Will Boylan-Pett
Head Coach, Men’s and Women’s Cross Country and Track & Field
Alma Mater: Columbia University ’05
Season as Head Coach: Second (XC and T&F)
Will Boylan-Pett is in his second season as Head Coach of the New York University men’s and women’s cross country and track & field teams.
In 2014-15, two of Boylan-Pett’s runners qualified for the NCAA Cross Country Championships in Mason, OH. Senior Sebastian Oja of the men’s team and senior Sara Czuprynski of the women’s squad each qualified for the event with great showings at the NCAA Atlantic Regional Championships.
Boylan-Pett’s first indoor track season at NYU was highlighted with a fourth-place finish by the men’s team at the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships. Senior Zac Kish finished third in the 800m with a time of 1:55.19 and ran with teammates sophomore Budd Brown, sophomore Chevaun Samuels and freshman Malcolm Montilus on the Violets’ third-place 4x400m relay team.
The outdoor season was also a success, as two members of the men’s team qualified for the NCAA Championships. Brown competed in the 400m sprint while senior Johnny Lake represented NYU in the 3,000m steeplechase. The women’s season was highlighted by a second-place finish from junior Kristina Harris in the 100m sprint at the UAA Championships.
Boylan-Pett’s student-athletes also fared well in their classrooms, receiving a total of 81 UAA All-Academic honors. In addition, senior pole vaulter Tom Longabaugh was selected CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) First Team Academic All-District 3
A 2005 graduate of Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science, Boylan-Pett joined NYU after spending five seasons as an assistant coach with the men’s and women’s cross country and track & field teams at his alma mater.
During his time with the Lions, Boylan-Pett helped lead the men’s cross country team to its first-ever NCAA Championship appearances (2011, 2012, 2013), as well as to two Ivy League Championships (2009, 2013). He also served as the Lions’ lead recruiter. In 2014, Boylan-Pett coached the Lions’ first-ever indoor NCAA All-Americans in both the distance medley relay and the mile.
Overall, from 2010-14 Boylan-Pett directly oversaw 37 NCAA Regional qualifying student-athletes, highlighted by a collegiate-best six runners in the 1,500-meter race in 2012. That same season, he coached All-Ivy distance runner Kyle Merber (’12) to the American collegiate 1,500m record (3:35.59).
While a student at Columbia, Boylan-Pett was a four-year member of the Lions’ cross country and track & field teams. He served as a team captain during his senior season.
Boylan-Pett also earned his Juris Doctor degree from Villanova University School of Law in 2009.
A native of Bath, MI, Boylan-Pett resides in New York City.
