Will Razzano is in his first year as a full-time assistant coach for the St. Olaf men's cross country and track & field programs in 2020-21 after being named to the position on Aug. 11, 2020.
Razzano joined head coach Brian Power’s staff after spending the 2019-20 season as an assistant coach at Fredonia State, where he was placed in charge of sprints, jumps, hurdles, and multi-events. In his four seasons as an assistant coach at Fredonia State and Utica College, Razzano has coached three All-Americans, 12 conference championships, and has been part of two team conference championships.
Last season at Fredonia State, Razzano coached the men’s 4x400-meter relay that moved to No. 4 on the program’s all-time indoor list, as well as the runner-up in the women’s triple jump at the 2020 SUNYAC Indoor Track & Field Championships who also moved into second on Fredonia State’s women’s indoor list.
Prior to joining the Fredonia State coaching staff, Razzano spent three seasons as an assistant men’s track & field coach at Utica College from 2016-19, where he coached the horizontal jumps. At Utica, he coached three All-Americans, six individual Empire 8 Conference champions, and numerous national qualifiers. During Razzano’s time, Utica won two Empire 8 team titles, set four school records, and finished 15th at the 2019 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships.
A 2012 graduate of SUNY Cortland, Razzano was a two-time SUNYAC champion in the triple jump and was a national qualifier in the event as a senior. He finished in the top 16 in the country in the triple jump a combined five times and was the 2012 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Atlantic Region Field Athlete of the Year.
Razzano, who also spent three years as an assistant track & field coach and one year as the head cross country coach at Riverhead High School prior to his time at Utica, has USA Track & Field (USATF) level 1 certification.
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