Andy Eggerth was named the University of Wisconsin-River Falls head track & field coach in August of 2021. In four seasons, the Falcons have improved exponentially at the WIAC Championships, including the men tying a program-best fifth-place finish with 44.5 points at the 2025 outdoor conference championships. On the women’s side, the Falcons scored 52 points at the 2022 outdoor conference championships, the program’s most since 2013.
During Eggerth’s time at UWRF, the Falcons have seen five individual WIAC championships and All-American recognitions for Lexi LeFever. During the 2024-25 season, Jacob Balcome was crowned NCAA champion in the indoor men’s heptathlon, as well as WIAC outdoor champion and All-American in decathlon. Freshman Joe Guthrie also earned All-American honors in the outdoor decathlon, alongside two All-WIAC placements. After a stellar 2025 outdoor season, Eggerth and the UWRF staff was named WIAC Outdoor Track & Field Men’s Coaching Staff of the Year.
Eggerth has served as the head men's coach for Team USA to the 2017 Capital Cup in Ottawa, Canada, as well as the jumps and combined events coach for the 2023 U-20 Pan American Games in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. At the U-20 Pan Am's eight of the nine competitors under Eggerth's care were able to podium and medal to secure the win for Team USA. He has since been selected as the assistant men's coach for the Thorpe Cup in Wetzlar, Germany, July of 2024. The Thorpe Cup has decades of history as a Combined-Events dual meet between Germany and the USA, where UWRF assistant coach Jordan Gray claimed the Bronze medal in 2023 to help Team USA win the competition.
Beyond international coaching, Eggerth brings 21 years of collegiate experience to River Falls, including stops at four Division I schools. Most recently, he served as the jumps and combined events coach at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley for two seasons. He helped guide UTRGV to their highest Western Athletic Conference team finishes before or since, including the top three finishers in the women's long jump at the WAC Outdoor Championships all over six meters.
In 2018, Eggerth founded the non-profit corporation MultiStars Track Club and Consulting in Atlanta, Ga. MultiStars is a non-profit organization with the primary goal of developing post-collegiate multi event and combined event athletes. He coached, provided therapeutic support and consultation for teams and individuals, and was involved with various speaking engagements including multiple presentations he'll give in January, 2024 at the Minnesota high school coaches association clinic.
A two-time NCAA Division I South Region Head Coach of the Year and an 18-time Atlantic Sun Conference Coach of the Year, Eggerth developed 21 All-Americans, 72 NCAA qualifiers, 277 conference champions, 690 all-conference performers and 62 academic all-conference performers while at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Ga., where he was the Director of Track and Field and Cross Country from 2010-18. During his time in Kennesaw, he also led the Owls to 18 ASUN Team Championships, top 20 DI rankings for men and women, and led his student-athletes to 54 conference record-setting performances.
Before his tenure at Kennesaw State, Eggerth spent four years as an assistant track & field and cross country coach in the Big 12 Conference at Kansas State University, where he worked with sprinters and hurdlers while assisting with mid-distance and distance student-athletes. On top of his coaching duties, Eggerth also served as the assistant recruiting coordinator, assisted with fundraising and alumni relations, and managed equipment and apparel.
Eggerth began his full-time collegiate coaching career at the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB), where he spent three years working with the sprinters, jumpers, hurdlers and multi athletes. His student-athletes achieved 13 program records and seven freshman records in addition to posting the team's highest ever conference finish before or since.
He was also an instructor for the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Coaches Academy and wrote the physiology curriculum. He holds the World Athletics Level 5 "Elite Coach" certification in sprints and hurdles, USA Track & Field (USATF) level 3 certification in the Jumps, USTFCCCA certification in the combined events and throws, and has been to USATF level 2 certification schools in distance events, combined events, jumps, and throws. He is a certified strength and conditioning coach and has taken the USTFCCCA's javelin, high jump, and combined events master coach certifications.
As a student-athlete, Eggerth competed collegiately at Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minn., breaking 16 school records, one conference record while qualifying in five events for the NCAA Division II Championships.
Eggerth is a native of Spring Lake Park, Minn., and earned bachelor's degrees in physical education and sport management from BSU. He then received a master's degree in exercise science from Syracuse University in 2002.
