In Dietrich’s second year with Edinboro, he coached Kate Szep to a national championship appearance in cross country where she finished 155th. He also coached Kadi Bauer to a 2nd place finish at the conference championships in the mile. In total Dietrich has coached 10x All-Conference, 3x All-Region, and 3x All-American runners at Edinboro.
In Dietrich’s first year with Edinboro, he coached Kylie Anicic to All-American finishes in both cross country and track. Anicic placed 12th at the National Cross Country Meet. In the spring Anicic broke the conference and school record in the 10,000m running 33:25.55. This time was also the 15th fastest time ever run by a division 2 female. Anicic also broke the school record in the 5,000m running 16:14.07. Anicic placed 6th in both the 10,000m and 5,000m at the national championship. Anicic ended her career being a 7x All-American and 18x Conference Champion. Dietrich is continuing to coach Anicic post collegiately. Since graduating Anicic has competed at the USATF 10k and 20k National Championships.
Dietrich took over the Edinboro Cross Country teams ahead of the 2023 season. He comes to Edinboro from Bismarck State College where he served as the head coach for both the cross country and track & field squads. While there, he created the cross country and track programs. In his first season at the helm, the brand-new Mystics program had three All-Americans. He built the track & field roster to over 50 athletes prior to year two.
In his time with the Mystics, he had three NJCAA Track & Field All-Americans, six NJCAA Track & Field national qualifiers and one NJCAA Cross Country national qualifier.
Prior to his time at Bismarck State, he served on the coaching staff at his alma mater the University of Mary. He spent a year as a graduate assistant before being elevated to Head Cross Country Coach.
In that season as the head coach of the Marauder program, Dietrich helped the women to a 10th-place finish at the national championships with the top finisher coming in at an All-American finish of 17th. The Marauder men had their best season in school history placing second at the conference championships and sixth at the regional meet. During the track season Dietrich’s athletes broke school records in the women’s 800m and men’s 3,000m. Elizabeth Acheson qualified for the indoor national meet in the 800m running 2:10.72. Taylor Hestekin had an All-American finish in the mile running 4:48.04. Two different men broke the school record in the 3,000m running 8:24.10 and 8:23.28. Dietrich’s women also set the indoor national D2 record in the 4x800m relay running 9:06.60.
Prior to the University of Mary, Dietrich coached at Century High School in Bismarck, ND for three years. During his time with Century high school, his teams won 4 state championships and produced 6 individual or relay state champions.
Dietrich graduated from the University of Mary with a Master’s degree in Kinesiology and a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science. He was awarded “Outstanding Research Award” for his work on the effects of arch stiffness and foot length on running economy in collegiate distance runners.
