Brad Wick

Biography

The 2024-25 campaign will be the fourth season for Brad Wick as Minnesota's assistant cross country/track and field coach. A familiar name to the Golden Gophers, Wick was a volunteer assistant from 2005-08 and was most recently at San José State. In 2023-24, Minnesota's distance crew enjoyed seeing the success of recent graduate Matthew Wilkinson who qualified for his first Olympic Games in Paris just a year after he claimed Big Ten titles under the direction of Coach Wick. Wilkinson reached the Olympics by placing second at the US Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore., and went on to finish 17th overall in Paris, missing out on the final by just one position in his debut on the world stage. Back in the Twin Cities, Wick and the Gophers men's cross country team finished ninth overall at the Big Ten level. On the track Wick's crew qualified two to the NCAA West Regional with Eli Hoeft advancing to the second round for the first time in his career in the 1500m, while Dan VanAcker reached the NCAA regional level as a redshirt freshman in the 3000m steeplechase. The 2022-23 campaign for Wick and the Golden Gophers was another year of incredible success on the men's side. With the help of steeplechaser Matt Wilkinson, the outdoor track and field team reached the program's first No. 1 national ranking. Wilkinson's improvement continued under Wick's tutelage, earning another Big Ten Championship in the 3000m steeplechase and pairing it with a double in the 5000m which helped Wilkinson earn