Hayden Hunt enters his first year as the assistant cross country coach in 2026.
Hunt, who will also assist the track & field programs, came to Oshkosh from Carnegie Mellon University (Pa.), where he had served as an assistant cross country and track & field coach since 2024.
While with the Tartans, Hunt helped guide the cross country programs to four top-25 finishes at the Division III Championships and four individuals to All-America honors. Carnegie Mellon won one regional crown while the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association awarded 25 All-Region honors to runners between 2024 and 2025.
On the track, Tartans collected four individual University Athletic Association titles and five Division III All-America medals.
A four-year student-athlete in the NCAA Division II Shippensburg University (Pa.) men’s cross country and track & field teams, Hunt was a member of eight total Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference championships, won the indoor 5,000-meter run title in 2023 and the outdoor 10,000-meter title in 2024, earned 11 overall All-PSAC First Team awards and was named the league’s cross country freshman of the year in 2021.
Hunt qualified for the Division II Cross Country Championship twice – 2021 and 2023.
Hunt graduated from Shippensburg in 2023 and 2024. Both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees are in business administration. He also holds a level one certification with USA Track & Field.
(August 26, 2026)
