Grand View University

Assistant coach Miradieu Joseph begins his 16th year as a member of the Grand View – Track & Field coaching staff.  He oversees both the hurdle and sprint groups for the Vikings.

During his time at Grand View, Coach Joseph’s sprint and hurdle crews have produced 30 NAIA national qualifiers, 12 individual conference champions, and four NAIA All-Americans. His athletes have also set all six school records in the hurdle events. 

Coach Joseph is a 2001 graduate of Wartburg College where he was a seven-time All-American in track and field and helped lead the Knights to three IIAC Conference Championships.  During his senior year of competition, he crowned the NCAA Division III National Champion in the 400m Hurdles and anchored the 4x400m relay team to an eighth-place finish at the national championships.  Miradieu still holds five individual school records at Wartburg and is a member of three school-record relay teams.  In the Fall of 2013, he was inducted into the Wartburg College Athletic Hall of Fame.