Eric Gardner joined the Running Cobber staff in 1996 as the junior varsity coach. Eric was an all-MIAC post player for the Cobbers in 1990 and 1991. He played his high school ball at Fargo South. Eric works as a mortgage originator for Statewide Lending in the ND and MN. He and his wife, Alana, live in Fargo with their son, Dontae, and daughter Kyra.