Moon Township, Pa. – Robert Morris University Vice President and Director of Athletics
Chris King announced Wednesday that
Bryan Delsite has been named head coach of the women's cross country and track & field programs.
"This is a transformational day for RMU cross country and track & field," King said. "Selecting
Bryan Delsite as our new head coach sets the course for a new era of success in all phases of our program. He brings a record of success and experience as a four-time conference coach of the year and a former collegiate, national and international track champion himself. His extensive experience and success will maximize the potential of this program in short order, as he has demonstrated the ability to recruit and develop student-athletes to perform at the highest level. As a former RMU assistant coach and graduate student, we welcome Bryan and his wife, Jennifer, and three children, Benjamin, Lydia and Sarah, to the RMU family."
Delsite, a native of Elysburg, Pa., has spent the last seven years in Lewisburg, Pa., as an assistant coach at Bucknell University. While on the staff with the Bison, he coached the vertical and horizontal jumps and multi-event student-athletes as well as select sprinters while assisting in scheduling and recruiting. He coached 34 All-Patriot League performers during his time at Bucknell, including eight women in indoor track & field and six in outdoor track & field.
Between 2014 and 2019, Delsite helped Bucknell claim five Patriot League cross country championships, three indoor track & field championships and three outdoor track & field titles. Delsite tutored three Patriot League Field Athletes of the Meet, two Patriot League Rookies of the Year, a pair of IC4A/ECAC individual champions and six student-athletes that qualified for the first round of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. In addition, two of his student-athletes own Patriot League records, including the men's pole vault and the women's triple jump.
"I'm extremely excited to become the next head coach of the Robert Morris women's cross country and track & field programs," Delsite said. "I want to thank Vice President and Director of Athletics
Chris King for providing me with this tremendous opportunity. I would also like to thank the entire search committee and everyone at RMU that was part of this process. I am so impressed by the vision that Chris has for the track & field and cross country programs as well as the entire department of athletics. We share the same values regarding student-athlete welfare, commitment to diversity and academic excellence and I'm excited to help create a program that the university and community will be proud to support."
Prior to his stint at Bucknell, Delsite served as the head men's and women's cross country and track & field coach at Duquesne from 1998 to 2013. During his tenure, Delsite was named Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year four times, including in 2002 and 2005 for the women and 2004 and 2005 for the men. While head coach at Duquesne, the Dukes established every school record in indoor and outdoor track & field in both genders as well as scored the most points in school history at the Atlantic 10 Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Student-athletes that were recruited and coached by Delsite at Duquesne produced 83 all-conference performers, including 30 that were crowned Atlantic 10 champions. He also coached the school's first NCAA qualifier and All-American. Away from competition, Delsite helped the Dukes produce 11 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-Americans, 12 Atlantic 10 Student-Athletes of the Year and 81 members of the Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference Team. Delsite served two years as an assistant coach with the Dukes from 1996 to 1998 while also serving as an assistant academic coordinator for athletics.
Delsite is a 1993 graduate of Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Science degree in nutrition and food management. As a student-athlete with the Orange track & field program, Delsite won three consecutive Big East individual championships in the triple jump from 1991 to 1993. He is also a two-time Big East Conference champion in the long jump (1992, 1993) and claimed the 1992 IC4A title in indoor track & field in the triple jump.
Away from competition, Delsite was a two-time GTE District I Academic All-American according to CoSIDA and a two-time winner of the Syracuse University Neil Pratt Award, given annually for outstanding lifestyle and leadership. He is also a member of the Pennsylvania State High School Hall of Fame in the Anthracite Chapter.
Internationally, Delsite claimed the 1987 AAU National Triple Jump Championship in intermediate boys, establishing a national record in the process. In 1990, he was a member of the USA Junior National Team, finishing as the runner up in the triple at the Junior World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Delsite also qualified for the USATF outdoor national championships in both 1993 and 1994 as well as the 1994 USATF indoor national championships.
From 1994 to 1996, Delsite served as an assistant coach with the Robert Morris track & field program under Hall of Fame Coach Bill Hodge while also serving as a graduate assistant in compliance and student services under Tom Olson. He earned a Master of Science degree from Robert Morris in 1996.
Delsite and his wife, Jennifer, have three children, Benjamin, Lydia and Sarah.
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