Bob Wood is in his eighth year as Director of Cross Country and Track & Field at Ripon College during the 2024-25 academic year.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS 2018-2025
12 Midwest Conference Team Championships
634 Top-10 Performances in Program History (91 set in 2025)
241 All-Midwest Conference Honors (39 in 2025)
104 School Records Set (10 set in 2025)
70 MWC Event Champions (11 in 2025)
21 Individual National All-Academic Honors
18 Team National All-Academic Honors
33 NCAA National Qualifiers (7 in 2025)
15 NCAA All-Americans (10 First-Team honors)
7 MWC Elite-20 Award Recipients
1 USTFCCCA Region Field Athlete of the Year
2024 Men's Midwest Conference Outdoor Champions
2024 Women's Midwest Conference Outdoor Champions
2024 Men's Midwest Conference Indoor Champions
2024 Women's Midwest Conference Indoor Champions
2023 Men's Midwest Conference Outdoor Champions
2023 Women's Midwest Conference Outdoor Champions
2023 Men's Midwest Conference Indoor Champions
2023 Women's Midwest Conference Indoor Champions
2022 Men's Midwest Conference Indoor Champions
2022 Women's Midwest Conference Indoor Champions
2022 Men's Midwest Conference Outdoor Champions
2022 Women's Midwest Conference Cross Country Champions
2024 Men's Outdoor Coach and Staff of the Year
2024 Women's Outdoor Coach and Staff of the Year
2024 Men's Indoor Coach and Staff of the Year
2024 Women's Indoor Coach and Staff of the Year
2023 Men's Outdoor Coach and Staff of the Year
2023 Women's Outdoor Coach and Staff of the Year
2023 Men's Indoor Coach and Staff of the Year
2023 Women's Indoor Coach and Staff of the Year
2022 Men's Indoor Coach and Staff of the Year
2022 Women's Indoor Coach and Staff of the Year
2022 Men's Outdoor Coach and Staff of the Year
2022 Women's Cross Country Coach (Corey Bins) and Staff of the Year
NCAA DIII NATIONAL RANKINGS - USTFCCCA
#8 - Men's Indoor Track & Field (2023)
#11 - Men's Outdoor Track & Field (2023)
The 2022 Season was a historic one for the Men's and Women's programs as they won their first-ever Indoor MWC team titles, while the Men won their first Outdoor MWC title since 1924. At the indoor championships, they scored a total of 172 and 173.5 points, respectively, while having the top male point scorer and 2nd and 3rd highest scorers on the women's side. Both teams won the 4x400m Relay while the women also won the 4x200 relay and Sprint Medley Relay. The Men scored 158 points at the Outdoor Championships while having the top individual point scorer of the meet, while the Women scored a program record 125.5 points. Altogether they had a total of 33 All-MWC performances Indoors and 22 honors Outdoors.
During the 2020 Indoor season the women's team scored a then school record 103.5 points while placing in the top three for the second time in school history, while both the men's and women's teams earned second place finishes at the 2021 Midwest Conference North Division Championships.
PRIOR COACHING EXPERIENCE
Prior to his current position, Wood spent one year serving as Ripon's Associate Coach for both the Cross Country and Track & Field programs, handling recruiting duties, coordinating training, and overseeing the sprint, hurdle, and jumping events. During that season, Ripon broke two school records and earned eight All-Midwest Conference performances.
Prior to working at Ripon College, Wood spent seven seasons with Whitefish Bay High School's Track & Field program. During his time at Whitefish Bay, they won three North Shore Conference Championships (Indoor, Relays, Outdoor) and in 2016 the boy's team won their first outdoor conference title in 34 years. In his time at Whitefish Bay, he oversaw the sprint, hurdle and jumping events, coaching a total of 58 conference champions.
EDUCATION
A 2009 graduate of Ripon College, Wood competed in both football and track & field as a student-athlete for the Red Hawks, where he still holds Ripon's school record for the Indoor 55 Meter Hurdles (7.87), which he set as a senior in 2009. He was a Midwest Conference Champion in the 55m Hurdles, was twice selected team captain for the Track and Field team, while also earning All-Conference honors three times. After graduating with a BA in Exercise Science, Wood earned his Master’s Degree from Cardinal Stritch University in 2011.
CERTIFICATIONS AND POSITIONS
USATF Level I
USTFCCCA Technical Certification
USTFCCCA Level II: Combined Events
USTFCCCA Meet Management
MWC Women's Track & Field Chair 2019-2023
Wood and his wife Jessica '10, who was a four-time All-Conference performer for Ripon's Cross Country team, currently reside in Ripon with their daughter Ellie (9) and son Luke (6).
