Nebraska Head Track and Field Coach Gary Pepin, the leader of the Husker program for 42 years, announced his retirement on Thursday, bringing to a close one of the most successful coaching careers in collegiate track and field history.
In his 42 years as the head coach of the Husker Track and Field program, Pepin’s list of career accomplishments includes three NCAA Championship teams, 73 conference team titles, 59 individual NCAA Champions, 639 All-Americans, 597 individual conference champions and 68 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans.
A USTFCCCA Hall of Fame member, Pepin was named Big 12 and Big Ten Coach of the Year a combined 28 times, and he was the USTFCCCA Region Coach of the Year 11 times.
“I want to express my gratitude to the Athletic Department Administration for the support of our program over the last 42 years,” Pepin said. “The success it has achieved would not have been possible otherwise. I’m also grateful for the hard work and many hours put in by the Husker Track & Field Officials Organization, and of course the hundreds of student-athletes that are part of the Husker family.
It has been an absolute honor to coach here at Nebraska. I have worked with numerous amazing coaches and world-class student-athletes. I will continue to follow and support the program and look forward to spending more time with my family in retirement. The future is bright here at Nebraska and I am confident that the program will continue to develop and find success. Go Big Red!”
“Gary Pepin is one of the true legends in the history of Nebraska Athletics,” Nebraska Vice Chancellor, Director of Athletics Trev Alberts said. “His accomplishments in more than four decades as the head coach of our track and field program speak volumes – from team and individual national champions, dozens of conference championships, and coaching Olympic standouts. Gary Pepin is Nebraska Track and Field. We wish him nothing but the best in retirement and look forward to seeing him at Husker events in the years to come.”
Pepin’s 42-year tenure at Nebraska is the longest by a head coach in Husker athletics history. Since Nebraska joined the Big Ten Conference in 2011-12, Pepin’s teams won six Big Ten championships, including a men’s sweep of the indoor and outdoor titles in 2016. Individually, Huskers captured 84 Big Ten event titles. The Husker men claimed…
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