year's State Championship as well. Wood earned his bachelor's degree in health science with minors in philosophy and environmental science in 2020 from the University of the Ozarks in
Clarksville, Ark. While at UofO, Wood competed on the Men's Cross Country and Track &
Field teams. In his first season as an Eagle, Wood was named Runner of the Week for
the American Southwest Conference (ASC) on October 23rd, 2016, and was also named
as the 2016-17 University of the Ozarks Male Cross Country MVP and finished 3rd in the
men's steeplechase at the ASC Track & Field Championship Meet in the spring of that
year. While at the University of the Ozarks, Wood and Aaron Capehart, who was recently
named the Tabor College Head Track & Field Coach, were teammates for two seasons.
After earning his bachelor's degree, Wood pursued a master's degree at Southern
Arkansas University in Magnolia, Ark., and graduated with a master's in Special Education from SAU in 2022.Â
