SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – Shippensburg University's Dave Osanitsch was honored over the weekend as the 2024 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Atlantic Region Men's Indoor Head Coach of the Year.
 
It marks the ninth Men's Regional Indoor Coach of the Year award for Osanitsch and fourth in-a-row, who won previously in 2023, 2022, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2011 and 2006.
 
Overall, Osanitsch is now a 26-time Atlantic Region Coach of the Year spanning men's and women's indoor and outdoor track & field.
 
Shippensburg won its 13th straight Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) indoor title, scoring in all 17 events to win the league championship meet by a 64.5-point margin. SU compiled 30 individual scoring performances at the conference meet, including 15 All-PSAC (Top 3) finishes. The Raiders won five events.
 
Osanitsch's coaching discipline is multis and jumps. Heptathlete Mason Boyd, the 2024 USTFCCCA Atlantic Region Field Athlete of the Year, earned All-America Second Team honors in the heptathlon with a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Championships. Boyd re-wrote his own PSAC all-time record in the heptathlon twice, first in being named the PSAC Championships Men's Most Valuable Field Athlete (5,201 points) and again at nationals (5,219 points). SU went 1-2-7-13 in the heptathlon at the PSAC Championships.
 
SU finished the season with nine USTFCCCA All-Region men's performances and two NCAA All-Americans. Drew Dailey earned All-America Second Team honors in the 800 meters with a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Championships.
 
As a part of USTFCCCA's 2024 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Regional Awards released over the weekend, each of the eight regions – Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, South Central, Southeast and West – honored both gender's top track athletes and field athletes as well as the top men's and women's head coaches and assistant coaches.
 
Award winners were determined by a vote of USTFCCCA member coaches following the conclusion of the 2024 NCAA DII Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Robert W. Plaster Center in Pittsburg, Kansas. Performances from both the NCAA Championships and the regular season were considered. Only those individuals from USTFCCCA member programs are eligible for awards.