Hoffman is in his sixth year as an assistant for the cross country and track and field teams. Hoffman is a 2000 graduate of Jamestown College, where he earned undergraduate degrees in physical education, biology and English. He qualified for the NAIA national cross country championships in 1995 and 1998 and was an All-NDCAC performer in the steeplechase. Hoffman earned his master's degree in exercise physiology and kinesiology from UND in 2004.