Isaac Wood

Biography

Isaac Wood was hired as Head Cross Country Coach and Assistant Track & Field Coach at Pacific Athletics to lead the newly added men's cross country and men's track & field programs beginning in 2025. Wood built a national powerhouse as head men's and women's cross country coach at Salt Lake City Community College from 2022-24, winning five national titles including two in women's cross country, two women's half marathons, and one in men's cross country. He guided the women to their first-ever NJCAA National Championship and coached nine individual national champions, including two-time champion JaQuavious Harris who broke national records in the 5000m. In 2023, Wood was recognized as the NJCAA National Coach of the Year and received the Governor of Utah's State of Sport Award for Coach of the Year. His coaching career includes key roles at BYU, where he served as Director of Operations for Track and Field from 2016-2020 during which the men's cross-country team won the NCAA National Championship in 2019, and at Weber State, where he developed All-American distance runners. Wood is the Executive Director of the Run Elite Program, Utah's first professional running organization, and served on the NCAA Cross Country Executive Committee from 2014-2016. He holds a bachelor's degree in history from BYU and speaks six languages.