Grand Canyon University Men's Track & Field

College Coaching Resume YEAR SCHOOL POSITION 2007-09 Utah Grad. Asst. 2012 Cal Asst. Coach 2013 Cal Asst. HC 2014-15 Cal Assoc. HC 2016-18 Cal HC 2021-22 UCSB HC 2023 Iowa Asst. Coach 2024-present GCU HC Conference Champions 2021 NCAA Championships Appearances Men - 2016 | Women - 2017 Conference Coach of the Year 2021 bold denotes at GCU View GCU Cross Country coaching records. Shayla Houlihan is in her second season as Grand Canyon cross country head coach after being named to the position in July 2024. A decorated runner in her own right, Houlihan has an impressive coaching resume that includes several top-10 recruiting classes, appearances at NCAA Championships, conference titles, All-Americans, national team coaching experience and academic success. "I'm thrilled to have found my home at GCU and am eager to work hard to elevate our distance program to national prominence," Houlihan said at the time of her hire. "As we transition from the WAC to the WCC, it will be vital to make the competitive jump in this distance-heavy, national-caliber conference. I want to thank the administration — (sport administrator) Anthony Martinez, (deputy athletic director) Nick Ojea and (athletic director) Jamie Boggs — for entrusting my vision for the future of our program here at GCU." Working alongside track and field head coach Tom Flood, Houlihan oversees the distance component of the program including leading the cross country teams and assisting with distance runners for track and fie

Track and FieldSkip AdBrooks, BlairBrooks, BlairFlood, TomHernandez, MarianoHinch, DerickHoulihan, ShaylaOloyede, IsraelOmovoh, KnowledgeTuttle, Jeremy

Track and FieldSkip AdHinch, DerickBrooks, BlairFlood, TomHernandez, MarianoHinch, DerickHoulihan, ShaylaOloyede, IsraelOmovoh, KnowledgeTuttle, Jeremy

Track and FieldSkip AdOloyede, IsraelBrooks, BlairFlood, TomHernandez, MarianoHinch, DerickHoulihan, ShaylaOloyede, IsraelOmovoh, KnowledgeTuttle, Jeremy

Jeremy Tuttle finished his 4th season as GCU’s assistant men’s and women’s track and field coach in 2024-2025. Tuttle oversees throws for the Track & Field p...

Olympian Knowledge Omovoh joined the Grand Canyon University track and field coaching staff in 2022, bringing elite international experience to the Lopes' sp...

Track and FieldSkip AdHernandez, MarianoBrooks, BlairFlood, TomHernandez, MarianoHinch, DerickHoulihan, ShaylaOloyede, IsraelOmovoh, KnowledgeTuttle, Jeremy

Year-by-Year Indoor Outdoor YEAR M W M W 2011 (D-II) -- -- -- -- 2012 (D-II) NCAA D-II Champ -- -- -- 2013 (D-II) -- -- 1st 1st 2014 2nd 1st* 3rd 2nd 2015 2nd 1st* 2nd 2nd 2016 1st 1st 1st 1st 2017 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 2018 1st 1st 1st 1st 2019 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2020 1st 2nd -- -- 2021 -- -- 1st 1st 2022 1st 1st 1st 4th 2023 1st 4th 1st 3rd 2024 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 2025 1st 3rd 2nd 4th 2020 WAC outdoor championships and 2021 WAC indoor championships not held due to COVID-19, 2014 & 2015 titles vacated WAC Coach of the Year Men's Indoor 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2025 Women's Indoor 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024 Men's Outdoor 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Women's Outdoor 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 Holder of 24 WAC Championships, 26 WAC Coach of the Year honors and a Division II National Championship, Tom Flood is in his 16th season as GCU’s track and field head coach in 2025-26. In 2010, Flood took on the challenge of starting a track and field program at Grand Canyon and, under his guidance, both programs have had a tremendous amount of success, highlighted by a 2012 NCAA Division II Men's Indoor Track and Field National Championship and 24 WAC team titles. In 12 years of D-I championship opportunities, the Lopes have had over 200 individual conference champions. Among the consistent championship success, some of the more impressive stretches of team dominance include a streak of seven consecutive men's indoor championships (2016-23), four straight women