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Head Coach
Pete Stanton

Pete Stanton enters his eighth year as the head men and women’s track and field coach at Dickinson State. Stanton is a DSU alumnus. While at DSU, he was an outstanding athlete on both the football and track teams in the mid-80’s, receiving All-American honors in football in 1987 and participating in the 1987 NAIA National Track and Field championships in the hurdles.

Stanton’s track and field team reached the ultimate pinnacle at the 2006 NAIA Outdoor Championships when his men’s team won their third consecutive National title to go along with championships in 2005 and 2004. The men’s program became only the fourth in the history of the NAIA to win three consecutive championships. In addition, his 2007 and 2003 men’s team was NAIA National Runners-up. Stanton was honored for his team’s achievements by being named 2006, 2005, 2004, and 2003 NAIA Men’s Outdoor National Track and Field Coach-of-the-Year. 2007 marked the fifth consecutive year the team has been first or second at national meets.

Stanton has done wonders for the Blue Hawk track and field teams in his seven years as head coach. His teams have won five DAC men’s outdoor championships (2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, and 2002). In 2002, his men’s team won the DAC conference championship for the first time since 1969. The Hawks went on to the national meet and placed sixth (the highest place ever at the time for a Dickinson State track team). For his efforts, Stanton was named the 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, and 2002  DAC men’s outdoor track and field coach-of-the-year. His 2005 men’s indoor team claimed their first ever indoor title. In 2006 and 2007, his men’s indoor team added two more conference titles and place third at the national meet, the highest finish ever for an indoor team during Stanton’s tenure. Stanton was named 2007, 2006 and 2005 DAC indoor men’s coach of the year. The women finished third at the 2002 and 2005 DAC-10 indoor and outdoor and second in the 2006 outdoor championships. He was named the 2002 DAC women’s indoor track and field coach-of-the-year. The women finished 18th at the 2007 National meet, its highest finish ever.

Stanton has coached 101 All-Americans and 27 individual national champions during his first seven seasons as head coach. In addition, many school records have fallen during the tenure of Stanton. The women have broken 14 and the men 16 school records in the past six years. In addition, the men’s 4x400 set a new NAIA national indoor record of 3:11.99 at the 2006 championships.

The Baker, Montana native graduated from Dickinson State in 1987 with a degree in social science and physical education. Stanton then went on to coach football and track and teach high school in Montanan at Terry and Belgrade for 12 years. Twice he led his track teams to runner-up finishes in the state of Montana.

Stanton earned a master’s degree from Montana State University and is currently an assistant professor in the Health and Physical Education Department. Stanton is also an assistant coach with the football team.

Assistant Coach
Galen Morton

Galen Morton begins his second season with the Blue Hawks as the sports information director and assistant coach of cross country and track and field.  He focuses his energies with the distance athletes.

Prior to coming to DSU, Morton coached for 14 years at inner-city high schools in the Los Angeles area and many of the distance athletes became L.A. City Champions and California State Meet qualifiers.  He also coached for one season as an assistant coach of cross country and track and field at Occidental College.

In 2007, he led the Blue Hawk distance team to new levels.  Three individual school records were broken--two athletes earned All-American--and both the men’s and women’s 4 x 800 m Relay teams also set new standards.  The men’s team became the first from Dickinson State to qualify for the finals of the NAIA National Outdoor Championships.
 
Morton is USA Track and Field (USATF) Level II certified in endurance and sprints/hurdles. 

He received both his bachelor’s degree in philosophy and his master’s degree in biology from Occidental College in Los Angeles, Calif.  He and his wife Rachel have one daughter, Francesca.