Entering his first season as an Assistant Coach for Texas State Track and Field, Erik Stevens will lead the Bobcats men’s and women’s distance program and be the primary coach for the men’s and women’s cross country team.
A graduate of the University of Arizona (2005) Stevens started his coaching career at in Centennial, CO at Arapahoe High School. While there he helped rebuild the boys’ and girls’ cross country program to a perennial state championship contender. In his time as the head coach of the Warriors he led the women’s program to three consecutive Centennial League championships, and five straight regional championships. On the track he guided Connor Winter to six consecutive state titles (800m, 1600m, 3200m). After 5 years at Arapahoe Stevens joined UCLA Track and Field and Cross Country as a volunteer assistant coach in 2013. While at UCLA he assisted in bringing several athletes to NCAA and USA Championship levels of competition. After 3 seasons assisting Forest Braden and helping lead both the men and women to the NCAA cross country championships in 2013, he stepped away from the college ranks to coach at the high school level again. He returned to Colorado and again helped to bring prominence back to two different programs in three years. In his two final years coaching at Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs, Stevens led the program to a dominating performance while winning its first state championship in school history.
Wanting to be back in the collegiate ranks, Stevens joined the coaching staff at the University of Georgia in 2018. While working under Coach Patrick Cunniff he continued to develop his coaching philosophy and add to his understanding and passion to bring athletes to their highest level of development.
Most recently Stevens spent the 2021 cross country, indoor and outdoor seasons with Florida State University as a volunteer assistant in charge of developing the 800m program.
In total Stevens has coached seven years at the NCAA Division I level and brings the knowledge and passion to develop a culture of excellence and bring the Texas State distance program to new heights.
