Ben DeLand started his coaching career as a Volunteer Assistant Coach with the 2010 Urban Knights cross country team. Following his first season as Assistant Coach of the 2011 ART U track & field program, DeLand enters his second year with Academy of Art cross country/track & field.
DeLand used the 2010 season to learn the athletes and coaching style of Head Coach Charles Ryan.
DeLand spent four years on the UC Davis cross country team. As a former Division I athlete and team captain of the UC Davis cross country team DeLand will be able to help the ART U distance runners from a recent collegiate athletes' perspective.
DeLand earned his Bachelors Degree from UC Davis in Economics, he minored in Exercise Biology with a focus on Sports Psychology.
