Shannon Lieder Position: Assistant Coach Experience: 4th Season

After coming off of her fourth season as Fresno State's head coach of the women's cross country team, Shannon Lieder begins her third year as an assistant coach with the track and field staff. Lieder, a former student-athlete at Fresno State from 1989-93, works with the women's distance runners during the track season.

Lieder has been instrumental in directing Fresno State's first-ever three-time WAC Steeplechase Champion and Fresno State record-holder, Kara June. Under Lieder's tutelage, June was Fresno State's lone competitor at the 2003 NCAA Outdoor Championships, earning a wild card entry into the 3000-meter steeplechase as a results of her 10:25.47 time being one of the nation's top marks overall after NCAA Regional qualifying.

Lieder, an All-American in the 800 meters, still holds school records in the 800-meter run (2:07.03) and the 1,500 meter-run (4:24.68). She also ranks ninth on the Fresno State women's all-time 5,000-meter list in cross country. Lieder assisted former coach Red Estes as a cross country manager for two years and she also ran for the Reebok Aggies.

Lieder earned a Masters Degree in Kinesiology and was a member of Strategic Planning Committee in which she worked closely with Fresno State President, Dr. John Welty, regarding Title IX issues.