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NEWS: Arizona State Adds Milton Mallard & Adam Meyer to Coaching Staff

  • Writer: Kevin Fischer
    Kevin Fischer
  • Jul 20
  • 2 min read
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Written by Kevin Fischer, edits & additional commentary via Garrett Zatlin

Last week, Arizona State announced the hires of Milton Mallard (Associate Head Coach) and Adam Meyer (Cross Country Coach). Mallard and Meyer will work under Dion Miller, the Director of Track & Field and Cross Country for the Sun Devils since 2019.


Milton Mallard served as the Associate Head Coach at USC during the 2024-25 academic year. During that time, the Trojans continued to have national-level success. The men won the team title at the 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships and later shared the national team title at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships.


The USC women recorded podium finishes at both national meets.




However, maybe more importantly, Mallard previously coached at Texas A&M and (very briefly) UTEP. While working with the Aggies, Mallard was responsible for producing all-time elite middle distance superstars. Those names include Olympic champion, Athing Mu, and fellow Olympian, Brandon Miller. A handful of other top-tier NCAA half-milers have also come out of College Station under the guidance of Mallard.


Arizona State, especially on the men's side, has had respectable success in the middle distance events over the last few years. Dayton Carlson, Vinny Mauri and Will Paulson are just a handful of national-caliber 800-meter and mile standouts who donned Sun Devil singlets over the last six years.



Meanwhile, Adam Meyer served as an Assistant Cross Country Coach at UNLV before joining the Sun Devils' coaching staff earlier this summer. Meyer was a member of Arizona State's middle distance squad from 2017 to 2022, running 1:49 over 800 meters and qualifying for the 2022 NCAA West Regional Championships on the track.


In recent years, the Sun Devils have had great success in the throws events and the 400 meters. The distance side of their roster, however, has been lacking, especially on the grass.

During the 2024 cross country season, the Sun Devil women took 9th place at the BIG 12 XC Championships while the men settled for 11th place. And with cross country All-American Judy Chepkoech having transferred away to Florida earlier this summer, a rebuild is now underway in Tempe, Arizona.




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