AJ Kaschak enters his second season at Charlotte as an assistant coach for the track and field program. His primary duties include working with assistant Coach Raymond Brewer with the coaching and recruiting of the sprints/hurdles/relays event group.

During the 2012 season, Charlotte's sprints/hurdles squad had an outstanding year, producing: 18 A-10 Conference titles, 10 regional qualifiers, 4 school records, and 1 National qualifying 4x100m relay team.

Prior to Charlotte, Kaschak spent four years with Baylor University, including two as Director of Operations. While with the Bears, his primary duties included supervision of the team managers, as well as aiding in travel organization for all track & field and cross country meets. Kaschak also assisted with home track meet management and preparation and daily administrative operations.

During the 2008-2009 seasons with Baylor, Kaschak established himself as a reputable volunteer coach while assisting Director of Track and Field Clyde Hart with the training and coaching of both the men's and women's 400-meter groups. He helped lead the Lady Bears to back-to-back All-American honors in the 4x400m relay, including a third place finish at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 3:29.52, their best finish in the event since 1998. The 4x400 women also won back-to-back Big 12 titles in 2008 and 2009.

Among the 400-meter group assisted by Kaschak was Diamond Richardson, who earned a gold medal at the Pan-Am Championships in the 4x400m relay and a silver at the USA Junior Nationals. At the 2009 Big 12 championships, the Baylor women earned a school record three All-Big 12 performances at 400 meters. Under Kaschak's assistance, the men's 400m runners won two national titles in the 4x400m relay in 2008 and one in 2009. Marcus Boyd emerged as a top 400-meter runner, winning a gold in the 400m and 4x400m relay at the 2008 IAAF World Junior Championship in Bydgoszcz, Poland, with a world junior-leading time of 45.53.

Prior to Baylor, Kaschak competed at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, where he ran sprints and relays. He was a member of the UNC-Wilmington 2005 and 2007 CAA conference championship teams, contributing with three individual conference championships in the 4x400m relay. While at UNC-Wilmington, Kaschak also earned All-East honors in 2006 and 2007 in the 4x100m relays at the IC4A Championships and was a member of three school-record sprint relays. He earned Academic All-America honors in 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Kaschak earned a bachelor's degree in exercise science from UNC-Wilmington in 2007 and a master's in exercise physiology from Baylor in 2009. He also holds USATF Level 1 and NSCA C.S.C.S. certifications.

Kaschak is a native of Raleigh, N.C., where he was a state champion in the 400m during high school competition. He resides in Charlotte with his wife, Carrie.