Lindsey Grasmick begins her fifth season as the head coach of the Mountaineer track and field programs in 2021 after being the interim head coach in 2017.
Grasmick's sprinters and hurdlers have re-written the history books recording nearly 100 Western all-time top-10 performances while setting more than a dozen school records.
For the 2020-21 academic year, Grasmick produced an NCAA National Champion as her athlete Bailey Sharon won the women's 800-meter at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. This was the first Mountaineer in school history to win a title in a running event under 1,500-meters. Grasmick also coached the first ever Mountaineer women's 4x400-meter relay team to make the NCAA Championships. The track and field year consisted of two national champions, 14 All-American performances, three school records, and 44 top ten performances.
In 2019-20, Grasmick saw 11 Mountaineers earn All-American honors during the indoor track and field season - a season that was cut short just prior to the 2020 NCAA Indoor Championships due to COVID-19 precautions (the 2020 outdoor season was also canceled).
During the 2018-19 season Grasmick lead the men's team to a 2019 Indoor RMAC Championship along with earning RMAC Indoor Men's Coach of the Year and the USTFCCCA Men's Indoor Coach of the Year. In this season alone her whole track and field team recorded six school records and 40 top ten performances in the Western record books.
Prior to taking over as head coach, Grasmick served as an assistant coach for the Mountaineers working with sprinters and hurdlers while fulfilling the duties of recruiting coordinator. Additionally, Grasmick coordinated Western home athletic events.
Having started her coaching career at Western as a volunteer assistant for the 2012-2013 season, Grasmick transitioned to the duties of head coach three years into her second stint with the Mountaineers.
In 2018 alone the men's indoor 200 meter, women's 60 meter hurdles, and men's outdoor 400 meter records went down. Additionally the Mountaineer women went on to finish second at the 2018 NCAA DII Indoor Championship for the highest finish in program history.
In 2016-17, Mountaineer sprinters broke three school records (Men's 4x100m, Women's Outdoor 4x400m, and the Men's 400m Hurdles). This followed four additional school records in 2015-2016 ranging from the Indoor 60m to the 400m hurdles in Grasmick's tenure. School record holder,
Alex Schaffer, also earned All-American status finishing fifth at the 2017 NCAA DII Outdoor championships.
Additionally, Grasmick has coached eight individual RMAC champions and helped the Western men capture the 2017 RMAC team championship. In 2018, the Mountaineer women fell just one point short of the RMAC Indoor Championship earning their highest finish in over a decade.
Prior to her return to the Gunnison Valley in 2015, Grasmick served as a graduate assistant coach for two seasons at Minnesota State University, Mankato. While working with the Mavericks, Grasmick formulated daily practice plans and facilitated workouts for 50 student-athletes while performing daily operations that included recruiting, equipment ordering, managing study hall, team travel and budget maintenance. She also assisted the coaching staff with home meet operations by scheduling workers and helping run events.
While in Mankato, Grasmick also served as an athletic academic advisor intern during the 2014-15 academic year, advising student-athletes from 18 sports.
As a graduate student, Grasmick was a recipient of the Sport Management Leadership Award and the Woman of Courage and Vision Award in 2015. She earned her master's degree in Sport Management.
A native of Fowler, Colorado, Grasmick was an eight-time NCAA Championship qualifier and six-time All-American while running for Adams State University. During her time in Alamosa, Grasmick compiled an impressive 22 All-RMAC honors including nine individual conference titles. She was named the RMAC Freshman of the Year for both the indoor and outdoor seasons in 2009-10. Grasmick was a member of ASU's former school record-holding distance medley relay and also a former school record holder in the 400-meter hurdles.
Grasmick graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in human performance and physical education with an emphasis in exercise science and sport administration in May 2012. She earned eight Academic All-American honors and six RMAC track and field all-academic awards. Grasmick was also an eight-time recipient of the Vice President's and Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
