Associate Coach David Svoboda

Phone: (773) 702-1528
E-mail: dsvoboda@uchicago.edu

David Svoboda begins his second season as the University of Chicago associate head coach for men's and women's cross country and track & field in 2007-08.

Svoboda has four years of college coaching experience to his credit. In 2005-06, he served as an assistant track & field coach at Millikin University working primarily with hurdlers, jumpers, and middle distance runners.

Prior to his arrival at Millikin, Svoboda spent two years on the staff at the University of Nebraska. He was a volunteer assistant in 2003-04 concentrating on sprints and hurdles before accepting a position as a graduate assistant the following year.

Svoboda began his coaching career at Fairview (Colo.) High School in 2000. After a three-year tenure as a cross country assistant and one-year stint as a track & field aide, he assumed the head track & field coaching duties for two seasons.

A four-year letter winner in cross country and track & field at Nebraska Wesleyan University, Svoboda earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 2000. He is scheduled to complete a master's degree in leadership development from the University of Nebraska later this year.