     Walter Curry is in his eighth season as head men's & women's track & field coach for the Cardinals in 2008-09. Before taking over as head coach at Wesleyan, Walter was an assistant track coach for eight years at Boston College .
     Walter was quite successful, coaching three Division I All-Americans and numerous Big East all-conference and all-New England performers during his stint at B.C. In his seven-year tenure at Wesleyan, Walter has had similar success, coaching 26 NCAA qualifiers (15 indoors and 11 outdoors) and 11 All-Americans (nine indoor, two outdoor), two of whom were crowned National Champion (indoor 55m dash in 2003, indoor 5,000m run in 2007).
     Walter is a 1987 graduate of Iowa State University where he was an outstanding hurdler and sprinter for the Cyclones and was part of their indoor and outdoor Big Eight conference champion squads with several individual top-three conference finishes, a place on the Iowa State 55-meter hurdles and 110-meter hurdles top-10 list and a trip to the NCAA Division I Championships in 1986 to his credit.
     Walter began coaching while a student at Iowa State, working with the Cyclones' summer camp in 1985 and 1986. In past years he has been a clinician for hurdles events at the Brown University track & field camp from 1995 to 2002 and was a guest clinician at the 2000 and 2001 New England High School Track & Field Coaches Clinic. He is the writer, co-producer and clinician for an instructional video on hurdling which was first distributed nationally by Championship Books and Video Productions in 1998.
     A U.S.A.T.F. level II certified coach in sprints and hurdles, Walter also has certification in the jumps and throws. Walter resides in Torrington, Conn. with his wife Judy and their three children - Olivia, Dante and Austin.

John Crooke - Assistant Coach (Distance)

   John Crooke is in his ninth season as head men�s and women�s cross country coach at Wesleyan University. Under his guidance both the men�s and women�s team have risen steadily in regional and national rankings and are consistently ranked among the top-10 in New England . The 2002 women�s team qualified for the NCAA championships for the first time in school history and the 2004 squad repeated the effort while placing 14th nationally. The men's team qualified for its first national championship in 2005, also coming in 14th, then qualified a second time in 2006 with a 15th-place showing. John was named NESCAC men's co-Coach of the Year and New England Division III men's Coach of the Year following the 2005 campaign.
    John also serves as an assistant coach for both men's and women's indoor and outdoor track, working with the distance runners. John was acting head coach for both teams during the outdoor season in 2000-01 and guided the women�s team to a third-place finish in the NESCAC championships which was the highest conference finish in school history.
    Prior to his appointment at Wesleyan, John served as head men's and women's cross-country and track & field coach at Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio, for the 1998 and 1999 seasons. He was associate head cross-country and track & field coach at Widener University in Chester, Pa. (1996-98) where he directed the women's programs, and head boys and girls cross country and track & field coach at Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, Pa. (1988-95).
    Graduating from St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia in 1983, John went on to earn his master's degree with a concentration in sport and athletic administration from West Chester University in 1996. While a student at St. Joseph's, John was a team captain in both cross country and track, earning all-Atlantic 10 honors in each while also receiving all-East accolades in cross country. He is a member of his alma mater's track & field Hall of Fame.

Lucia Pier - Assistant Coach
Andrea Clarke - Assistant Coach
Frank Wolak - Assistant Coach (Throws)