Pittsburg State University Women's Track

Jewett began his tenure as a full-time member of the Pittsburg State University athletic department in 1985. Jewett has served as an assistant athletic director since 1989, assuming the role of Senior Associate Athletic Director in 2011. He assumed the positions of PSU head mens and womens track & field coach in 1987, PSUs head womens cross country coach in 1986 and head mens cross country coach in 1989. In cross country, Jewett has led the PSU women to eight MIAA titles and 10 trips to the NCAA Division II National Championships. While the PSU men have not garnered an MIAA title, the Gorillas have made five NCAA Division II National Championships appearances, including three straight trips from 2007-09. In track & field, Jewett has guided the Gorilla men to 11 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association outdoor titles, including four in a row from 2012-15, and four MIAA indoor crowns.  He has led the Pitt State women to nine MIAA outdoor titles, including back-to-back honors the last two seasons (2015-16), and four MIAA indoor championships. Jewett guided the womens program to the 2016 NCAA Division II Outdoor National Championship the first national championship in program history. He was named the 2016 NCAA Division II Womens Outdoor National Coach of the Year following the season. Additionally, he garnered NCAA Division II Womens Indoor National Coach of the Year accolades in 1995; and Jewett has been honored as MIAA Coach of the Year 35 times since PSU joined the league in 1989, more than any other conference coach during that span.  Most recently he was named the 2016 MIAA Womens Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year after leading the Gorillas to their second consecutive conference crown last spring. The womens cross country team has captured MIAA titles in 1991, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010 and 2011. The PSU women own MIAA outdoor titles from 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2015 and 2016.  The Gorilla women also garnered MIAA indoor titles in 1992, 1993, 1995 and 1996. His mens track & field squad captured the MIAA outdoor titles in 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.  PSU also has won MIAA indoor titles in 1993, 1995, 2014 and 2015. In addition to team success, Gorilla track & field and cross country student-athletes have earned NCAA Division II All-America honors on nearly 300 occasions under Jewett, including 31 individual event national champions in the sports. In mens track & field, the Gorillas have placed among the top 25 teams in NCAA Division II in 20 of 27 outdoor seasons under Jewett (23 times, indoors).  PSU has placed among the top 10 teams eight times during the outdoor season including a fourth-place finish in 1999 and fifth-place finishes in 2014 and 2015. The Gorillas have five top 10 indoor finishes including a third-place finish in 1995 and a sixth-place finish in 2000. In womens track & field, PSU has placed among the top 25 teams in NCAA Division II 19 times in the last 27 outdoor seasons (15 times, indoors). The Gorillas have five top 10 outdoor finishes including a fifth-place finish in 2015 and the 2016 NCAA Division II National Championship. Pitt State has four top 10 indoor finishes including a fourth-place finish in 2016. A native of Olathe, Kan., Jewett graduated cum laude from PSU in 1983 with a bachelors degree in computer science and mathematics. He was a three-time CSIC champion hurdler and an All-American decathlete in 1982, placing second at the NAIA Outdoor National Championships. Jewett served as the chair of the NCAA Track & Field Committee, which oversees all levels of NCAA Track & Field competition (Division I, II, & III), from 2005-06. Russ wife, Janice, is an instructor in the Health, Human Performance and Recreation Department at PSU. The couple has a daughter, Sarah, and a son, Will.

Mantooth begins his ninth year as a full-time assistant coach in the Pittsburg State University track & field program, after serving as a part-time assistant coach for eight years for his alma mater. Mantooth, who is responsible for coaching throwing events, has been honored as the NCAA Division II Mens Outdoor National Assistant Coach of the Year twice in the last three years. He received the national accolades in 2014 and again in 2016. Mantooth also earned 2009 NCAA Division II South Central Region Mens Assistant Coach of the Year honors (indoor & outdoor).   He helped guide the Pitt State women to the 2016 NCAA Division II Outdoor National Championship the first team title in school history as well as back-to-back MIAA Outdoor Championships in 2015 and 2016. Mantooth also has helped lead the Pitt State men to four straight MIAA Outdoor Championships between 2012 and 2015 as well as a pair of MIAA Indoor Championships in 2014 and 2015.  In all he has helped coach Gorilla teams to 10 team titles.   During his tenure as a Pitt State assistant, the Gorillas have produced 64 All-America performances between the mens and womens teams as well as 110 NCAA Division II national meet qualifiers.  Additionally, Mantooth has coached five national champion performances, six national runners-up, 206 All-MIAA performances as well as 37 MIAA championship efforts and six MIAA Championships meet records. He also has coached one NCAA Division II all-time record holder (Garrett Appier, who owns each of the top 10 throws in DII history in the mens shot put) and four DII all-time performance list entries (Cassie Caswell, 2nd, indoor shot put; 5th, outdoor shot put; Mike Beeler, 9th, javelin; Larissa Richards, 10th, discus). Mantooth also has coached 38 different record holders at Pitt State as well as five CoSIDA Academic All-America throwers. A native of Caney, Kan., Mantooth was a three-time All-MIAA thrower during his collegiate days at Pittsburg State, capturing MIAA titles in the hammer and the weight throw on the Gorillas 2000 MIAA Championship squad. Mantooth came to Pitt State from Coffeyville Community College, where he established the school record in the hammer and the weight throw for the Ravens. Mantooth earned a bachelors degree in wood technology from Pittsburg State in 2001.  He is married to former All-MIAA thrower and PSU weight throw record holder Megan Snyder.  The couple has a son, Logan Brooks, who turns 10 on Sept. 15, a daughter, Brilee Marie, who turns eight on Dec. 22, and a son, Brett Cannon, who turns three on Oct. 1. Brian Mantooth Assistant Coach Brian Mantooth begins his ninth year as a full-time assistant coach in the Pittsburg State University track & field program, after serving as a part-time assistant coach for eight years for his alma mater. Mantooth, who is responsible for coaching throwing events, has been honored as the NCAA Division II Mens Outdoor National Assistant Coach of the Year twice in the last three years. He received the national accolades in 2014 and again in 2016. Mantooth also earned 2009 NCAA Division II South Central Region Mens Assistant Coach of the Year honors (indoor & outdoor).   He helped guide the Pitt State women to the 2016 NCAA Division II Outdoor National Championship the first team title in school history as well as back-to-back MIAA Outdoor Championships in 2015 and 2016. Mantooth also has helped lead the Pitt State men to four straight MIAA Outdoor Championships between 2012 and 2015 as well as a pair of MIAA Indoor Championships in 2014 and 2015.  In all he has helped coach Gorilla teams to 10 team titles.   During his tenure as a Pitt State assistant, the Gorillas have produced 64 All-America performances between the mens and womens teams as well as 110 NCAA Division II national meet qualifiers.  Additionally, Mantooth has coached five national champion performances, six national runners-up, 206 All-MIAA performances as well as 37 MIAA championship efforts and six MIAA Championships meet records. He also has coached one NCAA Division II all-time record holder (Garrett Appier, who owns each of the top 10 throws in DII history in the mens shot put) and four DII all-time performance list entries (Cassie Caswell, 2nd, indoor shot put; 5th, outdoor shot put; Mike Beeler, 9th, javelin; Larissa Richards, 10th, discus). Mantooth also has coached 38 different record holders at Pitt State as well as five CoSIDA Academic All-America throwers. A native of Caney, Kan., Mantooth was a three-time All-MIAA thrower during his collegiate days at Pittsburg State, capturing MIAA titles in the hammer and the weight throw on the Gorillas 2000 MIAA Championship squad. Mantooth came to Pitt State from Coffeyville Community College, where he established the school record in the hammer and the weight throw for the Ravens. Mantooth earned a bachelors degree in wood technology from Pittsburg State in 2001.  He is married to former All-MIAA thrower and PSU weight throw record holder Megan Snyder.  The couple has a son, Logan Brooks, who turns 10 on Sept. 15, a daughter, Brilee Marie, who turns eight on Dec. 22, and a son, Brett Cannon, who turns three on Oct. 1.

Rutledge begins his fifth year as a full-time assistant coach in the Pittsburg State University track & field program after coaching at Missouri S&T in Rolla, Mo. Rutledge is in charge of coaching the high jump, pole vault and multi events for the Gorillas. In four years at Pitt State, Rutledge has coached 17 All-America performances, a pair of national champions, two national runners-up as well as multiple All-MIAA performances. Those athletes have also broken 9 school records.   He helped guide the Pitt State women to the 2016 NCAA Division II Outdoor National Championship the first team title in school history as well as back-to-back MIAA Outdoor Championships in 2015 and 2016.  He was named the NCAA Division II Central Region Womens Assistant Coach of the Year for the 2 nd time in 2016 (2015 Indoor).   Rutledge also has helped lead the Pitt State men to three straight MIAA Outdoor Championships between 2013 and 2015 as well as a pair of MIAA Indoor Championships in 2014 and 2015.  In all he has helped coach Gorilla teams to seven team titles during his tenure. In his three years at Missouri S&T, Coach Rutledge coached 12 NCAA DII All-Americans, and he had athletes achieve GLVC Indoor Athlete of the year, GLVC Indoor Freshman of the year, GLVC Outdoor Track Athlete of the year and NCAA DII Regional Athlete of the year.  In addition, his athletes broke 23 school records. Before Missouri S&T, Coach Rutledge spent one season with Johnson County Community College where he had three NJCAA All-Americans.   Rutledge also spent two seasons coaching at his alma mater Missouri Southern State University.  While there he coached the pole vault, high jump, sprints and multi events.  In two seasons his athletes compiled 10 NCAA Division II All-Americans, three NCAA Division II National Runner-Ups and multiple MIAA Champions. In Rutledges nine years as a coach, he has recorded two National Champions, 37 NCAA Division II All-Americans, five NCAA Division II National Runner-ups, 50+ NCAA Division II National Qualifiers, 30+ Conference Champions and 32 school records. During Rutledges time as part of the Missouri Southern track & field team, he qualified for both the indoor and outdoor NCAA Division II Championships in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 in the pole vault, earning All-America honors in 2003, 2005 and 2006. He placed second at the 2006 NCAA-II Indoor Championship and third at the 2005 NCAA-II Outdoor Championship. Rutledge has his USATF Level I Coaches Certification, USTFCCA Multi-Event Specialist Certification and USTFCCA Jumps Specialist Certification. Rutledge is married to the former Natalie Noe and the couple have a daughter, Emery, 4, and twins, Cash and Quinn, who turn three on December 12.