Men’s Assistant Coach of the Year

ATLANTIC REGION – Norm Tate – Rowan
The sprints and hurdles coach led a 200-meter athlete to New Jersey Athletic Conference Track Performer of the Year honors in his fourth year working with the Owls. Rowan currently sits 24th in the national team rankings.

CENTRAL REGION – Dave Sage – Wartburg College
Sage has developed one of the top long jumpers in Division III history to a mark of 25-3½. Wartburg jumpers scored 69 points at the IIAC Championships with victories in the pole vault, long jump and high jump and nine additional scoring Knights in the jumps events.

GREAT LAKES REGION – Brian Diemer – Calvin
The distance coach for the Knights has nine top-25 marks. At the MIAA Championships, his athletes won the 5,000 meters, 10,000 meters and Steeplechase and finished runner-up in the 1500, 5000 and 10,000 to score 88 of the team’s 170 points. Calvin currently sits 13th in the national team rankings.

MIDEAST REGION – Robert Luciano – Moravian
The javelin coach currently has Greyhound athletes ranked first, 15th and 21st in the event, including one gentleman who is eighth on the All Time Division III javelin list. Moravian recently won the Landmark Conference Championships.

MIDWEST REGION – Tim Winder – North Central (Ill.)
The Cardinals currently have five vaulters ranked among the nation’s top 13. In his 19th year with North Central, Winder saw his vaulters sweep first thru fifth at the CCIW Championships to help the team win the title.

NEW ENGLAND REGION – Nicole Wilkerson – Middlebury
At the NESCAC Championships, Panthers went 1-4 in the 5,000 meters, first in the 10,000 meters, and first in the steeplechase. In NCAA rankings, the tenth-year coach has athletes sitting first in the steeplechase, first in the 10,000 meters, sixth in the 5,000 meters, and 18th in the 1500 meters.

SOUTH/SOUTHEAST REGION – Matthew Barreau – Christopher Newport
In his first year coaching the distance squad, Barreau saw his athletes score 61 of the team’s 162 points at the Mason-Dixon Championships. All but eight of those distance points were freshmen or sophomores.

WEST REGION – Travis Howell – Whitworth University
Howell’s sprinters, hurdlers, and jumpers scored 150 of 270 team points and had six title winners at the Northwest Conference Championships. The Pirates currently sit 16th in the national rankings and have six athletes in five events among the top 20 in nation. Howell is in his seventh year with the squad.