Glenville, W.Va. – Glenville State College is excited to announce Dan Meyers as the new Head Coach of the Cross Country and Track and Field programs. 

Meyers comes to Glenville State after serving as the head cross country and track and field coach at Salem University for the last two seasons. 

Prior to his arrival at Salem, Meyers served as head cross country and track and field coach at his alma mater, West Virginia Wesleyan College. He guided the Bobcats to a fourth-place finish at the 2018 MEC Men's Cross Country Championship. In 2019, WVWC men's track and field team improved on its previous conference finish under Meyers, and saw an increase in the number of all-conference performers. 

On the women's side, Meyers coached an All-MEC Cross Country First Team selection while also coaching a qualifier in the 2019 NCAA Division II Women's Track and Field National Championship. 

He previously spent a year as a student assistant and a year as an assistant coach at WV Wesleyan. During those two years, the Bobcats won seven out of eight combined Mountain East Conference Championships: one in men's cross country and two each in women's cross country, men's track and field, and women's track and field. 

In between his stints at West Virginia Wesleyan, Meyers spent two years as an assistant coach at Davis & Elkins College, where he helped launch the school's track and field program. Primary duties included recruiting, practice planning, workout preparation, and managing the lifting program. 

"We are very excited to welcome Coach Meyers to our department. He has done a great job as the head coach and administrator at Salem and has brought that program along. During his time as an assistant at Wesleyan, he was on a staff that produced seven MEC Championships, and he coached one of his athletes to the NCAA Nationals. He was also on a league title team as an athlete," stated GSC Athletic Director Jesse Skiles. 

"With his diverse background, he is a great fit for us. He has also worked in other areas of athletic departments and is an aggressive recruiter. Plus, he was committed to retaining the current coaching staff we have in place. He will be adding a graduate assistant as well, so we will have a staff built to meet the needs of all of our student-athletes in the program," Skiles added.

Meyers earned a bachelor's degree in marketing with a minor in communications. He also earned an MBA with a concentration in sports management from American Public University.