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Colt Slack

Colt Slack

  • Title
    Associate Head Track and Field Coach, Recruiting Coordinator
  • Email
    coltonslack@depauw.edu
  • Alma Mater
    Indiana State '12

Colt Slack joined the DePauw staff as associate head track and field coach, recruiting coordinator in January 2021. He coaches primarily the sprints, horizontal jumps and hurdles.

AT DEPAUW

During his time at DePauw, Slack has coached student-athletes who have:

  • Earned 1 Second Team All-American honor
  • Earned 2 National Qualifying Performances 
  • Broken School Records in 10 indoor events, 11 outdoor events among the men's and women's programs!
  • Earned 31 All-Great Lakes Region awards (12 indoor, 19 outdoor)
  • Won 50 individual or relay conference championships (29 indoor, 21 outdoor)
  • Earned 101 All-North Coast Athletic Conference accolades (49 indoor, 52 outdoor)
  • Earned 13 USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual honors
  • Garnered 2 NCAC Newcomer of the Year awards (Grant Hunt, 2023; Shelby Stall, 2024)
 

PRIOR TO DEPAUW

  • Came to DePauw from Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa, where he was head coach since June 2016.
  • Served as assistant coach at Buena Vista the previous year.
  • Coached 1 all-America, 3 national qualifiers, 10 USTFCCCA All-Academic individuals, 5 USTFCCCA All-Academic teams, 15 All Central-Region performances, 3 IIAC conference champions, 42 all-conference athletes (24 indoor/ 18 outdoor), and 22 school record holders.
  • Prior to Buena Vista, he was an assistant coach at Terre Haute South Vigo High School (2011-12), Plainfield (Indiana) High School (2013-14) and Anderson University (2014-15).
  • Earned a bachelor's degree from Indiana State in 2012 and majored in physical education - exercise science. Was named to the Dean's List and the Department of Nursing, Health, and Human Services Academic Honor Roll.
  • While at ISU, he competed on the track and field team 2008-10 and was a two-time all-Missouri Valley Conference honoree as a member of the 4x400-meter relay.
  • Ran on the fifth-fastest 4x400 relay in school history and the sixth-fastest 4x200 relay. Seventh all-time in the indoor 500 meters.
PERSONAL
  • Slack and his wife, Shelbi, reside in Greencastle with their sons, Zion, Tate and Jett.