David Svoboda has been the Trinity's men's and women's track andfield head coach since 2008.
Todd Wildman captured the NCAA Division III Men’s IndoorPentathlon National Championship in 2009 and 2010 under Svoboda'shelm.
The 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships were especially a shiningmoment for the Tigers. In addition to Wildman’s nationaltitle, five other Trinity athletes earned All-America honors.Trinity’s men placed fifth nationally as a team. The Tigersalso had an All-America recipient at the NCAA Outdoor Men’sChampionships.
Coach Svoboda led the Tiger men to the SCAC Championship in2009, and also enjoyed successful indoor and outdoor seasons at theNCAA Championships. During his first season, Coach Svobodahad four athletes earn All-America honors, and led the indoor andoutdoor men's team to a sixth-place finish nationally. TheTiger women's indoor team also finished in the top 25. CoachSvoboda was named SCAC Men’s Track and Field Coach of theYear.
He previously was an associate head coach at the University ofChicago. Coach Svoboda became an associate head track and fieldcoach and assistant professor in physical education for the Maroonsin 2006. He coached student-athletes in the sprints, jumps, hurdlesand combined events, as well as having recruiting duties. Chicagowon the 2008 men's and women's University Athletic Association(UAA) Indoor Championships. Coach Svoboda and his colleagues wereselected as the UAA Men's and Women's Indoor Coaching Staffs of theYear. His athletes won 17 UAA championships and 69 All-UAAperformances. During his tenure, his Maroon athletes produced fourAll-Americans, eight NCAA Division III qualifiers and had 11provisional national qualifiers. Fifteen school records were set,along with a UAA Championship mark.
Prior to his term at Chicago, Coach Svoboda was an assistant atMillikin University in Decatur, Ill., from 2005 to 2006. Hiscoaching responsibilities were hurdles, jumps and middle distanceevents. The Big Blue produced three NCAA Division III All-Americansand four national qualifiers. In addition, four school records wereestablished and Millikin student-athletes won six individualCollegiate Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW)Championships, along with All-CCIW performances, under coachSvoboda's guidance.
Coach Svoboda spent two years at the University ofNebraska-Lincoln, as the Huskers graduate assistant and volunteerassistant coach. As a volunteer coach he assisted with thesprint and hurdle events. Coach Svoboda assisted with 12All-Americans and 13 Big 12 winners, including the 2004 Division Iwomen's 60-meter hurdles national champion. As a graduateassistant, Coach Svoboda coordinated all on-campus recruitingvisits. Nebraska won six out of eight Big XII titles over the2004-2005 seasons,.
He began his coaching career at Fairview High School in Boulder,Colo. Coach Svoboda worked at Fairview from 2000 to 2003, servingas a head track and field coach and assistant cross country coach.Fairview won three Colorado Class 5A cross country state teamchampionships.
Additional coaching experience included stints with USA Trackand Field in the Levels I and II certification programs.
Coach Svoboda earned the Bachelor of Science in mathematics in1999 from Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln. He was afour-year letter-winner in both track and field and cross country.He received the Master of Science in leadership development fromNebraska in 2006.
