Rutgers University - Camden Women's Cross Country

Gartland has accepted the challenge of rebuilding the cross country programs at Rutgers University-Camden, and as he begins his second year as the Scarlet Raptors head coach, he has a pair of teams with developing young talent.   Gartland, who also serves as the Scarlet Raptors assistant track coach under second-year Head Coach Ian Chrzanowski, joined the Rutgers-Camden athletic department after coaching the track and field programs at Gloucester Catholic High School for five years. He joined the Rams program as an assistant coach in 2010, and switched between coaching distance runners, jumpers and sprinters each year. In 2013, he became the Gloucester Catholic Head Boys and Girls Track Coach.   Over his five years at Gloucester Catholic, Gartland helped over 30 athletes compete in the Meet of Champions and 12 move on to collegiate careers in track and field.   Patrick Gartland has a wide-ranging background in athletics, coaching, research, writing and education, and the veteran scholastic coach will bring those talents to Rutgers University-Camden as the Scarlet Raptors new cross country head coach.   Gartland also will serve as the Scarlet Raptors assistant track coach under first-year Head Coach Ian Chrzanowski.   Gartland joins the Rutgers-Camden athletic department after coaching the track and field programs at Gloucester Catholic High School for the past five years. He joined the Rams program as an assistant coach in 2010, and switched between coaching distance runners, jumpers and sprinters each year. Since 2013, he has been the Gloucester Catholic Head Boys and Girls Track Coach.   Over his five years, Gartland helped over 30 athletes compete in the Meet of Champions and 12 move on to collegiate careers in track and field.   Gartland also has served as the freshman basketball coach at Gloucester Catholic (2010-2011), a junior varsity basketball coach at Maple Shade High School (2009-2010) and was an intern with intramural athletics in 2007-2008 while attending the University of Notre Dame.   Gartland received his B.A. in United States History from Notre Dame in 2009, while also earning a minor in Anthropology. He added his M.A. in American History from Villanova University in 2011. He currently is a Ph.D. candidate in American History at Temple University and an adjunct professor in the History Department at Camden County College.   Gartlands academic career has earned him the Russell F. Weigley Award for Papers in Military History, a recognition he received in 2012 from the U.S. Army Heritage Center Foundation. He was a Tuition Scholar at Villanova University (2010-2011) and earned the McAvoy Grant for Undergraduate Research at the University of Notre Dame (2008).   In addition to his coaching background, his supervisory experience includes serving on the Barnes Club Graduate Committee at Temple University and serving as the Co-Chair for the Barnes Conference. At Notre Dame he was the Student Union Board Manager and a member of the Executive Programming Board, as well as a Special Events Programmer for the Student Union Board. He also was a Facilities and Employee Manager with Nark Pools Inc. (2012-2013).   Gartland earned seven varsity letters during his scholastic career at Gloucester Catholic High School, with three apiece in cross country and track and one in basketball. He served as the team captain in track and cross country and competed in the pole vault, triple jump, 400, 800 and 1,600 with the Rams track program. He captured All-Tri-County Conference honors in the pole vault in 2005 and All-Parochial honors in that event in both 2004 and 2005.   Gartland lives in Cherry Hill with his wife Stephanie and dog Ralphy.