Jeff Wilson is in his 10th season as an assistant coach with the UCCS men’s teams. During his first two years at UCCS, he assisted Coach Misch with the cross country and middle and long distance men’s team as a graduate assistant before becoming the assistant coach in charge of strength and conditioning. Wilson earned his Masters of Sports Medicine with a focus in Strength and Conditioning, and graduated in May 2015. He was awarded the student of his program award by his advisors. Wilson currently teaches classes in the UCCS Health Sciences Department and also owns a personal training business.
Wilson is a native of Michigan where he ran cross country and track at South Lyon High School. There he was the captain of his team where they placed sixth place overall in Division I at the Michigan State High School Championships meet in 2005. Following high school, he attended Saginaw Valley State University located in Saginaw, MI from 2006-2011 graduating with a degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science and ran five years of cross country and track. In 2010, he placed 17th at the GLIAC cross country championships and had personal best times of 14:55 in the 5000m and 8:35 in the 3000m.
