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Mike Curcio, Head Cross Country Coach/Distance Coach
Alma Mater: Appalachian, 1987
Years at ASU: 13th Year

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Mike Curcio is in his 13th year at Appalachian State University. Curcio’s men’s teams have won Southern Conference titles in cross country in 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2006. Since taking over the helm of the women’s cross country team in 2000, his teams have recorded four conference runner-up finishes and one title. In his twelve years, Curcio has coacheds, two NCAA Qualifiers, five NCAA Regional Qualifiers, 10 USATF Junior National Qualifiers and seven Southern Conference Cross Country Freshman of the Year. In addition to these feats, Curcio has also coached 50 All-Southern Conference Cross Country Performances and two Southern Conference Cross Country individual champions.

While coaching the distance runners for ASU track and field, Curcio has coached 29 athletes to Southern Conference Indoor and Outdoor Individual champion performances, 137 runners to all-conference indoor and outdoor performances. He has also coached two athletes to a Southern Conference outdoor track and field MVP and one to a Southern Conference indoor track and field MVP award.

While at ASU, he has helped the Mountaineers garner 14 Southern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship titles, and 13 Southern Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship titles.

As athletic excellence is important, Curcio and his teams also focus on academics. Since being at ASU, Curcio has coached two NCAA post graduate scholarship award winners, one Southern Conference Post Graduate Scholarship Award Winner, two Mrs. Brakefield award recepients for ASU Senior Student-Athlete with the highest GPA and five USTFCCCA Academic All-Americans.

For all of his efforts, in 2003 Curcio was named the USTCA Division I Men’s National Assistant Coach of the Year for Distance. He also has been recognized by the Southern Conference for his team’s excellent performances. Curcio has been named the Southern Conference Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year five times, (1997, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2005).

Before coming to Appalachian, Curcio served as an assistant at Florida State from 1988-1992. In spring of 1993, he became an assistant at South Florida, where he helped build a fledgling track and field program along with a nationally-ranked cross country program.

The track women at USF won three conference titles in the first four years of the program’s existence. The men’s and women’s cross country teams were ranked as high as 12th and 21st in Division I during his tenure.

Coach Curcio is originally from Long Island, N.Y. where he attended Newfield High School before attending and competing for Appalachian State University. Curcio was a three-time all-SoCon selection in track and still ranks fifth all-time in the 1,500m (3:49.60). His 4x1500 meter relay team still holds the school record for that event.





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