SHU's Bauer Inducted into NAIA Hall of Fame

GULF SHORES, Ala. - Tim Bauer, Director of Cross Country and Track and Field at Siena Heights, was officially inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame during the 2022 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships. Bauer was announced as one of the 2022 class in the coach category back in September and waiting until May for the ceremony. He joins Fred Smith as the only other NAIA Hall of Fame member. Smith was inducted into the coach category in 2006 and was on hand during Bauer's induction.

Bauer has been a mainstay on the campus at Siena Heights for more than 40 years, graduating in 1982 after a standout running career as a student-athlete, and continuing on as the head coach of the Saints' men's cross country and track and field programs since 1984. In addition to his coaching duties, Bauer now also serves as the Director of Cross Country/Track and Field Operations at SHU.

Coach has led his Saints' programs to win a combined 30 Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) titles, while also earning two 4th-place team finishes at the NAIA Men's Indoor Track & Field National Championships in both 2013 and 2016.

He has coached over 160 NAIA All-Americans, 102 honorable mention All-Americans, 36 NAIA Scholar-Athletes, 28 individual National Champions, three Olympic Trials qualifiers and one American Champion. He was also named the WHAC Coach of the Year 10 times in cross country and track and field.

Outside of his coaching accolades, Coach Bauer was named the Siena Heights Alumni of the Year in 1999-2000. He has also served as the President of the NAIA Track and Field Coaches Association (2004-06) and as President of the NAIA Cross Country Coaches Association (2005-07). He currently has the pleasure of coaching his nephews, Bradley and Brandon Bauer, who are members of the SHU cross country and track and field teams.