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Dave Coppock
is entering his 19th season as head coach of
both Yellowjacket cross-country teams
and will be starting the MSUB track and
field programs in 2007-2008.
A former cross
country and track runner at the University
of Northern Iowa and University of Montana,
Coppock has produced 16 All-Conference and
three NCAA All-Region runners. In 2006, the
Yellowjacket women won the Heartland
Conference Championships and four men and
women were named to the
All-Conference teams. The 2006 women were
also ranked as high as 10th in the NCAA
South Central Region. His teams over the
years have placed as high as second in the
Pacific West Conference (twice) and fifth in
the NCAA West Region. Under Coppock's
guidance, the Yellowjackets have also been
ranked as high as No. 16 in the Nation.
In addition
to the success Coppock's teams have had on
the course, they have also been among the
most successful teams in the nation in the
classroom.
Both the women’s and men’s programs have
perennially been named to the NCAA Division
II Cross Country Coaches Association
All-Academic teams and have maintained one
of the highest team grade point averages in
the nation.
A 1979
graduate of Montana with a degree in
geology, Coppock still runs competitively.
He was named 2006 Heartland Conference
Women’s Coach of the Year and has been named
the Montana USATF Road Racer of the Year two
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