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• 2006, '07 and '08 NCAA Division I Men's National Outdoor Track Coach of the Year
• 2005, '06 and '07 NCAA East Region Men's Outdoor Track Coach of the Year
• 2005, '06, '07, `08 and `09 NCAA South Region Men's Indoor Track Coach of the Year
• 2004 and '05 NCAA South Region Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year
• 2006 and '07 NCAA South District Men's Outdoor Track Coach of the Year
• 2005, '06, '07, `08 and `09 ACC Men's Outdoor Track Coach of the Year
• 2005, '06, '07, `08 and `09 ACC Men's Indoor Track Coach of the Year
• 2003 ACC Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year

Now entering his 11th season at the helm of the cross country program at Florida State, head coach Bob Braman has helped turn Tallahassee into one of the top destinations for some of the best distance runners in the world.

At the heart of what has been the resurrection of the program at Florida State. After a 22-year NCAA Championship drought, the men's team has become a pilar of continued excellence. The Seminoles have become a consistent force on the national level as the program is just one of 10 schools in the United States that has qualified for Nationals the last seven seasons in a row.

In the nine seasons prior to his arrival, Florida State did not have a single All-ACC runner, but since then, the Seminoles have earned 35 conference accolades. Six of the nine women's All-Americans, including 2006, '07, '08 and '09 recipient Susan Kuijken, have come under his watch and two-time ACC champion Andrew Lemoncello broke a 24-year dry spell for the men in 2005.

On the track - where he has served as head track & field coach for the past seven seasons - Braman has guided a Florida State program that won two of the last five NCAA Outdoor National Titles and came within seconds of claiming a third title in 2009. During the last five years, Braman has been honored with 26 national, regional, district and conference coach of the year awards.

Braman took over the track & field program when longtime head coach Terry Long retired at the end of the 2003 season. In the three seasons prior to Long's retirement, Braman served as an assistant with a focus on the distance runners.

Braman began his coaching career at South Florida in 1983 as the men's cross country assistant. He was promoted to head coach in 1985 and initiated the women's cross country program in 1987.

When USF began its track program in 1991, Braman assumed head coaching duties for that sport as well. Under Braman's guidance, the men's cross country team won three Conference USA titles (1997, 1998, 2000) while the women's team was the two-time defending conference champion (1998 and 1999). Braman coached both cross country teams to a top 30 NCAA finish in 1999. He also guided the Bulls to their first conference track title, at the Conference USA Women's Indoor Track Championships in 2000.

While at USF, Braman's men's cross country teams also won six-straight conference titles between 1988 and 1993, three in the Sun Belt Conference and three in the Metro Conference. Braman was honored as Coach of the Year 14 times. His men's cross country teams earned national rankings in 10 of his last 12 years, including a No. 5 national ranking in 1991, while the women's teams were ranked four of his last six years.

Braman, 52, is married to the former Debbie Turner and has two sons, Steven and Tyler, who is a redshirt sophomore on this year's team.

He graduated from the University of Florida in 1980 with a bachelor's degree in broadcasting. Braman was the captain of the Gators' cross country team for three seasons and garnered All-SEC honors in cross country (1979 and '80) and indoor track (1979). He was also UF's record holder in the indoor three-mile run.