University of Wisconsin, Superior Men's Track And Field

Brian Hakanson enters his fourth season as an assistant coach for the men’s and women’s track and field teams under Head Coach Glen Drexler for the 2025–26 season. He primarily oversees the program’s long jump and triple jump events. Hakanson earned his Bachelor of Science degree in health and human performance from UW-Superior in 1999. During his collegiate career, he competed for five seasons and also served as a student coach during the 1998-99 campaign. During his time competing for the Yellowjackets, Hakanson earned numerous accolades. He was a four-time Most Valuable Men’s Track and Field Athlete and a five-time medalist at the WSUC/WIAC Championships, highlighted by a second-place finish in the long jump, earning him all-conference honors in 1997. Hakanson was also recognized as WSUC/WIAC Field Athlete of the Week three times and was a four-time finalist for Yellowjacket Athlete of the Year (1994–97). At the time of his graduation, Hakanson held six program records, including the indoor and outdoor long jump, indoor triple jump, outdoor 4x800-meter relay, indoor distance medley relay, and indoor 4x200-meter relay. Hakanson resides in Foxboro with his wife, Carissa. They have two children: daughter Sophia and son Edward, who is currently a member of the Yellowjacket men’s track and field team.  

Anthony Willette is in his fourth season as a full-time assistant coach for the men's and women's track and field programs in 2025-26. He was named to the position on Sept. 2, 2022.   No stranger to UWS track and field, Willette earned the promotion after spending 2021-22 in a part-time role, working primarily with the throwers. Willette began his coaching career as an assistant coach, working with the throwers at Duluth Denfeld High School in 2015. A native of Wells, Minn., Willette was a member of the UWS men's track and field team from 2011-16. In 2014, he placed fifth in the hammer throw at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Then, in 2016, Willette earned postseason honors from the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) in the weight throw during the indoor season and the hammer throw during the outdoor season, and in the process helped UW-Superior to its first-ever men's track and field conference title. Willette's hammer throw mark of 51.46 meters stood as the school record for several years, before being broken in 2019.   Willette was a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and the Criminal Justice Club during his time as a student-athlete.   Willette graduated from UW-Superior in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science degree in legal studies, with a concentration in criminal justice. Three years prior to joining the coaching staff in a full-time capacity, he was employed as a corrections officer, designated shift coordinator and field training officer with the Northeast Regional Corrections Center.