Davidson College Men's Track & Field

Matt Stuck was promoted to Director of Men's Cross Country and Track & Field in July of 2023. Coach Stuck specializes in the pole vault, hurdles, and high jump groups as well as the Heptathlon and Decathlon. The 2025 outdoor season featured some historic moments for the men's track & field program and Coach Stuck. Jayden Smith punch his ticket to the NCAA Championships for the second straight season. The six-time Atlantic 10 champion (outdoors & indoors combined) earned first-team All American honors with an eighth place finish in the 110m hurdles at NCAAs. Smith recorded a time of 13.65 in the championship heat. He is also one of just two Wildcats to earn All-American status on the men's side. John Teachman also made a statement during the 2025 outdoor season. Teachman became the first ever Wildcat to win gold in the Javelin in the Atlantic 10. He threw for 63.34 meters to win the A-10. The Mt. Pleasant, S.C. native also competed at the Nike / USATF U20 Championships in June a

Andrew Allden joined the Davidson men's cross country and track & field program in the fall of 2023. A 30-year veteran of distance coaching, Coach Allden has proven success in both the cross country and the track & field realm. Allden most recently coached Anass Essayi who was the SEC's indoor mile and outdoor 1500m champion and also took bronze at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Essay's time of 3:50.46 this past indoor season was the second-fastest mile in NCAA history. Allden also served as South Carolina's women's cross country coach from 2013-2022 where his student-athletes set 13 of the program's top-20 times in the 6K including the current school record. His 2022 squad also boasted the SEC's top GPA of 3.70, then in 2014, the program recorded the highest team GPA in Division I. In 2015, his team followed that up with the second-highest team GPA in the country at 3.826. From 2009 through 2013, Allden served as a coaching educator and elite athlete coach for USA Track & Field where

Longtime throws coach Bob Luciano joined the Davidson College track & field staff in August 2024. Leading Davidson's first-ever throwing squad with a full time dedicated throws coach, Luciano's four freshman and two sophomores rewrote the record books during the 2024-2025 season. Sam Ketch set the men's school hammer record with a toss of 47.44m. His 46.97m discus PR ranks 3rd on Davidson's all time performer list. Eddie Brown took 8th place at the Atlantic 10 outdoor championship meet with a massive PR of 14.61m, ranking 7th on Davidson's all time performer list. He earned most improved men's athlete of the year 2024-2025. Chris Thompson's 52.89m javelin PR moved him up to 6th on Davidson's all time performer list. Also during the 2024-2025 season, John Teachman shattered the javelin school record with an NCAA East Regional qualifying throw of 64.02m. His consistency was impressive, throwing beyond 60m in all 7 meets.

Zach Haupt joined Davidson as an assistant coach in October 2021. Coach Haupt handles the long jump and triple jump in addition to sprints and sprint relays for both genders. "I would like to thank Coaches Straub and Waldron for believing that my experiences, character, and values lined with those that they were looking for in this position," Haupt said. "I am excited to be an important part of the support system for both our track & field directors and student-athletes, and I look forward to assisting in the process of meeting our program's academic and athletic goals. I am thrilled to be a Wildcat." Haupt competed collegiately at McKendree College where he was a four-time All-American selection and earned Most Valuable Field Athlete following the 1997-98 season. He also qualified for the 1996 Olympic Trials. His first foray into coaching was the 2000-01 season at Syracuse University in 2000 before returning to his alma mater as the Assistant Coach in 2002.