PROGRAM LEADERSHIP
Ross Fellows is entering his 11th season with the University of Colorado Colorado Springs men’s and women’s track & field programs in 2026-27. Fellows joined UCCS as co-head coach in 2016 and was elevated to head coach in August 2018.
During his tenure, Fellows has transformed the Mountain Lions into one of the most successful NCAA Division II track & field programs in the country. Under his leadership, UCCS has captured 22 RMAC team championships—11 women’s and 11 men’s titles—including the first indoor and outdoor conference championships in both programs’ history.
An 18-time RMAC Coach of the Year, Fellows has coached 142 RMAC individual event champions, eight RMAC Track Athletes of the Year, 11 RMAC Field Athletes of the Year, and four RMAC Freshmen of the Year. On the national stage, UCCS has developed into a perennial contender, producing six NCAA Division II individual national championships, hundreds of national championship entries, 197 All-America honors, and 15 top-25 team finishes.
The Mountain Lions have been equally successful academically under Fellows’ leadership. His student-athletes have earned 80 RMAC All-Academic First Team selections, six RMAC Academic Athletes of the Year awards, and 25 CoSIDA/College Sports Communicators Academic All-America honors.
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
The 2025–26 season added another historic chapter to Fellows’ UCCS career. The women’s program swept the RMAC indoor and outdoor championships, while the men captured their third consecutive indoor conference championship. The women scored 227.33 points at the outdoor championship, completing the season with their 11th conference title under Fellows. Across the indoor and outdoor seasons, UCCS continued to produce conference champions, national qualifiers, All-America performers, and academic honorees.
In 2024–25, Fellows led the Mountain Lions to three RMAC championships. The men captured the indoor title on their home track before both the men’s and women’s programs swept the outdoor conference championships. Both teams recorded top-25 finishes at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships, and UCCS qualified 15 student-athletes for the outdoor national meet. The Mountain Lions finished the year with 21 All-America honors, 44 all-region selections, 118 All-RMAC honors, 10 RMAC All-Academic First Team selections, and three CSC Academic All-Americans.
The Mountain Lions continued their success in 2023–24 as the men won their fourth consecutive RMAC outdoor championship and both programs finished among the top 25 at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships. UCCS earned 21 All-America honors during the indoor and outdoor seasons, while the men scored an indoor program-record 15 points at the national championship meet. In the classroom, the Mountain Lions collected 16 RMAC All-Academic First Team selections and six CSC Academic All-America honors.
During the 2022–23 season, UCCS won three RMAC championships. The men swept the indoor and outdoor titles for the third consecutive year, while the women secured their fourth straight outdoor championship. The Mountain Lions earned 28 All-America honors, and the men finished tied for 17th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with 19 points. UCCS also produced five RMAC All-Academic First Team honorees and five CSC Academic All-Americans. Audrey Bloomquist capped the season by receiving the NCAA Elite 90 Award at the 2023 NCAA Division II Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
In 2021–22, the UCCS men and women swept the RMAC indoor and outdoor championships for the second consecutive season. The Mountain Lions recorded 31 podium finishes and nine individual titles at the indoor conference meet before earning 49 All-RMAC selections and 18 all-region honors. A then-program-record 18
student-athletes qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships, where UCCS recorded two top-25 team finishes and collected 17 All-America honors.
The success continued outdoors, with UCCS combining for 34 podium finishes and 14 event championships. The Mountain Lions earned 63 All-RMAC honors, six conference major awards, and 23 all-region selections. A program-record 20 student-athletes qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships, where Afewerki Zeru won the 5,000-meter national championship. At the conclusion of the season, both UCCS programs finished among the top 10 in the USTFCCCA Program of the Year standings, with the men placing seventh and the women tying for eighth.
The 2020–21 season marked the first clean sweep of the RMAC indoor and outdoor championships in program history. UCCS successfully defended both indoor titles before the men won their first outdoor championship and the women claimed their second. The Mountain Lions produced 18 individual conference champions, 110 All-RMAC honorees, and 11 All-Americans. Dakota Abbott added another milestone by winning the NCAA indoor triple-jump national championship.
Despite the cancellation of the 2020 outdoor season and NCAA Indoor Championships because of COVID-19, the 2019–20 campaign was another breakthrough year. Both UCCS teams won RMAC indoor championships, with the men capturing the first conference title in program history and the women securing their second indoor crown. The Mountain Lions won 10 individual conference titles and earned 47 All-RMAC honors, 15 all-region selections, and 18 All-America awards. Fellows was named both the RMAC Men’s and Women’s Indoor Coach of the Year.
In 2018–19, Fellows guided the women to their first RMAC outdoor championship. The women also recorded program-best national finishes of eighth indoors and 17th outdoors, while the men finished 21st at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Skylyn Webb won national championships in the indoor and outdoor 800 meters, while Charlie Forbes claimed the indoor 60-meter hurdles title. UCCS earned 14 All-America honors, broke 30 school records, and finished fifth in the USTFCCCA Women’s Program of the Year standings—the highest finish in program history.
As co-head coach in 2017–18, Fellows led the women to their first RMAC indoor championship and a runner-up finish outdoors. The men finished second at both conference meets, and Fellows was named RMAC Women’s Indoor Coach of the Year. UCCS broke 20 school records and qualified 22 student-athletes for the NCAA championships. At the outdoor national meet, Skylyn Webb became the first national champion in program history with her victory in the women’s 800 meters.
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
Beyond competition, Fellows has helped elevate every aspect of UCCS track & field. He has raised $1.1 million for the program, contributed to the design and layout of the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse, hosted major collegiate and high school competitions, and conducted instructional clinics for athletes and coaches. His leadership philosophy emphasizes comprehensive recruiting, individualized athlete development, academic accountability, and creating one connected team within an individual sport.
COACHING CAREER BEFORE UCCS
Before joining UCCS, Fellows spent six seasons as the head assistant coach for sprints, jumps, and multi-events at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. He coached 13 NCAA Division II All-Americans, 33 national qualifiers, 21 conference champions, 14 school-record holders, and 33 all-region athletes. He also helped lead the Loper men to the 2011 RMAC indoor championship—their first indoor conference title in more than a decade.
Among the athletes Fellows coached at UNK was Dillon Schrodt, a three-time All-American and two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American in the multi-events. Fellows continued coaching Schrodt after his collegiate career and guided him to a seventh-place finish in the heptathlon at the 2016 USA Indoor Championships.
Fellows also coached four-time hurdles All-American Allen Osborn, who won the 2012 NCAA Division II indoor 60-meter hurdles championship in a school-record time of 7.78 seconds. Marty Molina earned three All-America honors, set indoor and outdoor triple-jump records, won seven RMAC championships, and was named the RMAC Male Field Athlete of the Year in 2011 and 2012.
Fellows began his collegiate coaching career at Emporia State University, where he coached jumps and multi-events while earning his master’s degree. During two seasons with the Hornets, he coached national champions and national runners-up while producing 11 All-Americans, 13 MIAA champions, multiple school records, and two qualifiers for the 2010 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
His athletes at Emporia State included Josh Honeycutt, who improved by more than four feet during his first season under Fellows. Honeycutt won the NCAA Division II indoor triple-jump championship and recorded a mark of 53 feet, 9 inches during the 2009 outdoor season—then the 14th-best triple jump in the world. Fellows also coached Brooke Kent, who developed from a long-jump specialist into the school-record holder and national runner-up in the outdoor triple jump.
ATHLETIC CAREER AND EDUCATION
A former standout student-athlete at Nebraska Kearney, Fellows was a five-time NCAA national qualifier, competing four times in the triple jump and once in the long jump. He was the 2005 RMAC Field Athlete of the Year, won consecutive conference championships in the triple jump, and earned 13 All-RMAC honors in the sprints and jumps.
Fellows earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Nebraska Kearney in 2008 and his master’s degree in health, physical education, and recreation from Emporia State in 2011. His graduate research examined the effects of static and dynamic stretching on explosive power.
