A Conversation With The Head Coach Of HOKA NAZ Elite: Jack Mullaney | Insights From Coaching Some Of The Fastest Athletes In The World

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Today on the podcast is Head Coach of HOKA NAZ Elite Jack Mullaney.

Born and raised in Eagan, Minn., Jack stayed in state and attended the University of Minnesota, where he spent time as a student assistant for the Gopher athletics program. After graduating in 2014 with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, he spent a brief time in the financial world before returning to Minnesota to pursue his passion for coaching. His journey began in sports administration, serving as the operations assistant for the University of Minnesota’s track & field and cross-country programs during the 2015/2016 school year. He moved on to Utah State in the fall of 2016, where he spent a year as the Director of Operations for the Aggies, organizing both the 2016 NCAA Cross Country Mountain Regional and 2017 Mountain West Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

In 2017, he was finally given a chance to enter the coaching world when he was hired on as the assistant cross country and track and field coach at the University of Portland. For the next seven years, Jack was a key staff member for the successful Pilots distance program, working with men’s coach Rob Conner and women’s coach Ian Solof. During his time at the U of P, he went back to school and earned a Master’s of Science in Sport Management from West Virginia University in 2021. He is also a Certified Strength & Conditioning Coach (CSCS) and a USATF Level 3 Coach.

While at Portland, Jack helped lead the men to two podium finishes at the NCAA Cross Country Championships and the women to their highest-ever finish in program history. The recruiting coordinator for both programs, Jack helped bring top athletes to Portland from across the United States and abroad. He also worked with multiple Portland athletes after they graduated including France’s Emmanuel Roudolff-Lévisse who represented his country at the 2022 European Championships.

In today's conversation, Jack takes me through his journey as an athlete and coach, lessons he's learned over the years, what it's been like working with NAZ Elite thus far, future ambitions, and so much more!

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0:00.0	Hey friends, just a quick note before we hop into today's episode of the podcast, majority of you guys
0:05.9	listening right now have not given us a follow and a five-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts,
0:10.7	and it takes legitimately between five-and-10 seconds to hit the follow button, hit the five-star review
0:16.2	button. So I'd greatly appreciate you guys doing so if you have not done so already. And then
0:20.6	something all of you guys can do right now is share today's episode with a friend,
0:24.4	a family member, a teammate, someone who you think would find value and benefit from it.
0:28.8	I would greatly appreciate you guys doing that, sharing the podcast, sharing today's episode
0:32.4	with someone.
0:33.4	Because through that, we can expand the show and reach new people and hopefully through
0:37.3	that inspire them in the process. reach new people and hopefully through that
0:37.5	inspire them in the process without for their due let's get into today's conversation coach jack
0:42.7	malaney welcome to the running effect podcast how you doing this afternoon i'm doing great thanks for
0:47.1	having me dominic let's just start out hot last weekend was the 2024 world indoor championships
0:53.1	and your athlete olan hacker placed fifth in the 3K.
0:56.7	I feel like that was very exciting, but he didn't just place fifth.
0:59.9	It was, in my opinion, how he placed fifth and the risks he took within the race to push the pace.
1:05.2	And it was just awesome as a fan and someone who knows Olin to see him race the way he did.
1:09.4	What was your perspective as a coach a few days removed from it? Yeah, it was a great experience for Olin. Doing indoors has been
1:17.4	part of our annual plan the whole way as we get ready for the trials in June. And I think particularly
1:24.7	because of how indoors is set up, it leaves a lot of opportunity to practice tactics.
1:29.3	And so that's certainly something that we did with Olin, both at the US championships and at worlds.
1:35.3	You know, one of the things for us going over to Glasgow was he wasn't going to fly all the way across an ocean just to be happy to be there.
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