Doug Edgar is entering his 15th season as the head track and field coach at Indiana Tech and 17th year overall with the program heading into 2024-25. He started with the Warriors as an assistant coach during the 2008 campaign and took over head coaching responsibilities prior to the 2010-11 season.
During his tenure at Tech he has led the both programs to new heights with 17 NAIA National Championships between the two teams. In 2013, he coached the first NAIA National Championship team in the history of Indiana Tech. The men's team has captured six NAIA Indoor National Championship titles (2014-17, 2019, 2021) and three NAIA Outdoor National Championships (2013, 2014, 2016) while the women have captured three outdoor titles (2013, 2014, 2021) and five indoor championships (2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024).
He has been named the NAIA Coach of the Year 17 times while the men's cross country and track and field programs garnered three consecutive U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NAIA Program of the Year honors between 2015 and 2018.
The Warriors have also been the class of the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) with 22 men's titles and 24 women's titles since Edgar took over as head coach. He has been named the WHAC Coach of the Year 37 times across both teams and seasons.
While at Tech, he has coached student-athletes to over 700 All-American honors between the two programs. Hundreds of Warriors have garnered WHAC All-Conference, All-Academic Team, NAIA Scholar-Athlete and WHAC Athlete of the Week honors during his tenure.
Coach Edgar is USATF level 2 certified in the sprints, hurdles, relays and jumps. In 2012 he was named an Emerging Elite Coach by USA Track and Field (USATF). This distinction gained him a scholarship to a week-long camp at the USA Olympic Training center in Chula Vista, California. Edgar also has a sprints, hurdles and relays certificate from the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
Before coming to Indiana Tech, Edgar started his coaching career at Concordia Lutheran High School. He spent the next three seasons at Muncie South High School as the cross country and track coach. While at Muncie South he helped guide the Rebels to the first regional cross country championship in school history. Additionally, on the track he helped lead his team to back-to-back sectional championships for the first time in school history. During his time at Muncie South he coached state qualifiers in the 4x200, 4x400, 55 meter dash, 100 meter dash, high jump and long jump.
In his athletic career, Edgar was a three-time All-State runner at Concordia Lutheran High School. He still owns the school record as part of the sprint medley and 4x400 relay teams. Edgar was also a two-time qualifier as part of the 3200 meter relay team. He went on to attend Anderson University (Ind.) where he was a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) champion as part of the 4x400 meter relay and individually was runner-up in the open 400.
Edgar currently lives in Fort Wayne with his wife Samantha, and their four children, daughters Addyson and Elodie, and sons Bohden and Ezekiel.
