University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Track & Field Camps

Head Coach Josh Buchholtz

Josh Buchholtz begins his second season as the UW-La Crosse head men’s track & field coach in 2009-10.

He led the Eagles to their 15th National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III indoor championship in 2009 as they tied for first with UW-Oshkosh. The 15 national crowns are the most in NCAA Division III history. UW-L earned 11 individuall All-America honors at the indoor national championships.

Buchholtz also led the Eagles to a fifth-place finish at the 2009 NCAA III Outdoor Championships where five All-America awards were earned. UW-L also had seven student-athletes named to the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team.

He was selected the 2009 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Indoor and Outdoor Men's Track Coach of the Year in 2009 as UW-L won its 19th consecutive indoor and eighth straight outdoor crown.

Buchholtz served as men’s track & field head coach at the University of Wisconsin-Stout from 2002-08. He added the women’s track & field head coaching position in 2007. The Blue Devils have had 31 NCAA Division III qualifiers on the men’s team under Buchholtz and 24 on the women’s squad. Buchholtz, who also served as a physical education instructor at UW-Stout, was the Blue Devils’ men’s cross country head coach from 2002-07.

A 2000 graduate from UW-La Crosse, Buchholtz was the Eagles’ women’s track & field assistant coach from 2000-02. He has worked as a member of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) State Track & Field Meet Administration staff and served as a meet director of four high school meets annually, including the 52-team Northern Badger Track and Field Classic. Buchholtz was Co-Meet Director of the 2003 WIAC Cross Country Championships and 2004 WIAC Indoor Track & Field Championships.

He was the equipment manager of the physical education department at UW-Stout and handled the Blue Devils’ track & field/cross country laundry and equipment.

Buchholtz is a member of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) and was elected the 2008-09 WIAC Track & Field Sports Chair.