Marc Mangiacotti

Marc Mangiacotti enters his 13th season as the Associate Head Coach of men’s sprints, hurdles, and horizontal jumps for Harvard University’s Track and Field program. Coach Mangiacotti’s teams have won multiple Ivy League titles while setting numerous records in the process. During the 2023-24 season Coach Mangiacotti won the USTFCCCA's Northeast Region's Men's Assistant Coach of the Year award for the outdoor season after the men's 4x400m team qualified for the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships. His sprint teams have posted multiple record-breaking performances at the NCAA East Region and the ECAC/IC4A Championships, setting new Ivy League and Harvard records. Mangiacotti has not only been successful on the track with sprinters, but his coaching prowess has also extended to triple jumpers in the field.

Coach Mangiacotti was a standout student-athlete on the cross country and indoor and outdoor track & field teams at Bridgewater State College, earning All-New England honors in track & field his senior year. He graduated from Bridgewater State College in 1998 with a dual bachelor’s degree in elementary and physical education. Coach Mangiacotti began his collegiate coaching career at his alma mater where he became a certified USA Track & Field Level I and II coach in sprints, hurdles, relays, jumps and combined events. As a member of the Bears’ coaching staff, he worked with each of those groups.

Coach Mangiacotti honed his coaching skills at the University of Houston, under the tutelage of former 100-meter dash world record holder and Cougar head coach Leroy Burrell, while earning a master’s degree in Sport Administration at Houston. Prior to his success at Harvard University, Coach Mangiacotti ‘s athletes won eight NCAA national championships at Wheaton College and five Ivy League champions, along with nine league titles at Brown University. In 2008 he was named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCA) Division III national and regional women’s assistant coach of the year. Needless to say, he has been a coaching asset at every institution.