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Englestead

Chase Englestead

Coaching Experience

  • Riverton High School | Cross Country/Track Head Coach (14 Years)
  • Timberline Middle School
  • Utah Valley University
Playing Experience
  • Utah Valley University
  • Panguitch High School
Education
  • B.S., Utah Valley University (2010)

Prior to Snow College

Englestead joins the Badgers after spending 14 years as the cross-country and track head coach at Riverton High School where he helped his team win five Cross-Country Region Championships as well as the 2014 Track and Field State Championship.
 
While at Riverton High School, Englestead was a two-time UHSAA Gold Star Coach Award winner and named coach of the year by the UHSXCA in 2022 and by the USTFCCCA in 2014.  The Silverwolves were crowned the Running Lane Nationals Team Champions in 2022 and secured a ninth-place finish at the Nike Cross Country Nationals under Englestead's direction the same year.  This came following a 2021 season that saw the team land inside the top 20 in the National Cross-Country Rankings.  
 
Englestead's coaching career started in 2010 where he coached at Timberline Middle School and as a volunteer at Utah Valley University where he coached the steeplechase.  During his career, Englestead has coached two future NCAA All-Americans and two future NJCAA All-Americans.
 
Englestead graduated with a Bachelor of Science and Physical Education degree at Utah Valley University in 2010 where he ran both track and cross-country.  He was named the UVU cross-country Athlete of the Year in 2006 and 2007 and the UVU track Athlete of the Year in 2007 and 2008 and was also named an NJCAA All-American in the 3000-meter steeplechase.  He's a former UVU school record holder in the 1500-meter and the 3000-meter steeplechase.
 
Englestead prepped at Panguitch High School where he earned athletic letters in track and field, cross-country, basketball, baseball, wrestling, golf, and weightlifting.  While there, he helped the Bobcats win three track and field state titles as well as state titles in basketball and baseball. Â