Louie Quintana has been named the head track and field and cross country coach at Oregon State University, Vice President/Director of Athletics Scott Barnes announced Monday. Quintana arrives at OSU after a highly successful 16-year coaching tenure at Arizona State University, one of the most successful programs in the country. He has served as the Sun Devils’ head men’s and women’s cross country coach, and the program’s distance and middle distance coach since 2004. “Louie’s thoughtful approach and vision for our program stood out to our search committee,” Barnes said. “He was a highly accomplished college and prep student-athlete who will relate well to current and future members of our teams. His commitment to student-athlete growth academically, personally and as an athlete are important factors that ultimately led us to Coach Quintana. “We are very excited about what lies ahead for our program under Coach Quintana and welcome him to Beaver Nation.” Quintana’s success as a coach includes 12 ASU cross country teams advancing to the NCAA Championships, three runner-up placings at the Pac-12 Championships, the first two Sun Devil individual conference champions in the history of the program, and six NCAA individual track and field distance and middle distance titlists. He has coached 48 All-Americans, 27 Pac-12 or Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) champions, and numerous athletes who have excelled internationally. In 2006, he was named the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Distance Coach of the Year.
