After twenty years at Pomona, he became head coach for California Lutheran's track team, which had never won a meet.
He brought the team to 98 wins in a row over the next fifteen seasons while competing in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).
[2][3] Under his tenure at California Lutheran, men’s track and field remained a perennial winner in the NAIA.
In 1981, the team won the NAIA District III championship, and the track stars annually competed in national events.
1984 was one of the college’s best years in the national championship: Matt Carney finished sixth in the decathlon and earned an All American honor with 6,269 points.