Coach Matt Schauf
Matt Schauf begins his first season as head coach for both the UW-Stout
men's and women's cross country programs.
Schauf comes to the Blue Devils after six seasons (2001-06) as the cross
country coach for both boys and girls programs at nearby Boyceville High
School. A mathematics teacher in the district's middle school, Schauf calculated
the Bulldogs' progressive success. Both programs won the school's first-ever
boys and girls conference championships in 2002, then repeated again in
2004. The boys team twice qualified to the WIAA state championships, finishing
12th in 2002 and third in 2004. Schauf was named the District 1 Coach of
the Year in 2004.
Schauf was also an assistant track coach at Boyceville where he worked
with the distance runners from 2002-06. Schauf began his coaching career
at Darlington High School where he was an assistant cross country coach.
Schauf left Boyceville in 2007 to pursue a masters degree at UW-Stout in
Information Communications Technologies and became an assistant track coach
for the Blue Devil men's track team, working with the distance runners.
Contact Information:
- schaufm@uwstout.edu
- 715-232-1424
- 208 Sports & Fitness Center
A native of southwestern Wisconsin and a graduate of UW-Platteville, Schauf looks forward to leaving his imprint on the Stout programs.
"The challenge of coaching both men and women lies in adequately meeting the needs of so many different individuals," Schauf said. "The key is having leadership among both groups. I believe that it is important to focus on the team and then tailor your training to best meet the needs of the individuals you coach.
"We have a very young team, and what I am most concerned with is instilling the values of hard work and commitment, just as coaches Buchholtz and Harlan had."