Northern State University Athletics

Brenda Fuller was the Head Assistant Coach for NSU track and field from 1988 to 2012. She was named USTFCCCA NCAA Division II Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year in 2009. Fuller directed student-athletes to 12 NAIA/NCAA Division II All-American honors (2-NAIA and 10-NCAA II), 23 NAIA/NCAA Division II USTFCCCA All-Academic Awards, and four NSIC MVP Awards. In addition, her student-athletes won 74 NSIC Championships in the shot put (32 individual champions), discus (17 individual champions), javelin (15 individual champions), and the hammer/weight throw (ten individual champions). She coached five NSU Hall of Fame members (throwers) and was a clinician for both the South Dakota High School Activities Association and Nebraska High School Activities Association.

Fuller was inducted as the Kretchman Coaching Award recipient alongside her husband Jim. The Fullers now both work at Iowa Central College, where Jim Fuller is Associate Head Track and Field Coach, and Brenda Fuller is Assistant Track and Field Coach. They have three children: Tyler, Aaron, and Drew; and two grandchildren: Madison Rae and Mackenzie Jo.