Coach Erik Stevens joined the Minot State athletic department as the new head coach for track and field in January of 2026.
Coach Stevens comes to Minot State after spending four seasons as the head cross country coach at North Texas and 3 1/2 years as an assistant track and field coach for the Mean Green, where he coached the distance runners.
During his time at North Texas, Coach Stevens guided two cross-country runners to the NCAA National Championship, and the women's cross-country team finished 5th in the American Athletic Conference in 2024, the team's best finish since 2017. In track and field, he guided the distance runners to five new school records and four American Athletic Conference/Sun Belt Conference championships.
Prior to his time with the Mean Green, he spent one season as head cross-country coach and the assistant track and field coach for distance runners at NCAA Division I Texas State, and also served as a volunteer assistant coach at NCAA Division I Florida State for one year, spent two years as a volunteer assistant coach at NCAA Division I Georgia, and two years as a volunteer assistant coach at NCAA Division I UCLA.
A 2006 graduate of Arizona with a degree in History Education and a minor in kinesiology and coaching, Coach Stevens holds USATF Level 1 & 2 certifications and is a USTFCCCA Endurance Specialist.
