Scott Hutchinson enters his third year at the helm for TU's Cross Country and Track & Field programs. Hutchinson has been coaching cross country and track at the collegiate level for more than three decades, including 16 seasons at Babson College and eight years at the University of Southern Maine. Most recently, Hutchinson was the head coach at Saint Joseph's College of Maine in Standish, Maine.
The veteran skipper has earned 14 Coach of the Year accolades and was listed as a New England Coach of the Year candidate on five occasions. Hutchinson has led his teams to 13 conference titles, two indoor Maine State Championships, and numerous top-10 finishes in the NCAA D-III New England Regional Championships.
During his prestigious career, he has groomed an astounding total of 654 All-Conference honorees (83 cross country, 571 indoor/outdoor), 212 NCAA D-III All-New England recipients (20 cross country, 192 track & field), 114 All-ECAC winners (seven cross country, 107 track & field), 30 NCAA Academic All-Americans, and eight NCAA All-Americans. Hutchinson has also led his teams to a total of 14 NCAA Academic All-America honors.
Hutchinson, who holds a USA Track/Field Level 1 certification and is a member of the U.S. Track and Field Cross Country Coaches Association, has coached seven cross country conference runners of the year, six track and field conference athletes of the year and 14 conference rookies of the year. He has mentored two Maine state collegiate cross country individual champions and 12 Maine all-state collegiate cross country performers.
Hutchinson's career began at the University of Maine at Presque Isle, his alma mater, in the fall of 1986. Then he moved on to Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., where he was the head cross country and track coach from 1988-2003. He then spent time at Salve Regina University (2003-05) in Newport, R.I.; University of Southern Maine (2005-2013) in Portland, Maine; Marywood University (2013-15) in Scranton, Pa.; University of Maine at Farmington (2015-16) and Saint Joseph's College (2016-18).
An accomplished athlete at University of Maine at Presque Isle, as a senior Hutchinson qualified for the NAIA National Championship and earned NAIA All-New England honors after finishing eighth with a 24:40 effort at the 8K New England Regional Championship meet. As a standout track and field athlete, Hutchinson recorded a 2:00 performance in the 800-meter run (grass track) and ran the mile in 4:26 (cinder track). He also threw the javelin 178 feet (54.25m). He was a two-time cross country all-conference honoree and was chosen three times as the team's MVP and captain. Hutchinson was elected to the UMPI Hall of Fame in 2002.
A Carthage, Maine, native, Hutchinson received his bachelor's of science degree in recreation management from the University of Maine-Presque Isle in 1986. He comes to Thomasville from Gorham, Maine, with his wife Stacie and two children Scott and Samantha.
