Hope College

Mark Northuis '82 has guided the cross country fortunes of his alma mater since 1988.

Under his guidance, the Flying Dutchmen have placed in the top 10 at NCAA regionals 25 times, including a regional crown in 2025 and earned an MIAA title in 2025. The Flying Dutch finished in second or third place in the men's conference standings 33 times over 37 seasons.

Northuis guided Hope to a 23rd-place finish at the 2025 NCAA Division III Championships. He was named the Great Lakes Regional and MIAA Men's Cross Country of the Year.

Northuis has coached 25 all-region honorees since the USTFCCCA award began in 2010 and 125 All-MIAA selections, including a program-record 10 in 2025.

A professor of kinesiology, Northuis is also an assistant coach for the men's and women's track and field teams.  He has served on the NCAA Division III advisory committee for cross country and track and field.

Northuis was a five-time MIAA all-conference cross country and track runner at Hope. He won the 1979 Hope Cross Country Invitational and the 1980 MIAA cross country championship. He finished in the top five at the MIAA meet each of his four years. He was among the nation's top small college cross country runners, finishing 27th as both a junior and senior at the NCAA Division III national championship meet.

In track, Northuis won the 5,000-meter run at the 1980 MIAA Field Day. He is still the Hope record holder in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and six-mile run.

Northuis earned a master's degree in exercise physiology at the University of Michigan and received a Ph.D. in exercise science from the University of Minnesota. He and his wife, Pam Bulthouse, a 1981 Hope College graduate, have five children, Anders, Elizabeth, Klare, Madalyn, and Michaela.