The Mike Curcio File
	Hometown: Selden, N.Y.
	Education: Appalachian State (B.S.), '87; Florida State (M.S.) '92
	Family: Jolynn (Wife); Christopher, Marcie, Coeburn (Children); Tina (Daughter-in-law), Max (Grandchildren)
	Coaching Background
	2023-Pres.	Sewanee, Head Coach (XC/TF)
	1995-2023	Appalachian State, Head XC Coach, Associate TF Coach
	1993-95	South Florida, Assistant Coach (XC/TF)
	Aug.-Dec. 1992	Eastern Kentucky Graduate Assistant (XC)
	1988-92	Florida State, Assistant Coach (XC/TF)
	By The Numbers
	13 - Men's XC Conference Championships at Appalachian State
	4 - Women's XC Conference Championships at Appalachian State
	14 - Conference Coach of the Year Honors (SoCon, Sun Belt)
	1 - USATF Junior National Champion (3,000 Steeplechase)
	4 - All-American selections at Appalachian State
	16 - Conference Players of the Year in Cross Country (Runner, Fr.)
	6 - Conference Players of the Year in Track & Field (MVP,, Fr.)
	6 - All-Region selections
	167 - All-Conference Cross Country selections at Appalachian State
	273 - All-Conference Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field selections at Appalachian State

Mike Curcio enters his first season with the cross country and track and field programs at the University of the South. 

Curcio spent the last 28 seasons as head coach of the cross country teams at Division I Appalachian State University and assisted with the distance athletes on the track and field squads. Over his tenure, he has won 13 men's titles and four women's championships. Additionally, he was named the Coach of the Year 14 times between the Southern (SoCon) Conference and the Sun Belt Conference. 

His men's distance team from 2000-12 won ten SoCon Men's Cross Country titles, including three straight from 2000-02 and six in a row from 2005-10. 

Individually, he has coached 12 Freshmen of the Year winners and four individual champions. Posting 167 All-Conference standouts in his career, he has seen 38 All-Region selections between cross country, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field. Along with a USATF Junior National Champion in Sean Soderman in the 3,000 steeplechase in 2009, he has coached four All-Americans. 

As a part of his coaching career, six athletes have gone on to represent their native countries at the World Championships, while three participated in the Olympic Games. 

With the track and field squads at App State, Curcio coached 70 individual conference champions and 273 All-Conference selections between the indoor and outdoor seasons. In 2003, the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) named him the Division I Men's National Assistant Coach of the Year. 

He was a part of a staff that won 21 indoor conference championships and 22 during the outdoor season.

In the classroom, he has seen 20 named Academic All-Americans by the USTFCCCA and two NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients. 

Along with his work in directing the App State Distance Camp, he has served as Meet Director for a number of events, notably the ACC Outdoor Championships, the USATF Five Nations Junior International Track Meet and the USATF World Cross Country Championship Trials. 

Prior to his time in Boone, N.C., he served as an assistant with the cross country and track and field programs at the University of South Florida from 1993-95 and an assistant cross country coach at Eastern Kentucky University in 1992. 

Along with working as a graduate assistant with the cross country and track programs at Florida State, he began his career as a high school track and field coach at St. John the Baptist High School.

In the spring of 1988, he published an article entitled "Carbohydrate Loading for the High School Coach" in Scholastic Coach. 

Earning a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education with a Psychology minor from Appalachian State in 1987, he completed a Master of Science in Administration and Physical Education in 1992 from Florida State University. 

Curcio is married to JoLynn and have three children, Christopher, Coeburn and Marcie, a daughter-in-law, Tina, and one grandson, Max. 
 

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Mike Curcio's All-Time Collegiate Head-Coaching Record (MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY)

Appalachian State, NCAA Division I (1995-2022)
	MEN
Year	Conference Finish	NCAA Region Finish	NCAA National Finish	Season Notes
1995	2nd of 10	13th of 42	n/a
1996	2nd of 10	19th of 43	n/a
1997	1st of 11	12th of 29	n/a	SoCon Men's Cross Country Champions; SoCon Coach of the Year
1998	3rd of 12	13th of 21	n/a
1999	2nd of 11	14th of 25	n/a
2000	1st of 11	8th of 28	n/a	SoCon Men's Cross Country Champions; SoCon Coach of the Year
2001	1st of 10	7th of 29	n/a	SoCon Men's Cross Country Champions; SoCon Coach of the Year
2002	1st of 11	11th of 25	n/a	SoCon Men's Cross Country Champions; SoCon Coach of the Year
2003	2nd of 11	10th of 23	n/a
2004	2nd of 11	11th of 29	n/a
2005	1st of 10	11th of 30	n/a	SoCon Men's Cross Country Champions; SoCon Coach of the Year
2006	1st of 10	14th of 32	n/a	SoCon Men's Cross Country Champions
2007	1st of 10	10th of 29	n/a	SoCon Men's Cross Country Champions; SoCon Coach of the Year
2008	1st of 11	15th of 29	n/a	SoCon Men's Cross Country Champions
2009	1st of 11	11th of 35	n/a	SoCon Men's Cross Country Champions; SoCon Coach of the Year
2010	1st of 11	13th of 34	n/a	SoCon Men's Cross Country Champions; SoCon Coach of the Year
2011	4th of 11	18th of 32	n/a
2012	1st of 11	13th of 34	n/a	SoCon Men's Cross Country Champions; SoCon Coach of the Year
2013	2nd of 10	16th of 35	n/a
2014	2nd of 9	11th of 33	n/a	First season with the Sun Belt Conference
2015	2nd of 9	16th of 32	n/a
2016	4th of 10	19th of 29	n/a
2017	1st of 10	23rd of 32	n/a	Sun Belt Men's Cross Country Champions; Sun Belt Coach of the Year
2018	2nd of 10	21st of 33	n/a
2019	1st of 10	15th of 35	n/a	Sun Belt Men's Cross Country Champions; Sun Belt Coach of the Year
2020	2nd of 9	n/a*	n/a*	* - No NCAA Regional or National Championships due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2021	2nd of 10	14th of 30	n/a
2022	2nd of 9	14th of 32	n/a
Sewanee, NCAA Division III (2019-Present)
	MEN
Year	Conference Finish	NCAA Region Finish	NCAA National Finish	Season Notes
2023

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Mike Curcio's All-Time Collegiate Head-Coaching Record (WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY)

Appalachian State, NCAA Division I (2000-2022)
	WOMEN
Year	Conference Finish	NCAA Region Finish	NCAA National Finish	Season Notes
2000	2nd of 12	10th of 26	n/a
2001	2nd of 12	14th of 26	n/a
2002	1st of 12	10th of 26	n/a	SoCon Women's Cross Country Champions
2003	3rd of 12	14th of 26	n/a
2004	2nd of 12	12th of 25	n/a
2005	3rd of 11	15th of 28	n/a
2006	2nd of 11	11th of 32	n/a
2007	4th of 11	20th of 31	n/a
2008	4th of 12	22nd of 33	n/a
2009	3rd of 12	22nd of 35	n/a
2010	2nd of 12	24th of 37	n/a
2011	4th of 12	20th of 35	n/a
2012	1st of 12	11th of 37	n/a	SoCon Women's Cross Country Champions; SoCon Coach of the Year
2013	4th of 11	16th of 38	n/a
2014	2nd of 11	13th of 38	n/a	First season with the Sun Belt Conference
2015	2nd of 11	16th of 33	n/a
2016	1st of 12	19th of 32	n/a	Sun Belt Women's Cross Country Champions; Sun Belt Coach of the Year
2017	2nd of 12	21st of 37	n/a
2018	1st of 12	21st of 33	n/a	Sun Belt Women's Cross Country Champions; Sun Belt Coach of the Year
2019	3rd of 12	17th of 34	n/a
2020	2nd of 11	n/a*	n/a*	* - No NCAA Regional or National Championships due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2021	2nd of 12	18th of 31	n/a
2022	5th of 13	26th of 32	n/a
Sewanee, NCAA Division III (2019-Present)
	WOMEN
Year	Conference Finish	NCAA Region Finish	NCAA National Finish	Season Notes
2023

Updated 6/21/23