Andrew Carlson - Cross Country Coach - University of Louisville Athletic

Andrew Carlson

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
andrewc@GoCards.com
Phone:
852-0109

BIRTHDAY: April 27, 1982
COACHING RESPONSIBILITY: Cross Country, Middle Distance
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology (Minnesota, 2005)
YEAR AT LOUISVILLE:: Second
HOMETOWN: Fargo, North Dakota

COACHING CAREER
• 2021-Present: Louisville (assistant coach)
• 2013-21: North Dakota State (Head Cross Country Coach, 2020-21/Assistant Coach Cross Country/Track and Field Coach)

ATHLETIC CAREER
College
• Three-time USTFCCCA All-American (two in cross country, one in track and field)
• Two-time USTFCCCA Cross Country Midwest Region Athlete of the Year

Professional |Team USA Minnesota (Adidas/Brooks)
• Two-time United States Champion – winning the 2008 USA 15K Road Championship 2008 and the 2010 USA 25K Road title
• Member of four World Championship events for Team USA
• Placed sixth at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in 2:11.24 – a time that still stands as the seventh-fastest marathon debut in U.S. history.

Andrew Carlson enters his second season at the University of Louisville as assistant coach working primarily with cross country and middle distance.

During the 2022 cross country season, Carlson helped guide Ian Kibiwot to a 17th-place finish and All-Region honors at the 2022 NCAA Southeast Regional. On the track, he helped Ryan Farrell become only the second athlete in Louisville history to break the 1:50 barrier indoors and the fourth to do it outdoors. He also saw Dylan Christian set a new indoor freshman record in the men's 1000m.

In his first season with the Cardinals, Carlson helped guide four NCAA Preliminary Round entries. Louisville was represented by Isaac Kiprop, Albert Kosgei and Ben Ewert in the 3000m Steeplechase and Ian Kibiwot competed in the men's 5000-meter.

Carlson joined the Cardinals in August 2021 after spending seven and a half seasons at North Dakota State, where he directed the track and field distance runners and served as the head coach of the Bison cross country team for the 2020-21 campaign. The Bison excelled with Carlson at the helm, sweeping indoor conference titles in every distance from 800m to 5000m and taking home multiple men’s championships.

In 2019, Carlson was named the Summit League Coach of the Year for women’s cross country after leading the North Dakota State to a conference championship following three straight runner-up team finishes. The men’s program medaled in six consecutive seasons, earning four straight silver finishes.

Under his mentorship, Carlson’s student-athletes have taken home 40 Summit League titles since 2014, owning 83 entries in the program’s all-time top-10, while accounting for 10 school records. Bison distance runners earned 12 bids to the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds since his arrival, including three straight seasons with an NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier in the women's steeplechase.

His guidance was critical in the development of athletes such as Erin Teschuk, Maddie Van Beek.

Teschuk finished her career as a seven-time first team NCAA All-American, program-record holder in eight different events, and with multiple NCAA Championship appearances before earning a spot on Team Canada for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Van Beek was a first team All American and three-time Summit League Athlete of the Year from 2013-15.

Carlson graduated with his Bachelor’s in Kinesiology from the University of Minnesota in 2005 after becoming a three-time NCAA All-American in cross country and track and the school-record holder in the 5,000m at 13:44.64. He was a two-time NCAA Midwest Region cross country champion, two-time runner-up in the Big Ten outdoor 5,000m, and owns the second-fastest time in Gopher history in the 10,000m.

Following an accomplished collegiate career, he joined Team USA Minnesota in 2005, taking home the USA 15K road championship in 2008 and the 25K title in 2010. He was a member of four World Championship events for Team USA, competing in the half-marathon three times and once in cross country. In 2012, Carlson placed sixth at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in 2:11.24, which still stands as the seventh-fastest marathon debut in U.S. history.

He and his fiancée, Shannon Peters, have three dogs: Rocket, Chewie and Charlie.

BULLET POINTS:
LOUISVILLE
• Carlson helped guide four NCAA Preliminary Round entries. Louisville was represented by Isaac Kiprop, Albert Kosgei and Ben Ewertin the 3000m Steeplechase and Ian Kibiwot competed in the men's 5000-meter.

NORTH DAKOTA STATE
• Led the cross country programs to 10 school records and 10 All-America honors
• Coached athletes to captured 40 Summit League titles in the distance events.
• 2019 Summit League Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year
• Distance runners earned 12 bids to the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds under Carlson, including three straight years with a qualifier advancing to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the women’s steeplechase
• The 2020 women’s team swept indoor conference titles in every event from 800m to 5000m, including the distance medley relay.
• In 2020, Carlson coached Tim Heikkila to the 2020 Summit League championship in the mile and Alex Bartholomay to the 3000m title
• 2019 Summit League Coach of the Year (women’s cross country)
• Summit League Women’s Cross Country Team Champions (2019)
• Summit League Women’s Cross Country Runner-Up (2016, 2017, 2018)
• Summit League Men’s Cross Country Runner-Up (2017, 2018, 2019)
• Coached Erin Teschuk, a seven-time NCAA All-American and school record holder in eight different events, including the mile, indoor 3000m, outdoor 5000m, and 3000m steeplechase.

ALL-AMERICANS
• Jennie Barager-Petrash, 2021: 3000m
• Erin Teschuk, 2016: Cross Country; Mile, 3000m (Indoor); 3000m Steeplechase | 2015: Mile, 3000m (Indoor), 3000m Steeplechase
• Taylor Janssen, 2017: 3000m Steeplechase – honorable mention
• Maddie Van Beek, 2015: 3000m Steeplechase

OLYMPIAN
• Erin Teschuk | 2016 Rio Olympics, Team Canada