Isaac Wood (Interim)

Biography

With the newly added sports of men's cross country and men's track & field getting underway in 2025, Pacific Athletics added onto its coaching staff with the hiring of Isaac Wood as Head Cross Country Coach and Assistant Track & Field Coach. Wood, who built a national powerhouse as the head men's and women's cross country coach from scratch at Salt Lake City Community College, will work with both the men's and women's programs at Pacific. Wood spent the last previous seasons at SLCC from 2022-24 where he won 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, followed by a team title at the NJCAA Half Marathon just days later. Wood also coached nine individual national champions. It included 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 prestigious Governor of Utah's State of Sport Award for Coach of the Year. Wood's coaching career includes key roles with nationally prominent programs such as BYU and Weber State. He served as the Director of Operations for BYU Track and Field from 2016 to 2020, during which the men's cross-country team won the NCAA National Championship in 2019 and achieved top-10 finishes in multiple seasons. The women's team also consistently placed among the nation's elite, including a runner-up finish in