Adams State University

David Granato enters his fifth year as the Assistant Coach working with distance and mid-distance athletes, as well as serving as the Recruiting Coordinator, for the Adams State Cross Country and Track & Field program.

He has helped rebuild the women’s team to one of the best in Div II, improving from an average national team place of tenth in the 2014-15 academic year, to an average national team placing of third, and a program of the year award for 2017-18. The women’s team has also broken four school records, one Div II record, and won three team titles in the process.

Granato also helped the men’s team improve to one of the strongest in a storied history; winning four team titles, scoring 44 points to win the 2017 cross country national championship, in addition to breaking six school records, three Division II records, and winning three program of the year awards.

Overall, Granato has directly contributed to:

• Seven Team 1st place NCAA Div II
• Three Team 2nd place NCAA Div II
• Two Team 3rd place NCAA Div II
• Three Team 4th place NCAA Div II
• Four Program of the Year Awards
• 17 Individual NCAA Champions
• 92 All American Performances
• Four Division II Records
• 10 School Records
• 62 Academic All Americans