Washington College

Mary Nolte took on the role as Head Cross Country / Track & Field Coach in the Summer of 2024.

Nolte, a Maryland native, comes to Washington from Williams College where she served as Recruiting Coordinator and Assistant Coach for Men's and Women's Cross-Country and Track & Field since 2021.
 
During her three years at Williams, the Ephs swept the NESCAC and Mideast Region team titles in cross-country (2021, 2022, and 2023), earned three NCAA team podium finishes, (XC 2021, T&F 2022, XC 2023), and collected numerous individual accolades, including three national titles, two DIII national records, and 38 First-Team All-American honors. 

In 2023, Nolte was named the NCAA Mideast Region Assistant Coach of the Year.
 
Prior to her time at Williams, Nolte spent several years in the Centennial Conference. She earned a bachelor's degree in English and Education from Dickinson College in 2013, a master's degree in Kinesiology from McDaniel College in 2021, and completed coaching stints at both schools.
 
As a graduate assistant at McDaniel (2019-2020), Nolte coached the long sprints, mid-distance, and relay events. Though the outdoor season was canceled due to COVID-19, her athletes had a strong showing indoors, scoring Conference points in the 200m, 400m, mile, and distance medley relay, and earning medals in the 4x200 and 4x400 relays. In addition to coaching, Nolte served on the athletic department's Diversity & Inclusion Committee, and she remains connected to the graduate program as an adjunct instructor in Sports Psychology.
 
At Dickinson, Nolte served as an Assistant Coach (2014-2017), Assistant Director of Admissions (2017-2019), and the Admissions / Athletics Liaison (2020-2021). During her time with the team, the Red Devils found great success: she worked with 20 NCAA qualifiers, nine All-Americans, 35 individual Centennial Conference champions, and four conference champion relay teams. Both the men's and women's teams consistently finished top-three in the conference in both cross country and track & field, and finished as high as 11th (women) and 12th (men) at the NCAA Cross Country National Championships. 

While working in admissions, Nolte facilitated athletic recruitment for 18 varsity teams, oversaw Dickinson's student volunteer ambassador program, and served on the Resiliency Working Group Committee, created to support students' mental and emotional well-being during their transition to college.
 
As a student-athlete, Nolte was a four-year varsity member and two-year captain of Dickinson's cross country and track & field teams. She was a First-Team All-Centennial Conference and All-Mideast Region athlete, and an NCAA National Qualifier in both cross country and track & field (1500 meters). An accomplished student, she earned USTFCCCA National All-Academic honors in 2012 and 2013, was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa honor society her senior year, and received the Lloyd W. Hughes Scholar-Athlete award for graduating with the highest GPA of all student-athletes at Dickinson.
 
In addition to her bachelor's and master's degrees, Nolte holds the USTFCCCA Track & Field Technical Certification, the Return on Inclusion Inclusive Leadership Certificate, and is a Class #52 graduate of the NCAA Women's Coaches Academy.