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| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Wartburg |
| Conference | ARC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Kansas City, Kansas |
| Alma mater | Bethany College (Kansas) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1993–1994 | Bethany College (Kansas) (asst.) |
| 1994–1995 | MidAmerica Nazarene (asst.) |
| 1995–1998 | Wartburg (asst.) |
| 1998–Present | Wartburg (track and field) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 5x NCAA Women's Outdoor (2005, 2009, 2012–2015) 3x NCAA Women's Indoor (2009, 2010, 2012) 2021 NCAA Men's Outdoor 21x IIAC/ARC Women's Outdoor (2000–2017, 2019, 2024) 17x IIAC/ARC Women's Indoor (2003–2016, 2018, 2020–2021) 12x IIAC/ARC Men's Outdoor (1999, 2002–2003, 2006–2008, 2013–2014, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) 11x IIAC/ARC Men's Indoor< (2003–2006, 2008–2009, 2012, 2014–2015, 2019, 2021) | |
| Awards | |
| 6x USTFCCCA Women's Outdoor National Coach of the Year (2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012) 6x USTFCCCA Indoor Women's National Coach of the Year (2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012) 4x USTFCCCA Outdoor Men's National Coach of the Year (2009, 2012, 2014, 2021) | |
Marcus Newsom is the current men's and women's track and field coach at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. Newsom came to Wartburg in 1995 as an assistant coach and was elevated to head coach in 1998. Since his arrival, he has coached over 600 All-Americans, 61 team conference titles and 9 team National Champions.
Newsom was named head coach in 1998. He led the Knights to their first NCAA National Championship in track in field in the schools history in 2005, winning the Women's outdoor national title. [1] His first national title came at home in Walston-Hoover Stadium. In 2009, Newsom would take the program to new heights when he won his first women's indoor title and then sweep the year by winning the 2009 women's outdoor national title. [2] [3] 2012 would be the best year in Newsom's career as they would win the women's indoor NCAA title with a meet record 99 points and the women's outdoor NCAA title with 129 points, with a 77-point margin of victory over 2nd place, another meet record. [4] He would go on to win 3 straight outdoor national titles from 2012 to 2014, with 5 total women's outdoor NCAA titles. [5] In 2021, Newsom would win his first and the college's first national title in men's track and field. [6] He would lead the Knights to the 2021 outdoor men's track and field title with 51 points. [7]
| Season | NCAA | Conference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indoor | Outdoor | Indoor | Outdoor | |
| American Rivers Conference | ||||
| 1999 | T-21st (6) | 8th(24) | 1st (161) | 2nd (178) |
| 2000 | T-39th (1) | T-11th(20) | - | 1st |
| 2001 | - | 9th(21) | - | 1st |
| 2002 | 6th (21) | 6th(32) | - | 1st (229) |
| 2003 | 6th (22) | 9th(26) | 1st (217) | 1st (222.5) |
| 2004 | T-29th (6) | 4th(35) | 1st (219) | 1st (239) |
| 2005 | 2nd (32) | 1st(43) | 1st (191.5) | 1st (224) |
| 2006 | 16th (12) | T-19th(14) | 1st (241) | 1st (242) |
| 2007 | T-14th (12) | 7th(31) | 1st (262) | 1st (267) |
| 2008 | 2nd (27) | 3rd(34) | 1st (259) | 1st (279.5) |
| 2009 | 1st (51) | 1st(52) | 1st (276) | 1st (243) |
| 2010 | 1st (33) | 4th(36) | 1st (242) | 1st (241) |
| 2011 | 2nd (44) | 2nd(59) | 1st (251) | 1st (279) |
| 2012 | 1st (99) | 1st(129) | 1st (317) | 1st (353) |
| 2013 | 4th (25) | 1st(46) | 1st (262) | 1st (286) |
| 2014 | 3rd (46) | 1st(65) | 1st (282) | 1st (281.5) |
| 2015 | T-14th (14) | T-15th(15) | 1st (220) | 1st (257.5) |
| 2016 | T-35th (6) | T-14th(15) | 1st (216) | 1st (243) |
| 2017 | T-21st (10) | T-17th(14) | 2nd (183.33) | 1st (212.5) |
| 2018 | T-35th (6) | T-9th(24) | 1st (212.5) | 2nd (188) |
| 2019 | T-35th (6) | T-14th(24) | 2nd (212.5) | 1st (188) |
| 2020 | — | — | 1st (211) | — |
| 2021 | T-35th (6) | T-14th(15) | 1st (212.5) | 2nd (184) |
| 2022 | T-35th (6) | T-14th(15) | 2nd (188) | 1st (231) |
| 2023 | 9th (23) | 6th(29) | 2nd (207) | 2nd (218) |
| 2024 | 8th (24) | 5th(26) | 2nd (178.5) | 1st (234.5) |
| 2025 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 5 | ARC: 17 | ARC: 21 |
Note: The 2020 season was canceled after ARC Indoor Championships due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, the ARC Outdoor and NCAA Championships were not held.
Source [8]
Newsom grew up in Kansas City, Kansas and would go on to play football and run track at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas. [9]
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