Dan Ireland enters his ninth year as coach of the men's middle distance and distance runners. He joined the Bulldog staff in January of 2000 and made an immediate impact on those areas and the cross country squad. The 2006-2007 school year was another successful campaign as the Bulldogs once again made numerous additions to both the Indoor and Outdoor All-Time Lists. In addition, the Elis had great success at the Ivy League and IC4A Championships. Ireland's runners achieved over a dozen All-East performances.

In his short tenure Ireland has guided his Yale runners to two All-American performances, 27 All-Ivy performances (nine Ivy Champions), 82 All-East performances and 10 school records. In addition, 43 of his student-athletes have run performances that place them among the 15 best all-time at Yale. He has also directed numerous other Bulldog runners to scoring places at championship meets from 800m to 10,000m.

While annually upgrading the athletic performances at Yale Ireland has also continued the tradition of academic excellence. The men's cross country team achieved All-Academic status again in 2006 and is the only school in the country that has accomplished this for the last ten years in a row.

At Georgetown, Ireland was a three-time NCAA participant as a member of the Hoya cross country squad. He was also the Big East Champion and IC4A bronze medalist at 10,000m. Ireland went on to coach at his alma mater for six years under the guidance of former Hoya mentor Frank Gagliano.

In addition to his collegiate duties with Georgetown, Ireland cut his coaching teeth with the preeminent distance running club in the US, the Reebok Enclave in Washington, D.C. During his stint with the Enclave Ireland worked with numerous world- and national-class athletes, including four Olympians. He brings an extensive background in middle distance and distance training to New Haven.

A 1991 graduate of Georgetown with a degree in international relations, Ireland earned his masters in 1998. He has brought a renewed enthusiasm to Yale Cross Country and Track and Field, with the goal of establishing a national-class program. He lives in Branford, Conn., with his wife, Christi, an assistant cross country and track and field coach at Yale, and their two children, Jacob and Alaina.

updated 7/24/2007