Javier Krumm is entering his fourteenth year as the athletic director at La Sierra University. Krumm has a broad experience as an athlete, coach, and administrator.
Prior to arriving at La Sierra University, Krumm was the athletic director and physical education teacher at Puget Sound Academy. While he was working in the state of Washington, he was awarded with the Sea-Tac League Men’s Soccer Coach of the Year in 2004, and he served as the Sea-Tac League president in 2008-2009. Krumm taught physical education and coached soccer for the Cedar Hill Longhorns, in Texas, after arriving to the United States, from Argentina. In his native Argentina, Krumm worked as the vice-chair and professor of the exercise science department at River Plate University, in Entre Rios, Argentina. Prior to that he worked as the interim athletic director at Sagunto College, in Valencia, Spain.
Krumm is a native of Argentina where his love for sports and where his athletic career began. He participated in a variety of sports and eventually went on to make a career, playing and coaching, both soccer and volleyball, in the countries of Argentina and Spain.
Javier graduated with a B.S in Physical Education, from INFE University (Santa Fe, Argentina). He has a Master’s degree in Fitness and Health (LIC) and a Minor in Theology from River Plate University, and another Master’s degree, in Science of Education, from Southern Adventist University (Tennessee), and well as many workshops in athletics administration, leadership and coaching. Currently he is a PHD candidate at AAU. He was invited as a guest speaker to many events, and is the author of the book “Si mi nombre fuera Guardiola leerias esto? Las vueltas de mi vida alrededor de una escuela de futbol”.
Javier’s wife Heidi Weiss-Krumm, is the director of the Office of International Student Services, at La Sierra University. They have one daughter, Kiana, who is a professional volleyball player.
Krumm was named the California Pacific Conference Athletic Director of the Year, in 2016 and again in 2021, he was also recognized by the NAIA-ADA. In 2018 he was presented with the Jay J. Nethery Award for Extraordinary Service to Students at La Sierra University.
Under Krumm’s guidance La Sierra University changed its affiliation from NCAA Division III to the NAIA. First, competing in the Association of Independent Institutions, and then joining the California Pacific Conference, in which Krumm currently serves as the liaison for men’s soccer, and the Athletic Trainer Liaison. The institution found great success in hiring 25 coaches, which brings currently 250 active and inactive student athletes to campus, and the teams are highly competitive within the Cal Pac, winning 2 championships, and qualifying several times for post season play, in addition to sending teams to the NAIA Nationals.
La Sierra University also earned the Five-Star status in the NAIA Champions of Character program, 9 years in a row. In 2012, the Golden Eagles Athletics department began a Champions of Character three-day athletics retreat which is held every year before school begins. Another highlight of his career at La Sierra University is the creation of the Athletics Advisory Board, and the organization of two “Frank Jobe Galas”, and two “Golf Tournaments”.
One of the biggest accomplishments under Krumm’s leadership, is to have the athletics program as the highest student-retention program on campus, and to keep the overall GPA of the student athletes around 3.2 having many students nominated to be the Daktronics - NAIA Scholar-Athletes every year, with the majority of teams qualifying as the NAIA Scholar Teams.
A message from the athletic director:
At La Sierra University, we are "servant leaders." It is through servant leadership and hard work that we believe we can find success. "The only place you will find the word success before work is in the dictionary, otherwise success comes with hard work”. (Unknown)
It is important for us that through our athletics program we develop our athletes physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually.
