Tyler Deck Shipley has been hired as Head Coach of New York University's Men's and Women's Cross Country teams. He will also serve as an assistant coach of the track & field teams.  

Deck Shipley joins NYU after serving as the Assistant Men's and Women's Cross Country and Track & Field Coach at La Salle University. In his one season there, Deck Shipley helped produce the team's first Atlantic 10 Cross Country Champion in more than a decade, Luke Jaciw-Zurakowsky, who went on to compete at the NCAA Division I Championship.

"I'd like to thank everyone at New York University for this opportunity," Deck Shipley said. "NYU is clearly a special place, and I am beyond excited to have this chance to help guide the cross country and track and field programs. NYU is a world-class institution in a world-class city, and I look forward to working to build a program to the same pedigree. I'm excited to return to Division III and I can't wait to meet the team and start collectively working toward lofty goals!"

Deck Shipley served as the Director of Operations for the women's track & field team and assisted with both the men's and women's cross country programs at Temple University from 2018-20. The men posted program-best second-place finishes at the American Athletic Conference (AAC) Championships in both 2018 and 2019. Four runners earned All-Region honors in 2019, doubling the program's total over the previous 10 years. The women's team produced program-best finishes in 2018 at the AAC Championship (third place) and the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region Championship (fourth place), while also capturing its first-ever ECAC (Eastern College Athletic Conference) Championship. 

Also in 2018, the women's team had the highest team GPA in the AAC.

Deck Shipley began his coaching career as a Volunteer Assistant for the men's and women's cross country and track & field teams at Oklahoma State University in 2017-18. Both cross country teams qualified for the NCAA Division I Championships that season, while numerous student-athletes qualified for the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

"From a group of extremely talented and gifted candidates, Tyler quickly distinguished himself as the choice to be the next head coach of our cross country program," said Stuart Robinson, NYU's Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Director of Athletics. "Throughout the interview process, Tyler's excitement, energy and plans to achieve excellence here in the heart of NYC created a sense of belief that the best days of our program lie  ahead of us. Throughout his young professional career, Tyler has shown himself to be a coach who will not be deterred by challenges or high expectations. I am excited to work with and to support Tyler as he begins his efforts to put our cross country program back as one of the best in Division III."

A 2016 graduate of the University of Puget Sound with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Anthropology, Deck Shipley went on earn a Master of Science in Business from Temple in 2020. As an undergraduate, he was a two-time NCAA Division III All-American (5,000m indoors and 10,000m outdoors) in 2016, a 10-time Northwest Conference Champion and an NCAA Post Graduate Scholarship recipient. 

Possessing USATF Level One Coaching Certification, Deck Shipley is a native of Portland, OR, and resides in New York City.