Benedictine University Athletics

Atkins comes to Benedictine to work as the head cross country coach while assisting with track and field after serving as the graduate assistant cross country and track coach at Aurora University from 2018-2020. Atkins spent three months as the interim head coach.

The resume for Atkins also includes three other collegiate coaching stops with stints as an assistant at the University of Wisconsin, Tufts University and Lawrence University. A graduate of Lawrence, Atkins has twice qualified for the Boston Marathon.