Dustin Stewart enters his 1st season as the Assistant Cross Country and Track & Field Coach. In this role, he will be tasked with coaching the distance and mid-distance events.
During his first season of coaching cross country with the Bears the program saw two All-Conference and two All-Region athletes. The men’s side also claimed the Mr. Elite title, which is awarded to the male athlete with highest combination of GPA and Conference Cross Country meet finish. The Men’s side of the program also achieved their highest place finish for an individual at the NCAA D2 Cross Country National Championship meet with Jacob Parkinson finishing 62nd.
He joins the Bears after a short stint with the Golden Bulls of Johnson C. Smith University, where he coached the mid-distance program as well as High Jump. While at JCSU, he was tasked with reestablishing the distance programs. Tolbert coached two school records in the men’s indoor 5k as well as the men’s outdoor High Jump. The men’s outdoor high jump mark also achieved the NCAA D2 provisional mark.
Before his time at JCSU, Dustin served as an assistant sprints and hurdles coach at Queen’s University. During his time with Queen’s, Dustin coached Mark Schittenhelm who was a SAC Conference Champion, and National Qualifier in the 400 hurdles in 2022. The following year became the first male athlete for Queen’s track & field to earn All Conference at the Division 1 level; earning 3rd place at the ASUN Outdoor Championships. In addition, Dustin coached four other athletes to school records in the Men’s 60, 100, and both indoor and outdoor 200 meter events.
Dustin’s first coaching stint, and longest tenured position, was at his ama mater of Belmont Abbey College. While at The Abbey, Dustin was in control of all sprints, hurdles, jumps, and throwing events. Dustin coached 26 School Records, 14 All Conference athletes, 8 individual Conference Champions, and 5 NCAA Division 2 Provisional marks. Dustin was also influential in the growth of the program growing roster size from 25 athletes to 55 athletes in his first season.
