NATCHITOCHES --- Adam Malloy, who helped the James Madison 2010 women's cross country captured its first Eastern College Athletic Conference team and individual championship in ten years, is the newest addition to the Northwestern State track and field coaching staff.

Malloy, 25, enters his first year of full-time coaching to replace Heather McDaniel as the head coach for women's cross country, leading the team through its first meet at McNeese on Sept. 2 and a second place finish while senior Lawanda Perkins captured the individual title in last Saturday's Louisiana Tech Mook 4 Invitational. In the spring, Malloy will work primarily as an assistant coach with the distance-running athletes during the indoor and outdoor track seasons. His hiring has been approved by the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana system, which includes Northwestern.

“Adam has been great addition to our staff,” said long-time NSU track and field head Leon Johnson. “He has great knowledge about distance running and he's doing a great job with the runners. With time, I know he could lead us to the top of the conference.”

“Adam doesn't mind getting his hands dirty,” said veteran NSU head women's track and field head coach Mike Heimerman. “He came in only days before the athletes were to report to practice and he hit the ground running and spending a lot hours preparing the runners and we feel he's going to do well for us.”

The Ephrata, Penn. native comes to Northwestern with a solid background as a student-athlete and part-time coach in the sport of distance running. Before graduating from James Madison with a M.S. degree in Kinesiology-Sport Leadership in May, he served as a volunteer coach for the women's cross country team. In that time, the Dukes captured several team and individual championship titles including the 2009-2010 Colonial Athletic Association steeplechase championship, 2010 CAA cross country team championship and last season's aforementioned ECAC team and individual championships.

A 2009 graduate of Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Malloy was an all-round standout student-athlete and a two-time NCAA qualifier on the cross country team. He became the top finisher for the cross country team on many occasions and marked his named in the Marauders' record books among the top 25 all-time finishers in the 8K (13th) and 10K courses (24th). Malloy also contributed on the track, setting school records in the 4x400 and 4x800 (second), 400-meter dash (sixth), and the 800-meter dash and 3,000-meter steeplechase (tenth) and earning a spot on the 2009 All-Conference 3,000-Meter Steeplechase outdoor team.

Mallory was born July 16, 1986 to Ms. Karen Malloy. He is a member of the National Intramural-Recreation Sports Association (NIRSA) and the United States of America Track and Field (USTAF) and enjoys drawing, running, traveling and playing basketball and soccer.