Alverno College

Drew Dueck enters his first season as the Head Cross Country/Track and Field Coach. Before Alverno Drew was the Head Boys Track & Field Coach at Waukesha West High School for one season (2023) and spent 2.5 years as an Assistant Track and Field/ Cross Country Coach at Milwaukee School of Engineering on the Women’s Team (2020-2023). Notably, he helped coach MSOE’s first-ever woman to qualify for the NCAA D3 National Championships in 2022.


Education:

• Graduated from UW-Milwaukee (2019) with a B.A. in Psychology and Kinesiology minor.
• Graduated from Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville (2023) with a M.S. Kinesiology – Exercise and Sport Psychology.
  • Student-Delegate and research presented (Coaching Philosophy) at 2022 AASP Sport Psychology Conference in Fort Worth, Texas.
  • Graduated with a 4.0 GPA and presented Final Project on Leadership Styles & Theories related to Coaching.

 
Research Experience/Publications:

• Clark, M.N., Love, T., Dueck, D., Webster, S. (2019, October). Putting Data into Actions: Acceptance Based Approaches in High School Athletics.
  • Poster presented at the 34^th Annual Conference for the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. Portland, OR.
• Ferner, K., Ross-Stewart, L., Dueck, D. (2022, October). The Role of Coach Education in Coach Philosophy Development and Implementation.
  • Poster presented at the 37^th Annual Conference for the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. Forth Worth, TX.
  • Published in The Sport Journal (August, 2023).

 
 
Athletic Career:

• Competed for Hartford Union High School (2011 – 2015) in Cross Country and Track & Field.
  • 9x State Qualifier, School Record Holder in the 4x800m Relay.
• Competed for UW-Milwaukee (2015 – 2019) in Cross Country and Track & Field at the Division 1 level for the Panthers.
  • Named Team Captain for Cross Country and Track & Field twice (2018 & 2019).
  • Horizon League Outdoor 800m Champion (2019), Runner-Up Indoor 800m (2018) & Outdoor 4x400m Relay (2018)
  • School Record Holder in the Distance Medley Relay

 
Personal:
Born and raised in Hartford, WI. Likes to play (and watch) sports such as spikeball, volleyball, pickleball, basketball, and football, also like to read and workout in free time.