Josh Allen joined the South Dakota Track and Field and Cross Country Coaching Staff as the Director of Operations and Assistant Coach ahead of the 2026-27 school year. He is in his first season with the Coyotes.
Allen will serve at the Director of Operations for both the track and field and cross country teams, where he will be responsible for assisting with team travel, budgeting, and administrative responsibilities. He will also serve as an assistant coach to the track program, working with the sprinters, hurdlers, and relay squads. He will also assist in recruiting efforts for those event groups.Â
Prior to joining the Coyotes, Allen spent two years as a Director of Operations and Assistant Coach at Texas Christian University (TCU), where he was responsible for recruiting visit planning, team travel, budgeting, and coaching sprints, hurdles, and relays. While coaching at TCU, Allen assisted in coaching one National Champion, four Big 12 Conference champions and over 10 all-Americans.
Outside of his work at TCU, he worked as a speed and conditioning coach for Coachup and was a football coach for Sports International. He earned his bachelor’s in Exercise Science from Lubbock Christian University where he was a sprinter. He earned his master’s at TCU.
