Drew Wartenburg
	Last College: Wesleyan University '92 Position: Head Coach Experience: 4th Year

Drew Wartenburg continues to reach new heights within Division I competition, taking strides to turn UC Davis cross country into one of the premiere programs on the West Coast.

Wartenburg followed the 2009 season with even more program firsts in 2010, starting with UC Davis' first-ever Div. I cross country All-American in Jonathan Peterson. The 2010 season also saw the Aggie men win their first team title at the Big West Conference Championship, with Peterson claiming the individual title. For his successes, Wartenburg was honored as the league's Men's Coach of the Year while Peterson was voted Male Athlete of the Year.

In September 2011, he was appointed Director of Track and Field and Cross Country.

The 2009 season, Wartenburg's second as head coach, saw Sarah Sumpter win UC Davis' first Big West Conference individual championship in its Division I history as the women's team finished in a program-best second place at the conference meet. Sumpter was named the conference's Women's Athlete of the Year, another first for the program. Her individual championship and the postseason honor marked just the second occasion that a freshman has taken both accolades in a season.

The program success has translated to the classroom as well. Calvin Thigpen was named UC Davis' recipient of the 2010-11 Big West Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award. Thigpen was a three-time Big West Conference Fall All-Academic team honoree, earning the distinction all three years he was eligible. In 2009, Scott Himmelberger and Kaitlin Gregg each earned CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District VIII honors while Himmelberger would go on to earn Academic All-America accolades. 

During his first season at the helm of the cross country program, the Aggies finished a program-best second at the Big West Conference Championships and women's runners Kim Conley and Kaitlin Gregg became the first Aggies to qualify for the NCAA Division I Championships during the university's D-I era. Conley and Gregg earned the first D-I all-region honors for the Aggies. In addition, Conley, Gregg and men's runner K.C. Cody earned all-conference accolades.

His runners have also seen success on the track as well. Calvin Thigpen claimed the 10,000-meter run title at the 2011 Big West Conference meet and in 2008, Conley and Lorin Scott each earned a spot into the regional meet in the 1,500 and 5,000 while Russell Pfaff qualified in the steeplechase after winning the Big West Conference individual title in the event.

Wartenburg spent the 2007-08 season as an assistant coach for Oregon State's women's track and field and cross country teams. In only their third year since reinstating the programs for the 2004-05 season, the Beavers finished 13th at the NCAA West Regional during the cross country season and qualified their lone track and field athlete for the regional meet in the steeplechase - an event Wartenburg helped coach. Additionally, he mentored two Pac-10 Conference finalists in the 1,500 and the sixth-place finisher at the 2008 USATF Junior Nationals in that event.

Wartenburg graduated from Wesleyan University, a liberal arts college in Middlestown, Conn. in 1992, where he lettered in soccer.