Georgia State's head cross country coach since 2010, Chris England will serve as interim head coach for the men's and women's track field program in 2011-12. He also serves as interim director of cross country and track and field.

England came to Georgia State as head cross country coach in March 2010 after serving three seasons in the same role at Murray State University. He elevated to interim director in July 2011 and then was named interim head coach for track and field in November 2011.

He has been instrumental in bringing about the return of the GSU Cross Country Invitational, this time to Nash Farm Battlefield in Hampton, Ga., and in bringing the Colonial Athletic Association Cross Country Championships to Atlanta for the first time since the Panthers joined the league in 2005.

His first season with the GSU cross country program in 2010 was highlighted by a pair of season-opening victories by both the men’s and women’s teams at the Strut’s JSU Opener and the GSU Invitational.

Under England’s guidance, sophomore Katharine Showalter earned All-CAA honors in the 3,000 meter steeplechase for the second year in a row during the 2011 outdoor track and field season.

England guided the Murray State women's cross country program to second place at the Ohio Valley Conference Championships in 2008 and 2009 — the program's highest finish in nearly two decades. England's distance runners helped Murray State to third-place showings at both the indoor and outdoor conference track and field championships in 2009.

In 2009, England coached the OVC Athlete of the Year for both indoor and outdoor track in Katelyn Jones (indoor) and Taylor Crawford (outdoor). Crawford was additionally honored as the top female athlete at the indoor and outdoor championship meets, and both runners qualified for the 2009 NCAA regionals. Jones was previously named OVC Freshman of the Year for indoor track in 2008.

Before his stint at Murray State, England served as an assistant to the head cross country coach at his alma mater, The Ohio State University. In addition to working with numerous Big Ten champions and Olympic hopefuls, he served as meet manager for the Jesse Owens Classic and director for the Ohio State Cross Country Camp.

England previously worked at the University of Wyoming as a graduate assistant in the athletics department, and then at Boise State University, where he served as a volunteer assistant coach for the men's and women's track and field teams.

While competing for the Buckeyes, England was a two-time NCAA All-American in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters and earned multiple All-Big Ten accolades. He still holds the Ohio State record in the 5,000 meters with a time of 13:43.42.

He earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from Ohio State in 1997 and completed a master's in geography at Murray State in 2009.

After college, England ran professionally and trained full-time for the Olympic Trials. As a professional runner, he was nationally ranked and competed in distances from the mile to the marathon in elite races all across the United States and around the world. In 2006, he won a USA Track & Field (USATF) national title.

He has earned USATF Level II and Level I coaching certifications.

England served three years on active duty in the U.S. Army. During his military service, he competed on the All-Army cross country and track and field teams, representing the U.S. Armed Forces in competitions around the world.

A native of Springfield, Ohio, England and his wife Miriam have a son, Ewan, and a daughter, Nola.