Ed Harris enters his second-consecutive season at Lindenwood in 2018-19 after formerly being at Lindenwood for five years. He was the school's Director of Cross Country and Track and Field for three years, and also served as the track and field assistant coach for the two years before that.
During Harris' tenure, he led Lindenwood to six HAAC Championships and six top-10 finishes at NAIA National Championships. Lindenwood athletes earned All-American honors 27 times, including winning nine individual NAIA National Championships.
In 2011, Lindenwood captured HAAC Championships in both indoor and outdoor women’s track and field. The Lady Lions finished eight at indoor nationals and seventh at the outdoor meet. The men’s team was runner-up at both conference championship meets. The Lions were 18th at the indoor national meet and ninth at the outdoor competition. Lindenwood won two national events at both the indoor and outdoor seasons.
In 2010, the Lions and Lady Lions swept the indoor and outdoor HAAC Championships. The women’s team finished sixth and eighth, respectively, at the national meets. The men’s team was 16th at the indoor nationals and 10th at outdoors. Lindenwood captured five individual national championships that year.
In his two years as an assistant coach, Harris helped Lindenwood win all eight conference championships that it competed in. Lindenwood had six top-20 finishes at the national track and field meets in that span, including a third-place showing at the women’s outdoor competition in 2009.
Prior to coming to Lindenwood, Harris was an assistant coach with Vince Bingham for three years at Missouri Baptist. He led the women's sprint program to the 2006 Indoor and Outdoor National Championship title. In his second season at Missouri Baptist, Harris' sprinters swept the NAIA national sprints by winning the 60 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters indoors for two consecutive seasons and the NAIA outdoor 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters and the 4x100 meter relay for two more consecutive years. In 2006, he coached 22 women national champions, 86 women All-Americans, and 29 men All-Americans at Missouri Baptist.
From 1976-2004, Harris was head track and field and cross country coach at Hazelwood East High School and was Director of Counseling. He won five state championships in 1982, 1983, 1995, 1996, and 1997. He was named the MSHAA Class 4A Coach of the Year in 1984. Harris coached 75 individual state champions and over 100 Missouri all-state performers.
Harris received his B.S.E. in Driver and Safety Education from the University of Central Missouri in 1972. He earned a Master in Counseling from SIU-Edwardsville in 1976, and an Educational Specialist in Counseling from SIU-Edwardsville in 1977.
