Kevin Sullivan (born March 20, 1974) is the men's head cross country and distance coach at

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and former

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from

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. He was born in

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Personal life

Sullivan studied civil engineering at the

where he had 14 All-American honours and won 4

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titles (one relay and 3 individual). Sulivan's father, Richard, is a machinist. He has two brothers, Darren and Colin. He played hockey and soccer while growing up in Brantford. He was married to former Canadian steeplechase record holder

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in 1998. They divorced in November 2014.

Athletic career

Sullivan competed in 1000 metre, 1500 metre, and mile events and represented

. His personal best times are 3:31.71 for the 1500 (set in June 2000) and 3:50.36 for the mile. He is the former Canadian record-holder for the indoor 3000 m, 7:40.17 (set February 9, 2007). His best Olympic showing is a fifth-place finish at Sydney. In 2005, he left his longtime Michigan coach, Ron Warhurst, to train under the coaching of

Juli Henner Julianne Henner (born May 13, 1970) is an American former middle-distance runner. She competed in the women's 1500 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atl ...

. In the 2008 Summer Olympics, Sullivan reached the semi-finals of the 1500 metre but failed to qualify for the final. Sullivan was also a torchbearer for the

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, carrying the torch into

. Sullivan was an assistant coach at Michigan in the early 2000s. He was a volunteer assistant coach at the

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Uni ...

and a coach at Florida State University. Sullivan has been named one of the greatest Canadian distance runners of all time, concerning his placings in international competition, having competed at 3 Olympic Games, 22 World Championships (outdoors, indoors, and cross country), and still holding 4 Canadian track and field records including 3 outdoor and 1 indoor.

Personal bests

Coach

Sullivan is the men's distance & cross country head coach at

. In his first year, the Michigan Wolverines qualified for the NCAA Division 1 Cross Country Championships under his leadership. Kevin took this position in 2014, after years of successful coaching at Florida State University where he assisted his wife coaching the women's distance team. Kevin also coached at

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