Brian Renshaw
Head Coach

Brian Renshaw enters his 16th season as the head coach of the cross country and track & field programs at Park.

In that time, Renshaw has sustained Park’s reputation as a perennial contender in running sports since the early 1980s. Under Renshaw, Park’s teams have placed high at the conference and regional levels and have regularly received top-20 national rankings from the NAIA. Along the way, the Pirates have broken more than 100 school records in Renshaw’s term as head coach.

Before coaching at Park, Renshaw coached at Tarkio College where he also directed a winning program. In four years at Tarkio, Renshaw won four consecutive conference titles. Renshaw has coached more than 100 All-Americans. His peers have recognized him by voting him conference, district, or regional coach of the year 25 times.

Renshaw is a graduate of Baker University and lives in Platte City, Mo., with his wife Candi.


Ron Pearl
Assistant Coach 

Ron Pearl enters the third year of his second stint as an assistant coach with the track & field and cross country programs at Park University. Pearl previously served as an assistant at Park in the early 1980s.

A 1982 graduate of Park in economics and business administration, Pearl qualified for the 1980 indoor nationals semifinals in the 60-yard dash. In addition to his track & field career, he had a short playing career with the Ottawa Roughriders of the Canadian Football League.

Pearl resides in Parkville, Mo., and works as a customer service agent for Continental Airlines.