Derek Powers

Biography

Derek Powers enters his 27th overall season at the helm of the SUNY Morrisville cross country and track programs in the fall 2025. Powers rejoined the SUNY Morrisville athletic department staff in the fall of 2008 after a two-year absence, as head coach of the men's and women's cross country program. Under Powers' guidance SUNY Morrisville has competed multiple times at the NCAA Mid-East Regional Championships. In 2016, Powers coached the men's team to an individual championship title, and in 2013, he coached Billie Jo Hinds to an individual title while earning NEAC Coach of the Year honors. Across his time with the Mustangs, Powers has had 41 United East/NEAC All-Conference runners and three individual champions. Prior to the Mustangs' transition to the NCAA, Powers coached the men's and women's teams to several appearances in the NJCAA Championship meets, earning the 2001 NJCAA National Coach of the Year award. Powers is a 1995 graduate of SUNY Morrisville where he served as captain for two seasons on the men's cross country and track and field teams. He began his coaching career in 1997 as head coach of the cross country program at Morrisville and continues to run competitively as one of the top ranked distance runners in Upstate New York.