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Ryan Waite

Ryan Waite

TitleAssistant Coach/Men's Distance
OfficeSFH 54

BYU Coaching Highlights

Has coached BYU athletes to:

  • One National Championship title for men's cross country in 2024
  • 2022-23 USTFCCCA Program of the Year Award for men's track & field/cross country
    • 3rd place team finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships
    • Individual NCAA title for Kenneth Rooks in the 3k steeplechase
    • Casey Clinger earning First-Team All-American Honors in the Indoor 3k, Indoor 5k and Outdoor 10k. 

Delaware Coaching Highlights

  • Served as interim head coach of the Delaware track and field program in 2021-22, leading the team to a runner-up finish at the 2022 CAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships
  • Assisted in Delaware's 2019 CAA Outdoor Track & Field championship and coached the cross country team to a second-place finish at the 2019 CAA Championship, both of which were best team finishes in school history for the respective sports
  • At Delaware, athletes broke school records in every indoor and outdoor middle-distance and distance event
  • Coached Delaware Alum Holly Manning to 2022 New Zealand National Title and Oceana Games Bronze Medal in the 800-meters 
  • Coached Michaela Meyer to the NCAA Indoor Championships, the first athlete in Delaware school history to qualify for the meet

Coaching Experience

  • BYU (2022-present)
    • Assistant Coach / Men's Distance (2022-Present)
  • Delaware (2016-2022)
    • Head Cross Country Coach/Head Track & Field Coach (2022)
    • Head Cross Country Coach/Interim Head Track & Field Coach (2021-22)
    • Head Cross Country Coach/Associate Head Track & Field Coach (2020-21)
    • Head Cross Country Coach/Assistant Track & Field Coach (2018-20)
    • Assistant Cross Country Coach/Assistant Track & Field Coach (2016-18)
  • BYU (2013-2016)
    • Director of Operations - Cross Country/Track & Field (2014-16)
    • Student Assistant Coach - Cross Country/Track & Field (2013-14)

Collegiate Running Career (BYU)

  • Five-time All-American
  • Three-time Conference Champion
  • No. 4 all-time at BYU in the indoor 800m running 1:48.49 in 2013
  • No. 6 all-time at BYU in the outdoor 800m running 1:46.83 in 2010

Education

  • BYU (2014, B.A.)
  • Delaware (2020, MPA)

Personal

  • Wife: Ashlynn
  • Children: Has four children, Bria, Jackson, Grant and Dani. Jackson's middle name (Edward) is in honor of BYU coach Ed Eyestone.