Danny Feldman joined Bates as head coach of the Bobcat men's & women's cross-country programs in 2022. He immediately led the women's team to a 14th place finish and the men's team to a 22nd place finish at the NCAA Championships in his debut season.Â
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Feldman also joined the Bobcat track & field staff as an assistant coach, coming to Bates from Christopher Newport University where he served as Head Men's & Women's Cross-Country Coach and Assistant Track & Field Coach since July 2019. Located in Newport News, Va., and competing as a member of the Coast to Coast Athletic Conference, Feldman played a vital role in leading both the men's and women's track & field programs to first-place finishes in the C2C Outdoor Conference Championships this past May.
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"It is a privilege and honor to be rejoining the NESCAC community as a Bobcat," Feldman said. "There is no doubt in my mind that the Bobcat runners will be contenders at the conference and national stage, and I'm excited to lead them there!"
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Having also enjoyed success during the fall cross-country campaign, Feldman's female harriers captured their first XC conference championship since 2016. Nine student-athletes (men & women) achieved All-Region accolades at the NCAA Division IIIÂ South Regional Championship while a pair of female runners represented CNU at the NCAA National Championship in East Lansing, Mich.
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Before his tenure with the Captains, Danny served as an assistant coach/associate head coach at Amherst College from 2017-19, guiding the Mammoths' men's cross-country team to a fourth-place finish at the 2017 national meet.
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Under Feldman's tutelage, the Amherst men laid claim to a pair of NESCAC Championship XC crowns while also grabbing the 2018 New England Regional title. On an individual level, Feldman helped coach six All-Americans across both the women's and men's teams during the 2017 and 2018 seasons.
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Feldman also made coaching stops at Washington University in St. Louis (2014-15)Â as an assistant coach and Northern Arizona University (2013-14) as a volunteer assistant before making his way back east.
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Also earning extensive experience as a coach at the scholastic level, Feldman oversaw the cross country and track & field programs at Covenant of the Sacred Heart in New York City from 2015-17. During that time, he coached back-to-back runner-up finishes at the New York State Championships while also serving as the conference's track & field commissioner.
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Feldman competed as a track & field student-athlete at University of Mary Washington where he earned a bachelor's degree in both business administration and German. He later achieved a master's degree in community health education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.