MEQUON, Wis. — The Concordia University Wisconsin Athletics Department announced the hiring of Casey Garza as the track & field head coach.
"It gives me great pleasure to announce Casey Garza as our next Head Track & Field Coach and Associate Head Cross Country Coach," said Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Russ de Lap. "I know our program will be filled with enthusiasm, integrity and passion. We are excited to have Casey lead our track & field programs and be the great coach that she is."
Garza served as an assistant coach with the Concordia Wisconsin program in the 2025-26 season, working with the throws.
"I am incredibly honored and thrilled for the opportunity to serve as the Head Track & Field Coach and Associate Head Cross Country Coach at CUW," said Casey Garza. "This role brings me back to a sport that has been a large influence on my life professionally, and I couldn't be more grateful for the chance to lead this program. This community has been extremely welcoming from my time as an assistant coach to my transition into this new role. I am looking forward to contributing more into this community and to help create an environment where the student athletes can continue to grow both on and off the track."
Garza graduated from Concordia University Chicago in 2021 with a degree in exercise science, as well as earning a master's degree in 2023 from Concordia Chicago and a master's in Marketing from Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2025.
As a student-athlete, she competed in shot put, discus, and hammer. During her collegiate career, she broke three Concordia Chicago school records. For 2021 season, she was named a USTFCCCA All-Academic athlete.
Following graduation, Garza stayed at Concordia Chicago as a Strength and Conditioning Graduate Assistant and worked towards her master's degree in Exercise Physiology.
After her two years coaching at Concordia Chicago, Garza moved to Boston and was an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for the University of Massachusetts – Boston for two years under the NCAA's DII/DIII Ethnic Minorities and Women's Internship Grant.
