Lee LaBadie

Biography

Lee LaBadie has been selected as the head coach for the cross country and track and field programs at Ohio Dominican University. LaBadie spent 12 seasons as the head coach of the cross country program as well as assistant track & field distance coach at NCAA Division I Akron. During his time at Akron, 11 Zips earned a total of 21 All-Mid-American Conference awards, with seven honorees getting First-Team accolades. In cross country, the Zips notched four top three finishes as a team in the MAC. LaBadie coached Akron's first NCAA Championship qualifier in 2019. As an assistant at Akron, he had a hand in developing student-athletes to 16 Indoor MAC titles and nine Outdoor MAC titles. LaBadie worked with Clayton Murphy, a bronze medalist in the 800 meters for the 2016 Summer Olympics and eighth place finisher in 2020. He spent two stints as an assistant track and field coach at Ohio State University spanning eight years, where he coached three individual Big Ten champions and helped the Buckeyes to an outdoor Big Ten team title in 1992. He was the head women's coach at Bowling Green State University for both track and field and cross country for four years, coaching 12 individual MAC champions and two All-Americans. He began his coaching career at Parkland College, leading teams to five NJCAA national championship appearances with three top ten finishes, coaching over 120 All-Americans and six national champions.