Jason Maus

Bio

Jason Maus is in his first season as the director of track and field and cross country at Ohio Northern in 2026-27.

Maus was the head track and field head coach for 16 seasons and is in his 17th season as head men's and women's cross country coach.

Maus is ONU's all-time winningest coach for men's outdoor track and field coach, with a 641-182-3 overall record to date for a winning percentage of .788. Additionally, he holds the record for men's indoor track and field, boasting a 743-171 record for a winning percentage of .813. He is also ONU's all-time winningest coach for women's indoor track and field (649-185-1, .778) and women's outdoor track and field (620-194-3, .749). His men's and women's indoor and outdoor teams are a combined 2,653-732-7 for a winning percentage of .783. 

With Maus at the helm for the last 17 seasons, his program has achieved 16 individual National Championship titles, 91 NCAA All-Americans, and 381 OAC Champions. Maus has led the men's program to three indoor conference championship titles and the women's program to five outdoor titles and one indoor title. His staff has received OAC Men’s Track and Field Coaching Staff of the Year honors eight times and Women’s Coaching Track and Field Staff of the Year honors eleven times. Maus has been named the USTFCCCA Great Lakes Women’s Track and Field Head Coach of the Year four times and the USTFCCCA Great Lakes Men’s Track and Field Assistant Coach of the Year two times. 

His notable coaching accomplishments include coaching Emily Richards to nine national titles, including five in the 800m and four in the 1500m. Richards is the NCAA DIII record-holder at 800m and was also led by Maus to an eighth-place finish in the 800m run at the 2017 USA Championships and to the 2021 U.S Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. To begin his very successful career coaching the 800m, Maus led James O’Brien to 3 National titles in the half-mile during the 2007-2009 seasons. 

Maus is ONU's all-time winningest coach for men's cross country, with a 1,689-446 overall record to date, for a winning percentage of .791. He is also ONU's all-time winningest coach for women's cross country, with a record of 1,484-543 (.732). He boasts a combined cross-country program record of 3,173-989 (.762). Maus has led the men's program to four cross-country conference championship titles and the women's program to four cross-country conference championship titles. Maus was part of the OAC Women's Cross Country Coaching Staff of the Year seven times and Men's Cross 1 Country Coaching Staff of the Year six times. 

His notable cross-country coaching accomplishments include coaching Alison (Steinbrunner) Kwiat to an NCAA Runner - up finish in 2012. She is a three-time All-American in cross country and won two Great Lakes Regional titles, and is the only woman to win all four OAC Championships races in cross country. On the men’s side, Ian McVey earned three All-American honors and won two Great Lakes Regional Championships, two OAC Championships, and finished fifth at the 2018 NCAA Championships. 

Maus has also previously served as the Division III President of the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for two seasons in 2017 and 2018. 

Maus came to Ohio Northern from Heidelberg, where he was a three-time Academic All-American in cross country and track and field. He was also a five-time OAC Champion in track and field, a three-time All-OAC honoree in cross country, and the Clyde Lamb award winner in 2002. He received his bachelor's degree from Heidelberg in 2002 and his master's degree from Bowling Green State University in 2005. He served as an assistant cross country and track and field coach at ONU from 2002-08, where he coached the distance runners and was the recruiting coordinator, before taking over the program in 2008.

Cross Country under Maus

Track & Field under Maus