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(Accomplishments while at Pacific)
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- 6th season as Head Coach of the Boxers cross country and track & field programs
- One Division III Outdoor Track & Field National Champion
- Four NCAA All-Americans, Outdoor Track & Field
- Six NCAA National Qualifiers, Outdoor Track & Field
- Two Two-Time NCAA Division III Cross Country National Qualifiers
- 70 USTFCCCA All-Region Selections, Indoor Track & Field
- 26 USTFCCCA All-Region Selections, Outdoor Track & Field
- Four Cross Country All-West Regional Honorees
- 10 NWC Track & Field Individual Champions
- 46 All-NWC Track & Field Honorees
- 10 All-NWC Cross Country Honorees
- Two USTFCCCA Division III All-Academic Teams, Cross Country
- Two USTFCCCA Division III Scholar-Athlete, Cross Country
- Two USTFCCCA Division III Scholar-Athletes, Outdoor Track & Field
- 96 NWC Scholar-Athletes
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Matt Lydum enters his sixth season at the helm of the Pacific men's and women's cross country and track and field programs.
The Boxers crowned its first individual national champion in 2019 when Brooke France brought home a national title in the women's javelin throw. Emily Sproul made her fourth appearance at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships. In the fall, Serena Wallace became the second Boxer to qualify for the NCAA Division III Cross Country National Championship after earning all-region and first team all-Northwest Conference honors. Wallace went on to be named the Pacific University Female Student-Athlete of the Year and a 2018-19 First Team Northwest Conference Scholar-Athlete.
In his first two years, he coached Stephenie Spencer to two NCAA Cross Country National Championship appearances and saw Boxers javelin throwers Mackenzie Huddleston and Emily Sproul not only qualify for the national championships, but earn All-American status.
Prior to coming to Pacific he was head coach in both cross country and track and field at Defiance College (OH) and was the track and field boss at San Francisco State. He coached at both places with his wife (Randi) who is a former track and field All-American for Western Oregon where she is currently the compliance director and senior woman administrator.
Lydum's coaching experience also includes being an active clinician for USA Track and Field for many years and has been the director of the Youth Level 2 program since 2010.
He was a two-sport athlete in college staring in football and track and field at Western Oregon State College (now Western Oregon University). He played football for the Wolves in 1985 and 1986, and was a district champion and a NAIA All-American in the hammer (1990).
He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Western Oregon (1990 and 1993) and his doctorate in teaching and teacher education from the University of Arizona (2011).
Matt and his wife, Randi have two children, Max and Hazel and live in Monmouth.
