Bio

Bri Ratliff enters her second season as the head coach of the Texas Lutheran men's and women's cross country programs.

In her first season in Seguin, Ratliff had eleven runners qualify for the NCAA West Regional in Riverside, California.

Ratliff came to Seguin after spending the 2022-23 season as an assistant cross country and track and field coach at Allegheny College. In her lone season at Allegheny College, the Gators won three championships in cross country and indoor/outdoor track and field. The women's cross country team won its first ever President's Athletic Conference (PAC) championship in 2022 and had two runners earn All-Region honors at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional. Thirteen runners would earn All-PAC accolades between the Gators' men's and women's cross country teams.

Before arriving at Allegheny, she worked at her alma mater, Trinity University, as both a student worker for the cross country program and as an adjunct assistant cross country coach for two seasons. While at Trinity, Ratliff recruited cross country athletes, assisted with meet and event operations, and worked individually with student-athletes to develop strategies to achieve their athletic and academic goals.

Ratliff, a San Antonio native, attended Trinity University in San Antonio, and ran for the Tigers. Ratliff was a team captain and was a two-time NCAA national qualifier in 2017 and 2019. She was named to the USTFCCCA NCAA Cross Country South/Southeast All-Region Team her junior and senior seasons (2018 & 2019).

Ratliff earned a degree in Psychology from Trinity University in 2020, followed by a master's degree in Kinesiology from Texas A&M-San Antonio in 2022.