Muhlenberg college

Coaching Staff:

Head Coach Brad Hackett
Jumps and Javelin

Brad Hackett was hired as Muhlenberg's first full-time head coach of track and field since 1990 in September 1999. In his first 13 seasons as head coach, the Mules have virtually rewritten the record book, combining to set more than 80 school records, and produced nine All-America performances.

In 2005, Hackett was named Mideast Region coach of the year after leading the Muhlenberg women's team to the Centennial Conference outdoor championship – the first in program history.

During Hackett's tenure, the Mules also have recorded nine second-place finishes at the CC Championships (three for the men indoors, two for the women indoors,

Brad Hackett Year by Year Year CC Indoor/Outdoor CC Indoor/Outdoor women men 2012 7th/7th 4th/4th 2011 7th/7th 3rd/3rd 2010 3rd/3rd 3rd/3rd 2009 3rd/3rd 4th/3rd 2008 5th/5th 6th/5th 2007 3rd/2nd 4th/2nd 2006 2nd/2nd 3rd/6th 2005 2nd/1st 2nd/3rd 2004 4th/4th 3rd/5th 2003 5th/5th 2nd/2nd 2002 7th/7th 2nd/3rd 2001 7th/6th 3rd/3rd 2000 9th/9th 9th/6th

two each for the women and men outdoors) and qualified their first athletes for the NCAA Championships.

In 2003, the Mule men crowned their first All-Americans (one individual and one relay team indoors and one individual outdoors) and finished 10th at the NCAA Indoor Championships. The women had their first All-American in 2006.

Hackett, a 1983 graduate of Colgate University, has coached at the collegiate level for more than 20 years, including one academic year (1994-95) during which he was acting head coach of cross country and track at Syracuse University. He was at Syracuse from 1988 to 1997 following a three years as an assistant at Bucknell and two at Colgate.

From November 1998 to June 2005, Hackett served as chair of the Men's Development Committee for USA Track and Field, the sport's governing body in this country. He was responsible for all aspects of men's development in all events, including talent identification and athlete tracking at the junior elite, emerging elite and elite levels.

Hackett, who also is Muhlenberg's director of intramurals and recreation, was appointed head manager of the United States men's team for the 2007 Junior Pan Am Games in Brazil. He served as head manager of the United States team for the 2002 International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) World Cup, held in Madrid, Spain, and was assistant manager for the 2001 Outdoor World Championships in Edmonton.

Hackett was the men's national triple jump chair for USA Track and Field from 1993 to 1998 and served as national spokesperson for the event. He also did marketing, promotion and sales for M-F Athletic Company, a producer of track and field equipment that was named official supplier by Athletics Canada, the sport's governing body north of the border.

Assistant Coach David Bracetty
Middle Distance and Distance

David Bracetty joined the track and field coaching staff for the 2009 season. He also is Muhlenberg's head cross country coach.

The Muhlenberg men's team qualified a runner for the NCAA Championships in each of Bracetty's first two seasons as cross country coach, and the women's team did in 2011, when it established a program best by finishing seventh at the NCAA Mideast Regional. Bracetty also coached the first NCAA track qualifier in a distance event for the Mule women's team.

Bracetty is a 2008 graduate of East Stroudsburg, where he ran track and field and was named a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete. He earned his Level One USATF Coaching Certification in 2008 and was an assistant cross country coach at William Allen High School that fall. Bracetty is a freelance photographer for Runner's World, Running Times Magazine, TrackShark.com and Runnerspace.com and has served as a public relations assistant at the Reebok Grand Prix, Millrose Games and Penn Relays.

Assistant Coach Doug Finley
Sprints and Hurdles

Doug Finley joined the Muhlenberg staff as assistant cross country and track coach in 2012, bringing with him nearly 30 years of coaching experience at the collegiate and high school levels.

From 1997 to 2012, he coached at three area high schools, including two stints as head track and field coach at William Allen, as well as high schools in Ohio and Illinois. Finley was an assistant coach for a state championship team in cross country at Emmaus High School and coached individual state champions in cross country and the high hurdles.

Finley was a junior college All-American in the intermediate hurdles at Mohawk Valley Community College (N.Y.) before earning a Division I scholarship at Austin Peay State University, from where he graduated in 1979. A master All-American in the high and intermediate hurdles in 1998, Finley began his coaching career with stints at two colleges, the University of Rochester and Lehigh University.

Assistant Coach Andy Fahringer
Throws

Former Division I All-American Andy Fahringer is new to the Muhlenberg staff for the 2013 season. Fahringer is a 2012 graduate of the University of Virginia, where he was a two-time NCAA qualifier in the javelin and a second-team All-American in 2011. He was a two-time All-ACC performer in the javelin and was twice awarded All-ACC academic team honors. The current UVa record-holder in the javelin with a throw of 247-10, he also ranks sixth in the discus.

Fahringer was the 2012 Penn Relays champion in the collegiate javelin and was a 2012 Olympics Trials qualifier, finishing 16th. He is continuing his throwing career in the javelin with hopes of the 2016 Olympic Trials.

Fahringer attended nearby Whitehall High School, where he was a back-to-back District 11 champion in the discus and javelin in 2006 and 2007 and qualified for the state championships in all three throws.