Pat McCurry - Track & Field Coach - Boise State University Athletics

Pat McCurry

Title:
Head Coach- Track and Field/Cross Country
Email:
patmccurry@boisestate.edu

Pat McCurry was named the head coach for Boise State track and field and cross country on June 3, 2024, and enters his second season with the program in 2025-26.

In his first season with the Broncos, McCurry guided the Boise State cross country teams to second-place (women) and fourth-place (men) finishes at the Mountain West Championships, as well as sixth-place (women) and seventh-place (men) finishes at the NCAA West Regional. Four athletes earned All-Mountain West recognition, and four earned all-region honors.

McCurry also guided two individuals to the NCAA Championships, as Joe Hudson and Kaiya Robertson each qualified for the meet. Robertson became the first Bronco woman to qualify since 2022, finishing 53rd, while Hudson placed 101st.

Off the course, four athletes earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division I All-Academic honors. Both the men’s and women’s teams also earned USTFCCCA All-Academic team recognition.

During the indoor season, Boise State claimed two Mountain West individual titles. The first came in the heptathlon, where Idaho native Landon Helms became the first Bronco since 2012 to win the conference title in the event. The second came in the women’s distance medley relay, earning the program’s first title in the event since 2019.

In the outdoor season, Boise State added two additional individual conference championships, including another from Helms. He captured the decathlon title, earning qualification to the NCAA Championships. Robertson also claimed gold in the 1,500 meters.

At the NCAA Outdoor Championships, the Broncos were represented by Hanna Ackermann, Landon Helms and Kaiya Robertson. Ackermann competed in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase, finishing 16th and earning second-team All-American honors. Helms also earned second-team All-American honors, while Robertson received honorable mention recognition.

In his second cross country season, the Boise State women again finished runner-up at the Mountain West Championships, while the men placed second — a two-position improvement from 2024. At the NCAA West Regional, the women finished third and the men fourth, earning the women an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships, marking the program’s first team appearance since 2020.

Meshack Kuyo also qualified individually on the men’s side, marking consecutive seasons with an individual qualifier.
At the NCAA Championships, Boise State finished 22nd, ahead of seven Power Four institutions. Kuyo placed 27th individually to earn All-American honors.

McCurry, a former Bronco assistant from 2016-18, holds 16 years of collegiate head coaching experience and is the sixth combined head coach in program history. Over his career he has continued to coach several world-class, post-collegiate athletes to international success. His success as a coach includes:

23 U.S. Championship/Olympic Trials qualifiers
Five Olympic/World Championship qualifiers
Four International medalists
28 NCAA national championship qualifiers
14 NAIA national champions

McCurry returns to the Treasure Valley having experienced national success at the NAIA and NCAA Division I levels. He transformed the College of Idaho into one of the top NAIA programs during a 13-year head coach tenure, and he was the head coach at San Francisco from 2018-21.

In 2021 he founded Idaho Afoot to provide coaching and mentoring services, which included the 2022 Sal Mountain Mentorship Camp to connect female high school runners with elite athletes to cultivate a healthy relationship with sport and provide positive mentorship.

Outside of collegiate coaching, McCurry has coached several world-class athletes, including Lizzie Bird, Alycia Butterworth and former Bronco and current assistant coach, Marisa Howard. A three-time All-American at Boise State, Howard finished third at the 2024 US Olympic Trials to make her first US Olympic Team.

Bird is the current British record holder in the 3,000m steeplechase, and was a two-time Olympic finalist in that event (Tokyo and Paris). Under McCurry’s tutelage, Butterworth represented Canada in the 3,000m steeplechase at the 2017 IAAF World Championships.

McCurry is renowned for his work with middle-distance runners, a group he worked with in his tenure at Boise State. He recruited future NCAA 800-meter champion Kristie Schoffield to Boise State, and coached five national qualifiers while with the Broncos. Sadi Henderson was a four-time All-American in the 800m, reaching the national championship indoors and outdoors in 2017 and 2018.

During his tenure with the Dons, McCurry coached five athletes to the national championships – four of which earned All-America honors. Henderson (800m) and Dana Klein (1,500-meter) earned All-America honors outdoors in his first season on the Hilltop in 2018-19, while Aoibhe Richardson became the first athlete in school history to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships in 2020 before the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Richardson would become an All-American in 2021 outdoors.

As the head coach at the College of Idaho, McCurry guided the women's track and field team to four-consecutive Cascade Collegiate Conference Championships from 2013-16.On the national stage, McCurry led the men's cross country team to 10 NAIA Championship appearances, including a seventh-place finish in 2015. The women's cross country team enjoyed similar success, having qualified for eight straight NAIA Championships (2008-15) and two runner-up finishes in 2012 and 2013. The women’s team also finished third at indoor nationals in 2014.

Prior to coaching at the College of Idaho, McCurry was an assistant coach at Eastern Oregon. He helped his alma mater to a national runner-up finish at the 2002 NAIA Men's Cross Country Championships.