Steve Fuelling enters as the new head cross country/assistant track & field coach at John Carroll University during the 2024-2025 academic year. Fuelling was selected for the job in September 2024.Â
Fuelling graduated from Grand Valley State University in 2013, where he was a part of the cross country/track & field program as a student-athlete, which led to him earning his master’s degree from Boise State University from 2016-2018 as an assistant coach.
He gained Division I coaching experience at both Temple and the University of Illinois, as well as Boise State. While assisting at Boise State, the men would win their first Mountain West cross country championship in school history and the women would place as high as 6th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships.
Steve then went on to be the Head Cross Country/Assistant Track & Field coach at Academy of Art University in San Francisco, where he coached several All-Americans at the NCAA Division II level, including NCAA Mile & 1500m champion, James Young. He was also a part of four top-20 NCAA team finishes at Academy of Art and was named USTFCCCA West Region Assistant Coach of the Year in 2020 and 2021.Â
After spending three seasons at Academy of Art, Fuelling was named to the coaching staff at the University of San Francisco in August 2021. Fuelling elevated his runners to compete at the NCAA 1st Round Championships in track & field, as well as racing to multiple First-Team All WCC Cross Country honors.
Steve has coached for 11 years at both the NCAA Division I and II levels.
