Ryan Vanhoy

Biography

Ryan Vanhoy, who spent nine seasons building the Ole Miss cross country and track distance programs into powerhouses in the SEC, was named Cal Poly's Director of Track & Field and Cross Country on June 20, 2022, and is in his fourth year with the program in 2025-26. In his first year leading the Cal Poly cross country program, Vanhoy, the 2022 Big West Men's Coach of the Year, helped the Mustangs earn their first sweep at The Big West Championships since 2018 and their sixth in program history. Vanhoy was the associate head coach of men's and women's cross country at Ole Miss from 2015-21, elevating the programs to heights never seen in the school's history, earning 14 NCAA Championship team berths along the way. In 2021, Vanhoy was named the USTFCCCA South Region Men's and Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year after leading both the Rebels' men's and women's teams to NCAA South Regional titles and second-place finishes at the SEC Cross Country Championships. Vanhoy also spent seven seasons at Ole Miss (2016-22) as the assistant track and field coach for the distance team. Vanhoy arrived in Oxford, Mississippi in 2013 to take over as the men's cross country coach and serve as an assistant track coach for the men's distance team. Prior to his time at Ole Miss, Vanhoy coached at Northeastern University for one year and at his alma mater, University of North Carolina, for three years. Vanhoy, who competed on the North Carolina track and cross country teams in 2006 and 2007, gr