American International College named Lillian Humphries as its Head Cross Country Coach on August 4, 2025.
Humphries, who is the first woman to be named the Head Coach of AIC’s cross country program, spent 2023-2025 with the Jacksonville State University women’s and men’s cross country and track & field programs, specializing in middle- and long-distance events, but also assisted with sprints and field events.
While with the Gamecocks, Humphries led a contingent that saw tremendous individual and team success. She coached athletes who set program marks, such as Olivia King in the indoor 5000-meter run, and helped the men’s cross country team to a third-place team finish at the 2024 Conference USA Cross Country Championship, the highest finish in program history.
Her coaching experience also includes two years at Deshler High School in Tuscumbia, Alabama, as an assistant track coach from 2023-2025, and as an assistant coach at the Texas Thunder Track Club in the summer of 2019 and again from 2021-2022.
As a student-athlete, Humphries ran at the University of North Alabama on the cross country team and earned Atlantic Sun Conference All-Freshman honors in 2019.
She earned a bachelor of science in exercise science from North Alabama in 2023, and obtained a master of science in physical education from Jacksonville State in 2025.
