Bob Thurnhoffer
Bob Thurnhoffer

Position:
Graduate Assistant Coach
Experience:
First season
Alma Mater:
UIC (2004)

After spending the last four years across the city at UIC, Bob Thurnhoffer has joined Loyola's track and field staff as a graduate assistant coach. Thurnhoffer will work with Loyola's jumpers, specifically its long jumpers and triple jumpers.

While at UIC, Thurnhoffer coached Idara Essian to a pair of Horizon League and UIC records in the triple jump while also helping decathlete Terell Williams to a school record in that event, helping his preparation in the horizontal jump and sprint events. In addition, Thurnhoffer is a USA Track & FIeld Level 1 certified coach and he helped his student-athletes to nine Horizon League titles, 21 top-three finishes at the League meet and mentored four athletes that advanced to the NCAA Midwest Regional meet.

As an athlete, Thurnhoffer competed for two years at the College of DuPage, where he earned all-america honors in the triple jump while earning academic all-american status in the classroom. He then made the move to UIC for his final two seasons, where he earned All-Horizon League accolades, and he continued his career after graduation, earning a bronze medal in the triple jump at the 2005 USATF Club Nationals as a member of the Universal Sole Reebok Track club.

He is currently continuing his education as a graduate student in Loyola's philosophy department.