Portland State University Athletics

Daniel Goetz joined the Portland State cross country and track & field coaching staff ahead of the 2023 indoor and outdoor seasons. Goetz served as an assistant coach in charge of the distance program during the 2023 season. He was elevated to interim head coach on June 7, 2023.

In his first season working with the Vikings, Goetz helped lead the Vikings to historic finishes at both the Big Sky Indoor and Outdoor Championships. Outdoors, a trio of Vikings posted historic finishes at the conference meet. Bára Stýblová became the first Viking to score in both the women's 800 and 1,500 meters at a single conference meet since 2013, placing sixth in the 800 and fifth in the 1,500. On the men's side, Dom Morganti became the first Viking ever to score in the men's 10k, placing fourth overall. Jordan MacIntosh, meanwhile, became the first Viking since 2006 to score in the men's 1,500 meters, placing fifth overall.

Stýblová was also part of a trio of qualifiers for the NCAA West Prelims. Stýblová, Alex Barbour and Tatum Miller all qualified in the women's steeplechase, giving the Vikings the most qualifiers in the event outside of BYU. Miller and Stýblová traded off the school record in the steeplechase during the regular season. Stýblová initially set the record at the Bryan Clay Invitational on April 13, breaking Sarah Medved's five-year-old mark with a time of 10:17.05. Miller then passed that two weeks later, finishing in 10:14.62 at the OSU High Performance Meet on April 28.

The trio of Barbour, Miller and Stýblová also ran three of the four legs on the Vikings' distance medley relay that placed second at the Big Sky Indoor Championships. That finish followed a school record in the DMR earlier in the season, when those three plus Wendy Hare broke a 16-year-old record in the event with their finish in 11:36.53 at the UW Invitational.
 
Goetz’s previous stop along the college coaching circuit was at Duke, where he served as an assistant coach from 2017-21. Goetz helped lead the Blue Devils women’s team to an ACC outdoor title in his final year there in 2021. That same school year saw the Blue Devils men’s team place 16th at the 2020 NCAA Cross Country Championships, while the women’s team placed 27th overall. Leigha Torino also placed ninth in the women’s 800 meters at the 2021 NCAA Indoor Championships, earning second-team All-American honors.
 
Earlier in his time at Duke, Goetz helped lead Michaela Reinhart to ACC Freshman of the Year honors in 2017. Amanda Beach and Reinhart also placed second and third, respectively, at the 2018 USATF Junior Cross Country Championships.
 
Over the course of his time at Duke, Goetz helped lead three runners to ACC runners-up finishes as well as 27 All-ACC honors.
 
Goetz preceded his time at Duke by working for Team Run Eugene and Oiselle Little Wing, both professional post-collegiate running groups. At those stops, Goetz helped guide Tripp Hurt and Jordan McNamara to the finals of their respective events at the 2017 USATF Outdoor Championships. Goetz also helped lead Mel Lawrence to an eighth-place finish in the steeplechase at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials.
 
Previous coaching stops included jobs at Lipscomb University (2013-14), East Tennessee State (2012-13) and the University of Tennessee (2011-12).
 
Goetz graduated from Bryan College in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in exercise and health science. He earned a master’s degree in exercise physiology and biomechanics from Tennessee in 2012.