Coaching Staff

Within the athletics program at Indiana Tech you will find only the best coaches with a proven record of success for themselves and their student athletes on and off the field.

Get to know Coach Edgar

Doug Edgar is in his second year as the head track and field coach at Indiana Tech. He spent the previous two seasons as the assistant coach where he worked with the sprinters, jumpers, and hurdlers. Coach Edgar is USATF level 2 certified in the sprints, hurdles, relays.

During Edgar’s three years at Indiana Tech the sprint program has become one of the best in the nation. Coach Edgar has coached 21 individual and 7 relay NAIA All Americans, over 100 national qualifier, multiple NAIA scholar athletes, and 48 WHAC conference champions. During his first year as head coach the Women’s team won both the indoor and outdoor WHAC Conference Championships. The Men’s team finished as runner up at both the indoor and outdoor conference championships. For the teams effort coach Edgar was named both the indoor and outdoor WHAC conference coach of the year. The Women’s team would continue to thrive at Nationals finishing in 6th place at both the indoor and outdoor National Championship and scoring a school record 46.5 points at the outdoor Championship. He also coached his first National Champion this past season, as he helped guide the women’s 4 x 100 relay to a victory.

Coach Edgar on this year’s team:

"Last year was a learning experience for everyone. I feel our team really came together and started working as a group, instead of a bunch of individuals. We had an amazing season last year, but now it is time to take the next step. We want to improve on our women’s top 6 finish and want to be able to contend for the National Championship. Our Men are so close to winning conference and we have a great group of incoming recruits to help us reach that goal. We are still a very young team and will rely heavily on our seniors; Zac Chapman, Matt Kimbrell, Tiffany Aikin, Veronica Jersey, and Domi Elizondo. We will need to have great leadership from this group if we are going to reach our goals. We have an amazing staff in place, return all 26 of our All Americans from last season, and the best incoming class of athletes the program has seen to date. We have a lot of potential as a group and have a great chance to set the foundation for a long run as a dominant program.”

Previous to Indiana Tech, Doug Edgar started his coaching career at Concordia Lutheran High School. He spent the next three seasons at Muncie South High School as the cross country and track coach. While at Muncie South he helped guide the Rebels to the first regional cross country championship in school history. Additionally, on the track he helped lead his team to back-to-back sectional championships for the first time in school history. During his time at Muncie South he coached state qualifiers in the 4 x 200, 4 x 400, 55 meter dash, 100 meter dash, high jump, and long jump.

In his athletic career Coach Edgar was a three-time All-State runner at Concordia Lutheran High School. He currently still owns the school record as part of the sprint medley and 4 x 400 relay teams. Edgar was also a two-time qualifier as part of the 3200 meter relay team. He went on to attend Anderson University where he was a HCAC conference champion as part of the 4 x 400 meter relay and individually was runner-up in the open 400.

Coach Edgar currently lives in Fort Wayne with his wife Samantha and daughter Addyson.

Assistant Coaches

 

Coach Wolfe is entering his second season as assistant coach of the Warriors. Before coming to Tech he interned for a full season with the Anderson University cross country teams. Previously, Wolfe coached at Muncie Southside High School (Muncie, IN) during four seasons and helped with various groups including sprints, mid-distance, and cross country. In addition, he coached distance runners at Manchester High School for two years.

In his first season running the distance program, Coach Wolfe saw 5 athletes make the Cross Country National Championship. He also guided the women’s team back into the National rankings for the first time since 2008. The women’s team would finish as conference runner up. In his second season, Coach Wolfe will continue to build a quality distance group focused on returning the teams to Nationals.

Wolfe is USATF level 1 certified and recently completed his master’s in Sport Administration from Ball State University. While a graduate assistant at BSU he became a published author in the Indiana Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance peer-reviewed journal for his research on youth physical recreation. He also obtained a bachelors degree in Business from Manchester College in 2007.

As an athlete, Wolfe was an all-conference runner at NCAA Division-III Manchester and a three-time all-state runner in the one-class Indiana system at DeKalb High School (Waterloo, IN). He was named team captain at both levels.

 

Becky Levi returns to the Indiana Tech Track and Field coaching staff for her third season as an Assistant Coach for Throws. Coach Levi came to Tech with notable credentials as both a former athlete and as a performance/training specialist. One of her goals at Tech is to develop our athletes' explosive power, quickness, and performance through her expertise in Olympic Lifts. Last season she coached Aaron Baker to a 2nd place at Nationals in the discus. She has coached 8 National qualfieirs in 2 years at Tech.

During both the 1988 and 1992 United States Track & Field Olympic Trials, Coach Levi nearly made the Olympic teams, finishing 4th in the discus on both occasions. Levi can boast the 10th longest discus throw in US T&F history at 207’ 3”. As a weight lifter, Levi’s credentials are equally impressive with a Silver medal in the first women’s World Weight Lifting Championships in 1987 after having claimed the titles of National Champion and World Team Trial Champion. Finally, in the realm of athletic accomplishments, Levi was a world-ranked MMA (mixed martial arts) fighter. Collegiately, Levi is a multiple All-American athlete from the University of Arizona.

In the last twenty years, Levi, a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, has taught Olympic and supplementary lifts for the sport and for athletes, as well as being a certified strength and conditioning specialist who has worked with athletes of all levels and ages. She has applied her knowledge and experience to help develop strength and conditioning programs that enhance an athlete's performance through education and sound training principles and techniques. She also taught MMA (mixed martial arts) seminars and amateur wrestling clinics from 1998-2002.

In addition to her position with Tech, she also serves as Co-Director of Performance and Director of Sport Performance at Spiece Fitness Center in Fort Wayne. During her time at Spiece, she also had a brief stint as the supervisor of the fitness department, excercise physiologist, and a personal trainer.

We are excited to have Coach Levi with us once again and look forward to the results our throws group will achieve.

 

Mark Cammack returns to the Indiana Tech Track and Field coaching staff for his third season as an Assistant Coach for Hurdles with notable credentials as both a former athlete and coach. Coach Cammack was a State Champion High School hurdler as well as a Big Ten Hurdle Champion at the University of Purdue in 1982. Last season he helped coach All Americans Chris Bruatzsch to a 3rd place national finish in the 60 hurdles, this was Brautzsch's 3rd All American finish under Camack.

Coach Cammack has twenty years of experience coaching hurdlers in the Indiana area both at the High School and College level.

 

Coach Sharin is entering his first year as a coach at Indiana Tech. Before joing the staff, Sharin served as the Head Track and Field coach for 5 years locally here in Fort Wayne with the Wayne Lady Generals. During his time with the Genrals he coached 25 state qualifiers and 10 All state athletes and lead the Generals to their first ever team sectional championships in 2008 and 2009.

Coach Sharin is USATF Level 1 certified and holds a Bachelor of Science in Education from Indiana University. Sharin began his post secondary education at the University of St. Francis on a football scholarship where he was a member of the cougar football team for 2 years before transferring in 2002. After completing his undergraduate work, Coach Sharin married his wife Tiffany in 2006. They have a daughter Olivia (2) and are expecting a son this November. Coach Sharin will be working closely with coach Edgar with the sprinters, hurdlers, and middle distance runners. He brings a wealth of knowledge both in recruiting and working with speed and power athletes.

 

John Kimmel is entering his first season as coach at Indiana Tech. He competed for four years as a member of the Manchester College Track and Field program. During his four year career, John qualified for Nationals five times in the high jump, was a 3-time All-American, 2-time National Runner-up, and was the 2009 National Champion with a jump of 6-11.5.

After completing his four year career, John became the jumps coach at Manchester and worked with all phases of the jumps program. John graduated in 2011 with a bachelor's degree in exercise science. John will be working with all of the jumpers at Indiana Tech and brings a strong work ethic, great training program, and consistency the jumps group needs.

 

Coach Petridis is entering her first season as a coach at Indiana Tech. Dina has spent the last four years as a member of the Indiana Tech Track team. Her career accomplishments are numerous and include:

• 4-year Indiana Tech Track & Field team member
• 2-time Conference Champion
• 8-time NAIA National Qualifier
• 4-time All-American
• Best jump of 12’7.5”
• School Record Holder Indoor & Outdoor

Previous to Indiana Teach, Dina’s coaching career started coaching gymnastics in 2005. She then moved to the high school level in 2009 coaching Leo High School’s gymnastics team. The following year she started coaching competitive and recreational team at More Than Gymnastics in Fort Wayne where she continues to help the growth of young children in gymnastics. This last season, she helped train Concordia’s only female pole vaulter in her first season.

Gaining much of her knowledge from experience, she uses the advantage to understand and transfer different thoughts and ideas to help the athletes understand the technique and gymnastic background. Before her college career, Dina was a gymnast since the age of 6 and competed level 10 for two years. While attending Northrop High School, she became all-conference, placed many times in sectional and regional competition, and became All-state on the balance beam in 2005. Dina was a 4-year Varsity Letter Award Winner and MVP her senior year.

Her pole vault career started in 2005. The next year she became all-state. Her senior year she was sectional champ and all-state again. In 2007 she broke the S.A.C. conference record in the pole vault, a record that still stands. Dina won most improved and best attitude awards over her 3 year varsity career at Northrop.

Dina plans on taking the pole vault program to new heights; off the track and on.