Bio

Pat Ebel played a strong coaching role in helping the UW-Oshkosh women’s track & field program capture eight national championships and six conference titles from 2002-12.

As head coach from 2010-12, Ebel guided the Titans to a pair of NCAA Division III championships and three WIAC crowns. UW-Oshkosh’s most dominant season came in 2011 when it swept both the indoor and outdoor titles at the national and conference championships. Ebel’s indoor and outdoor teams placed second in the country in both 2010 and 2012. He coached athletes to 53 All-America citations during his three years as head coach, including 15 national titles.

As an assistant coach from 2002-09, Ebel helped UW-Oshkosh to three consecutive NCAA Division III indoor championships from 2004-06 and NCAA Division III outdoor titles in 2004, 2006 and 2007. He coached athletes in the throws to 59 All-America awards, including 17 national championships. Ebel helped guide the Titans to three WIAC titles – two outdoor and one indoor.

The Waterloo High School graduate also served as an assistant men’s track & field coach from 2002 12. In 2009, he helped the Titans sweep the NCAA Division III indoor and outdoor titles. Ebel coached athletes in the throws to 45 All-America mentions, including five national championships.

Ebel was named NCAA Division III Women’s Indoor Coach of the Year in 2011 and NCAA Division III Men’s Indoor Assistant Coach of the Year in 2012. He was also the recipient of three WIAC Coach of the Year awards.

Among his many accomplishments as an assistant coach, Ebel was named the NCAA Division III Midwest Region Men’s Assistant Coach of the Year in both 2010 and 2011 and the National Throws Coaches Association Coach of the Year in 2009.

In 2011, Holly Ozanich was selected NCAA Division III Women’s Athlete of the Year after she won national indoor shot put and 20-pound weight throw titles and the hammer throw at the outdoor championship. The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association also named Ozanich and fellow UW-Oshkosh thrower Terri Schwamb NCAA Division III Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2010 and 2007, respectively.

Ebel also coached Ellie Sitek to NCAA Division III Athlete of the Year honors in 2010 and Robyn Jarocki in 2006. Under Ebel’s guidance, Jarocki won 10 national titles and added NCAA Division III Field Athlete of the Meet accolades at both the indoor and outdoor championships from 2004-06.

Ebel has been an assistant track & field coach at NCAA Division I Pennsylvania State University since 2013. He has coached Nittany Lion throwers to six All-America performances, six Big Ten titles and four program records.

Ebel is a 1992 graduate of UW-La Crosse, where he was a member of the football and track & field teams. Ebel and his wife, Sandy, reside in Port Matilda, Pa. They have two children, Lauren and Erik.