University of Minnesota, Morris Men's Track

Kuusisto joined the Minneosta Morris coaching staff in late November. He will serve as an assistant track and field and cross country coach, specializing in throwing events. Previously he served as a throws coach in addition to the assistant strength and conditioning coach at Greenville College. During his time as a student-athlete Kuusisto was a two-time NCAA All-American in the hammer and weight throw in 2013 and 2014. During those years he also won the NCCAA National Championship in both the hammer and weight.  In addition, he performed in classroom being named to the Deans List eight times, named Academic All-Conference 2011-14 and was a CoSIDA Academic All-American in 2013 and 2014. Kuusisto earned his bachelor of science from Greenville College in 2014. He is currently working on his master of arts in education from Greenville College. Kuusisto has six athletic certifications including three from the United State Olympic Committee.

Krueger enters his first year as head coach in 2015 after having worked as assistant coach for the cross country and track programs for the past 3 years.  As an assistant coach Tony helped the womens cross country team attain its first ever UMAC championship crown in 2014 and subsequently a program-high 9th place finish at the highly competitive Central Region championships. Tony also worked closely with multiple All-American Linda Keller during the 2012 cross country season where she went on to finish 18th at the NCAA D-III national meet. As a graduate of UMM in 2008 Tony was a member of the track and field team for four years and was also a captain of the first-ever mens cross country team at UMM in 2007. An abiding love for the sport, pride in UMM as an institution and a strong desire to see UMM Cougars outpace their rivals fuels Tonys intense desire to help each athlete on his team become the best version of themselves.  Tony and his wife Miranda, also a UMM track and cross country alum, reside in Morris with their two children. They both continue to run and are often training for races. Tony has competed in 6 marathons, including Boston in 2010 and Chicago in 2012 and would like to run all the World Marathon Majors races in his lifetime!

Devine was named the Minnesota Morris Head Track and Field coach in the fall of 2015. This promotion comes after a three plus year stint as the assistant track and field coach. She was named the UMAC Women's Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year after the 2016 UMAC Indoor Track and Field Championships.  Devine came to Minnesota Morris after her two year stint at Minnesota State Mankato, where she served as the graduate assistant for the Mavericks in 2010-11 and was the assistant track and field coach in 2011-12. She also has experience as an assistant at Ball State University in Indiana, where she worked for a year. Devine began her track career at Logan High School in La Crosse, Wisconsin before going across the river to Winona, Minnesota to run track for Winona State University. She competed in the hurdles, sprints and multi for the Warriors from 2005-2008.   While competing at Winona she set the indoor school record in the 55m hurdles in 2008 with a time of 8.26, a record that still stands after the 2012 season. She set the indoor 60m hurdle record in 2008 with a time of 9.03 and sits third at the moment in the record books. She is also in the top-10 in the record books in three other indoor events, fifth in the pentathlon, seventh in the 60m dash and ninth in the long jump.   She was equally as impressive during her outdoor career setting the school record in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.36 in 2007. She is fifth all-time in the 100m dash, sixth in the heptathlon, tied for tenth in the 200m dash and in the long jump. She was also part of relay teams in the 4x100m, 4x200m and shuttle relay that rank in the top ten in Warriors history. Devine was a NSIC Champion at the 2005 and 2006 Indoor Championships in the 55m hurdles. In 2007 she was the NSIC Indoor Championship High Point Scorer. She was the 100m and 100m hurdle NSIC Champion in 2005 as well as being named the NSIC Outdoor Newcomer of the Year that year as well. AWARDS: 2016 UMAC Women's Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year