For Justin Cunningham, a native of Wichita, Kansas, baseball has been a part of life at every level. He played high school baseball at Valley Center High School (Valley Center, Kansas)and went on to playat Pratt Community College (Pratt, Kansas) and then at Lyon College (Batesville, Arkansas). While playing for Lyon College, Justin earned a Bachelor of Science with a double major in Business Administration and Economics. While at Lyon, he was the first player, in school history, to hit for the cycle. He also was a two-time Academic All-American and received the Lyon College Champions of Character Award. After graduating from Lyon College, Coach Cunningham went on to earn a master's degree in Sports Administration from Henderson State University (Arkadelphia, Arkansas).

This will be Coach Cunningham's first collegiate head coaching job, but he is well suited for the task as he has been an assistant coach at two other programs with national championship experience. Right out of college, Coach Cunningham was hired as an assistant at NCAA DII Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, Arkansas). A year later, he was hired at Oklahoma Wesleyan University (Bartlesville, Oklahoma). While at OWU, the Eagles won the NCCAA national championship in 2011and werethe NCCAArunner-up in 2012.

Coach Cunningham is looking forward to this new chapter in his life commenting, "I am excited to be a part of the CCC community and a part of the direction where CCC Baseball is headed. The vision of the program is to excel not only on the baseball field, but also in the classroom, on and off campus and, ultimately, spiritually."

Justin and his wife Whitney have two sons, Conner and Brendan. They currently reside in McPherson, Kansas.