Scott Steffan

Biography

National Pole Vault Coach of the Year (2013) Three-Time USTFCCCA Assistant Coach of the Year, Mountain Region Scott Steffan, the 2013 National Pole Vault Coach of the Year and a three-time USTFCCCA Mountain Region Assistant Coach of the Year, is in his fourth season as the head coach of the Air Force track and field program. Steffan, who oversees Air Force’s highly successful vertical jumps squad and multi-event athletes, was promoted to the head coach position in the fall of 2022, after serving as an assistant coach (2008-13) and associate head coach (2014-22) during his time at the Academy. Since his arrival, six members of the men’s pole vault team – Dylan Bell, Nick Frawley, Kyle Pater, Cale Simmons, Joey Uhle, Greg Skage – have combined for 16 All-America awards, while two high jumpers – Taylor Smith, Shelley Spires – have combined for five. Frawley, who claimed a pair of top-three finishes at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (second in 2008, third in 2010) and Spires, who earned first-team status during three of her four national appearances, are two of the program’s most decorated Division I All-Americans, with four overall selections apiece. Steffan has coached the Falcons to 21 Mountain West titles in the pole vault, including the first-ever women’s outdoor title (Kathryn Tomczak, 2019). The men have dominated the top of the podium at the conference meet under his watch, winning 11 of the last 18 indoor titles and nine outdoor titles during that span. Uhle accounted fo