Montana State University-Billings Men's Track

Coppock is entering his 28th season as head coach of both Yellowjacket cross-country teams in 2016-17, and is entering his eighth as the MSUB track and field head coach since the program returned during the 2008-2009 season. Coppock coached seniors Della Lyle and Robert Peterson to the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Championships in 2015-16, where Lyle became the first female All-American in MSUBs track & field history. Under Coppocks guidance, Peterson also competed in the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, after reclaiming his title as the GNAC Mile Champion and helping MSUBs distance medley relay team to the GNAC indoor title as well. A former cross-country and track runner at the University of Northern Iowa and University of Montana, Coppock has produced 32 all-conference (track & field)  and five NCAA all-region runners in cross-country. He has coached 17 NCAA DII National Track & Field Championships provisional qualifiers with two automatic qualifiers and two NCAA appearances.  From his track and field teams, he has produced 10 champions. He has also had multiple NCAA DII all-region track performers, including Lyle and Peterson last season. In distance running, Coppock has coached two former cross-country runners (Sarah Graves and Heidi Reider Schuette) who became U.S. Olympic marathon trials qualifiers.   Under Coppocks guidance in 2014-15, junior Robert Peterson became the first-ever Yellowjacket to earn a spot in the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships. He also earned USTFCCCA All-American honors after finishing 10th in the mile at the 2015 Indoor Championships.   The Yellowjackets also hosted the 2014 NCAA Division II Cross Country West Region Championships at Amend Park in Billings in Nov., 2014. More than 30 teams from across the west region competed in the event, which will be held at the same course again during the 2016 season. In 2013-14, under Coach Coppocks direction, the mens and womens track and field teams produced a record number of all-conference and GNAC champions.  At the GNAC Indoor Championships, sophomore Peterson ran a meet record in the mens mile to win the conference title.  At the GNAC Outdoor Championships, it was senior Robinson who took the mens 1500 title, with Peterson .37 second behind for a 1-2 finish.  Corrie Holm was a conference champion for the womens track and field team.  She won the conference title at the GNAC Outdoor Championships in the womens discus. 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 womens and mens 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.   Coppock is a 1979 graduate of the University of Montana with a degree in geology. He was named the 2006 Heartland Conference Womens Coach of the Year and has been named the Montana USATF Road Racer of the Year two times. He currently serves on the USTFCCCA Track and Field Executive Committee as the Great Northwest Conference Representative and is a board member of the Yellowstone Rimrunners Running Club. Dave Coppock Head Track/Cross Country Coach Dave Coppock is entering his 28th season as head coach of both Yellowjacket cross-country teams in 2016-17, and is entering his eighth as the MSUB track and field head coach since the program returned during the 2008-2009 season. Coppock coached seniors Della Lyle and Robert Peterson to the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Championships in 2015-16, where Lyle became the first female All-American in MSUBs track & field history. Under Coppocks guidance, Peterson also competed in the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, after reclaiming his title as the GNAC Mile Champion and helping MSUBs distance medley relay team to the GNAC indoor title as well. A former cross-country and track runner at the University of Northern Iowa and University of Montana, Coppock has produced 32 all-conference (track & field)  and five NCAA all-region runners in cross-country. He has coached 17 NCAA DII National Track & Field Championships provisional qualifiers with two automatic qualifiers and two NCAA appearances.  From his track and field teams, he has produced 10 champions. He has also had multiple NCAA DII all-region track performers, including Lyle and Peterson last season. In distance running, Coppock has coached two former cross-country runners (Sarah Graves and Heidi Reider Schuette) who became U.S. Olympic marathon trials qualifiers.   Under Coppocks guidance in 2014-15, junior Robert Peterson became the first-ever Yellowjacket to earn a spot in the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships. He also earned USTFCCCA All-American honors after finishing 10th in the mile at the 2015 Indoor Championships.   The Yellowjackets also hosted the 2014 NCAA Division II Cross Country West Region Championships at Amend Park in Billings in Nov., 2014. More than 30 teams from across the west region competed in the event, which will be held at the same course again during the 2016 season. In 2013-14, under Coach Coppocks direction, the mens and womens track and field teams produced a record number of all-conference and GNAC champions.  At the GNAC Indoor Championships, sophomore Peterson ran a meet record in the mens mile to win the conference title.  At the GNAC Outdoor Championships, it was senior Robinson who took the mens 1500 title, with Peterson .37 second behind for a 1-2 finish.  Corrie Holm was a conference champion for the womens track and field team.  She won the conference title at the GNAC Outdoor Championships in the womens discus. 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 womens and mens 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.   Coppock is a 1979 graduate of the University of Montana with a degree in geology. He was named the 2006 Heartland Conference Womens Coach of the Year and has been named the Montana USATF Road Racer of the Year two times. He currently serves on the USTFCCCA Track and Field Executive Committee as the Great Northwest Conference Representative and is a board member of the Yellowstone Rimrunners Running Club.