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Coach Floris returned to Pepperdine in 2021 as the Waves' head coach for Cross Country and Track & Field.

“My time as a student-athlete at Pepperdine was incredibly influential in my life and I’m so thankful to have the opportunity to return to Malibu in this capacity,” said Floris at the time of her hiring in May 2021. “It is truly a dream come true.”


Coach Floris is one of the top distance runners in Pepperdine cross country and track history, returning to Malibu as the Waves’ head coach in 2021.

While competing for Pepperdine, Floris set five school records for the Waves between 2008-12, as well as earning All-WCC honors in Cross Country, placing fifth at the 2010 WCC Championships. Floris was also a three-time West Coast Conference All-Academic first team honoree, a four-time WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll recipient, and was a Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.

In 2018, Floris founded Up + Running, which coaches distance runners online and produces a podcast about the latest news in distance running. She began competing in marathons in 2013, which culminated with a spot in the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials.

Coach Floris graduated from Pepperdine in 2012 with a degree in accounting, and later earned a master’s degree in kinesiology from California Baptist in 2017. Coach Floris has Level 1 coaching certification from USA Track & Field, as well as served as head cross country coach and assistant track coach at Orange Lutheran High School (2015-16), and assistant coach at California Baptist University from 2016-19.

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