Luke Moore is in his second year as a Graduate Assistant Coach for the Cross Country and Track and Field teams. He joined the coaching staff following a distinguished career as a student-athlete on both the Cross Country and Track and Field teams.  As an athlete, Moore was a captain of the distance squad and led the Men's cross country team to their second-ever appearance at the NCAA championships in St. Leo, Fla. In Track & Field, he excelled in the 5km event with a PR of 14:41. He was named Second Team All-GLIAC and a member of the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence team. He served on Michigan Tech's Student Athlete Advisory Council as the vice president in 2020/2021 and as President in 2021/2022. Moore is from White Lake, Michigan and holds a Bachelor's degree in Biological Chemistry and Masters degree in Biology, both from Michigan Technological University. 

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"Luke is a fantastic coach and a real asset to our program," said Head Cross Country Coach Owen. "He's adapted to the change between athlete and coach exceptionally well, and he's really risen to the occasion to work with a variety of event groups. He was a distance athlete himself, but he's taken our sprint group under his wing and made substantial improvements to our overall program design. His background in Biology gives him a science based approach to training design and theory, and it's paying off in performance for our team. We're very lucky to have him as a home-grown member of our coaching staff!"

"Luke has really developed into a quality coach and I expect to see great growth from the athletes he oversees," Head Track & Field Coach Young added. "He has been quite adept at adapting training to the responses of the athletes and I expect that will translate nicely to performance. He also has an innate understanding of the interpersonal side of coaching allowing him to connect very well with our athletes."