Track & Field Adds Trey Brokaw and Stephanie Brokaw to Coaching Staff
7/17/2026 3:23:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Men's Track and Field, Women's Cross Country, Women's Track and Field
Pair will assist distance runners starting with 2026-27 track & field and cross country campaign
BOZEMAN, Mont. --- The Montana State track & field program announced the additions of Trey Brokaw and Stephanie Brokaw to the coaching staff, Dale Kennedy Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Lyle Weese announced on Friday.
Both coaches will serve as assistant distance coaches for the track & field and cross country teams starting with the 2026 cross country campaign. Additionally, Trey Brokaw will serve as the program-wide recruiting coordinator. Montana State's coaching staff now stands at seven members.
"We are very fortunate to add coaches to the track and field staff with extensive experience," Weese said. "Coach Trey has had success at institutions with wide-ranging characteristics and varying responsibilities. This includes experience as a head coach and a program director. He is known for his dedicated work ethic and his ability to recruit high-level performers. Coach Trey will serve as our recruiting coordinator in addition to coaching distance-event student athletes.
"Coach Steph won an NCAA title and has competed in multiple Olympic Trials and USA Championships, spanning for over a decade. In addition to her high-level racing, Coach Steph has many years of experience coaching at the NCAA level. She will bring so much to the team and will coach distance events."
Trey and Stephanie Brokaw arrive in Bozeman after spending the past two seasons as assistant coaches at Kansas State, where they assisted the cross country teams and middle-distance runners. Trey Brokaw also served as the program's recruiting coordinator during his time in Manhattan. While at Kansas State, Trey Brokaw and Stephanie Brokaw helped lead the Wildcat men to a fourth-place team finish at the 2026 NCAA Indoor Championships, the best result in program history. They also guided the women's squad to a seventh-place finish indoors and the men to an eighth-place result during the outdoor season. Through their efforts, the Wildcats signed the top-ranked recruiting class in the NCAA in 2025, with 56 total newcomers joining the squad for the 2025-26 season. Trey and Stephanie Brokaw coached Vienna Lahner to Kansas State school records in the 1,000-meter run and the mile during the 2026 indoor season, the latter of which stood since 1983, and also guided true freshman Stella Miner to an all-conference result with her third-place finish in the 1,000m at the 2025 Big 12 Championships.
Prior to Kansas State, Trey Brokaw was the Director of Track & Field and Cross Country at Western Illinois from 2021-24, where he guided teams that produced 18 school records, 12 Ohio Valley Conference individual champions, and one NCAA Championship qualifier in his three seasons at the helm. Before Western Illinois, he was the head cross country coach, assistant track & field coach, and recruiting coordinator at the University of Akron from 2018-21. Brokaw guided the Zips to eight Mid-American Conference (MAC) titles in the middle-distance events and coached two-time NCAA qualifier Mackenzie Andrews in the mile and 3,000m steeplechase. His other stops include serving as a track & field assistant coach at Emporia State (2012-13); an assistant coach, recruiting coordinator, and director of operations at Northern Iowa (2013-16); and a recruiting assistant at Nebraska (2017-18), where he signed eight-time NCAA qualifier George Kusche. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Education from Emporia State University in 2013.
Stephanie Brokaw served as an assistant coach on Trey Brokaw's staff at Western Illinois from 2021-24, where she worked with the cross country and middle-distance runners. While at Western Illinois, she coached Logan Lommel to school records in the 1,500m and 3,000m steeplechase outdoors in 2024, Paulina Wuestefeld to a new 6k program record in 2022, and Ackeen Colley to the indoor 800m school record in 2021. Brokaw began her coaching career as a volunteer assistant coach at Arkansas from 2014-15 before joining the Montana State coaching staff in the same role from 2016-18. She then became a volunteer assistant at Akron, where she remained from 2018-21. She enjoyed an exceptional athletic career at the University of Arkansas, where she was an eight-time First-Team All-American, 12-time NCAA qualifier, and two-time Southeastern Conference champion during the 2014 indoor season (800m, DMR), while also qualifying for the USA Olympic Trials in the 800m and 1,500m in 2012, 2016, and 2024. Brokaw graduated from Arkansas in 2014 with bachelor's degrees in Communications and Advertising & Public Relations.
Montana State's coaching staff now stands at seven members, including Weese and assistants Jen Allen (throws), Craig Hunter (pole vault/jumps/multis), Teague Peck (sprints/hurdles), Olivia Lane (jumps/multis), Trey Brokaw (recruiting coordinator/distance), and Stephanie Brokaw (distance).
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Both coaches will serve as assistant distance coaches for the track & field and cross country teams starting with the 2026 cross country campaign. Additionally, Trey Brokaw will serve as the program-wide recruiting coordinator. Montana State's coaching staff now stands at seven members.
"We are very fortunate to add coaches to the track and field staff with extensive experience," Weese said. "Coach Trey has had success at institutions with wide-ranging characteristics and varying responsibilities. This includes experience as a head coach and a program director. He is known for his dedicated work ethic and his ability to recruit high-level performers. Coach Trey will serve as our recruiting coordinator in addition to coaching distance-event student athletes.
"Coach Steph won an NCAA title and has competed in multiple Olympic Trials and USA Championships, spanning for over a decade. In addition to her high-level racing, Coach Steph has many years of experience coaching at the NCAA level. She will bring so much to the team and will coach distance events."
Trey and Stephanie Brokaw arrive in Bozeman after spending the past two seasons as assistant coaches at Kansas State, where they assisted the cross country teams and middle-distance runners. Trey Brokaw also served as the program's recruiting coordinator during his time in Manhattan. While at Kansas State, Trey Brokaw and Stephanie Brokaw helped lead the Wildcat men to a fourth-place team finish at the 2026 NCAA Indoor Championships, the best result in program history. They also guided the women's squad to a seventh-place finish indoors and the men to an eighth-place result during the outdoor season. Through their efforts, the Wildcats signed the top-ranked recruiting class in the NCAA in 2025, with 56 total newcomers joining the squad for the 2025-26 season. Trey and Stephanie Brokaw coached Vienna Lahner to Kansas State school records in the 1,000-meter run and the mile during the 2026 indoor season, the latter of which stood since 1983, and also guided true freshman Stella Miner to an all-conference result with her third-place finish in the 1,000m at the 2025 Big 12 Championships.
Prior to Kansas State, Trey Brokaw was the Director of Track & Field and Cross Country at Western Illinois from 2021-24, where he guided teams that produced 18 school records, 12 Ohio Valley Conference individual champions, and one NCAA Championship qualifier in his three seasons at the helm. Before Western Illinois, he was the head cross country coach, assistant track & field coach, and recruiting coordinator at the University of Akron from 2018-21. Brokaw guided the Zips to eight Mid-American Conference (MAC) titles in the middle-distance events and coached two-time NCAA qualifier Mackenzie Andrews in the mile and 3,000m steeplechase. His other stops include serving as a track & field assistant coach at Emporia State (2012-13); an assistant coach, recruiting coordinator, and director of operations at Northern Iowa (2013-16); and a recruiting assistant at Nebraska (2017-18), where he signed eight-time NCAA qualifier George Kusche. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Education from Emporia State University in 2013.
Stephanie Brokaw served as an assistant coach on Trey Brokaw's staff at Western Illinois from 2021-24, where she worked with the cross country and middle-distance runners. While at Western Illinois, she coached Logan Lommel to school records in the 1,500m and 3,000m steeplechase outdoors in 2024, Paulina Wuestefeld to a new 6k program record in 2022, and Ackeen Colley to the indoor 800m school record in 2021. Brokaw began her coaching career as a volunteer assistant coach at Arkansas from 2014-15 before joining the Montana State coaching staff in the same role from 2016-18. She then became a volunteer assistant at Akron, where she remained from 2018-21. She enjoyed an exceptional athletic career at the University of Arkansas, where she was an eight-time First-Team All-American, 12-time NCAA qualifier, and two-time Southeastern Conference champion during the 2014 indoor season (800m, DMR), while also qualifying for the USA Olympic Trials in the 800m and 1,500m in 2012, 2016, and 2024. Brokaw graduated from Arkansas in 2014 with bachelor's degrees in Communications and Advertising & Public Relations.
Montana State's coaching staff now stands at seven members, including Weese and assistants Jen Allen (throws), Craig Hunter (pole vault/jumps/multis), Teague Peck (sprints/hurdles), Olivia Lane (jumps/multis), Trey Brokaw (recruiting coordinator/distance), and Stephanie Brokaw (distance).
Follow the Bobcats
For the latest news, updates, and behind-the-scenes coverage of the Montana State track & field program, follow the Bobcats on Twitter and Instagram at @MSUBobcatsTFXC. Information on the Montana State athletic program can be found online at msubobcats.com or by following the Bobcats on Twitter at @MSUBobcats, Instagram at @MontanaStateBobcats, and on Facebook at Montana State Bobcats.
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