Cliff Cisar

Biography

Cliff Cisar is the Head Cross Country and Track & Field Coach at the University of Omaha (NCAA Division I – Summit League), a position he has held since 2024. He previously served as Head Cross Country Coach and assistant Track & Field Coach from 2017-24, and in various assistant capacities from 2010-17. A native of Omaha, Nebraska, Cisar holds a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science from the University of Nebraska-Omaha (2012). During his tenure at Omaha, he has coached athletes to 52 marks on the program's Top Ten list in Track & Field and all 60 times on the Top 30 list for Cross Country distances. Notable achievements include coaching Lauren Metzger to school records in the 3,000 and 10,000 meters and Kamryn Ensley to school records in the 5,000m. He coached Emily Johnson to a third-place finish in the 2019 Summit League Cross Country Championships and a 26th-place finish in the NCAA Division I Midwest Region championships, the highest finish in Maverick history at that time. Cisar also coached multiple All-Summit performers and helped establish a 4x800-meter relay school record in 2017. Prior to his full-time role at Omaha, he spent 11 years at Peak Performance conducting gait analysis and developing distance running training clinics in the Omaha area.