Scott Pesch
Head Track & Cross Country Coach
Phone: 5955
Email:
Scott.Pesch@humboldt.edu
Scott Pesch begins his fifth season as the head cross country and track and field coach at Humboldt State.
An HSU alumnus and former Green and Gold distance standout, Pesch has taken the program to new heights under his leadership.
Pesch teaches his student-athletes to balance the busy life of being an NCAA Division II athlete and a student at HSU. His priority is academic success that will help prepare them for life after athletics. He works to build high-character, mature young adults that will give back to their community in the future. In respect to athletic success, Pesch believes in building his program’s depth from the ground up. He has increased his program’s national recognition by qualifying teams and individuals for Nationals, and has coached multiple All-American talents. He works tirelessly to build a program that can compete in one of the nation’s best conferences, the California Collegiate Athletic Association.
In the fall of 2010, his first season with the Jacks, he coached a pair of cross country student-athletes to All-Conference accolades. Pesch coached an All-American and All-Conference selection in Nicolas Arguellas during the spring 2011 season. He also led a team that included two more All-Conference choices and a Conference Champion (Logan Baumgartner).
The 2011 cross country season saw improved results for his squad. Bridget Berg captured All-Conference, All-Region and All-American honors under Pesch’s guidance and Joe Ostini picked up All-Conference and All-Region nods.
Track and field sent two NCAA Div. II qualifiers to Pueblo, Colo., in the spring (Jantzen Oshier and Austin Huff). Seven Jacks also were tabbed All-Conference performers and Oshier was a Conference Champion.
Pesch’s 2012 cross country team made history as it marked the first time in program history both the men’s and women’s squads qualified for NCAA DII National Cross Country Championships. The women placed third overall in the NCAA Regional Meet and finished 15
th in the NCAA National Meet. The men’s team ranked fifth overall in the Regional Meet and 16
th in the NCAA National Meet. Bridget Berg and Austin Huff carried over their success from the spring season and were named All-Americans. The Jacks finished the season with four All-Conference and three All-Region selections.
Fred Rosser captured a Conference Championship in the men’s 400m hurdles and Oshier was tabbed an All-Conference member during the 2012 track and field season.
The 2013 cross country team was balanced, but had just one All-Region pick in Kori Gilley.
Pesch added another All-American to his already growing list in the 2014 track and field season. Matt Horsfall placed third in the javelin during the NCAA DII National Championships in Grand Rapids, Mich. Rosser finished the season as a NCAA Qualifier for the National Meet and was an All-Conference pick and eventual Conference Champion in the 400m hurdles. Joshua Toney won the Conference Championship in the discus and was also an All-Conference selection. Five total Jacks earned All-Conference nods in 2014.
Academic success has always been a key goal for Pesch’s student-athletes. His men’s and women’s teams have been honored as USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams 12 total times in both cross country and track and field.
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