Plattsburgh State graduate Andrew Krug enters his fifth season as head coach in 2025-26, including 17th overall with the program.
In 2024-25, Plattsburgh State achieved its best finish in the men's State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) outdoor championships since 2006, while the women's team had its best finishes in both championships since the 2021-22 season. At the outdoor championships, as a team, the Cardinals captured 10 individual medals, with SUNYAC titles coming from Isaiah Martens-Collins (javelin), Grace Yarkosky (400-meter dash), and Isabella Scott (400-meter hurdles). The 4x400-meter relay team defended their indoor title, winning the outdoor race as well with Yarkoksy, Scott, Brianna Wise, and Emma Mahoney. In the indoor championships, the Cardinals had two individual champs, with Charles Cypress (60-meter dash) and Marissa LeDuc (pentathlon). Overall, the team had five individual medalists, with the 4x400-meter relay team also winning the indoor championships. Cypress and Yarkosky each earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) in the indoor and outdoor seasons.
The Plattsburgh State track and field team saw several excellent finishes in the 2023-24 season, with two SUNYAC individual titles in the outdoor season by Brexton Montville in the 100-meter dash and Yarkosky in the 800-meter run. Yarkosky also earned a third-place finish at the regional championships, while Montville was fourth. Krug coached three Mideast All-Region selections, as Montville (100-meter dash) and Charles Cypress (100-meter dash & 400-meter dash) each earned plaudits. Overall, the team had six top-three finishes in the outdoor season at the SUNYAC Championships, while three student-athletes each earned a top-three finish at the Indoor Championships.
The Cardinals excelled during the 2022-23 season, with graduate student Aislyn McDonough winning the SUNYAC title in the 800-meter run during both the indoor and outdoor seasons and senior Janyll Barber making her third NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships appearance in the 400-meter hurdles.
During Krug's inaugural season as head coach, the women placed fourth at the SUNYAC Indoor Track and Field Championships and fifth at the SUNYAC Outdoor Championships, while the men finished fifth at the SUNYAC Outdoor Championships, marking the program's best finish since 2011.
Under Krug's direction for 10 years as the Cardinals' head cross country coach, two runners qualified for the NCAA Division III National Cross Country Championships: Lauren Perschetz in 2016 and Kelley Driscoll in 2012 and 2013 (Driscoll also qualified in 2011 prior to Krug's appointment as head coach).
In 2019, Jazz Roberts enjoyed a strong season, earning three PrestoSports SUNYAC Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week honors. Among Roberts' many elite performances during the year, perhaps her best result was a second-place finish in a 220-runner field at the Ronald C. Hoffmann Invitational, as she clocked a six-kilometer time of 22:37.0.
Krug helped coach several runners to career years in 2018, including junior Kristina Watrobski, who earned All-SUNYAC honors at the conference meet.
In 2017, Krug coached the women's team to a second-place finish at the SUNYAC Championship Meet, their first time in that spot since 2011. The men moved up in the SUNYAC as well with a sixth-place finish. Krug also developed freshman Jazz Roberts into the SUNYAC Rookie of the Year.
In 2014, Krug oversaw the development of NCAA All-Atlantic Region performer Nathan Doyle on the men's side and prepped All-SUNYAC Second Team and NCAA All-Atlantic Region senior Katie Ehmann who led the Cardinals' women's squad in her final collegiate campaign.
During the Cardinals' 2013 campaign, Krug guided senior Kelley Driscoll to one of the best individual seasons on the trails in program history. Driscoll, who hails from Geneva, N.Y., racked up All-SUNYAC First Team and All-NCAA Atlantic Region accolades for the third time in her career before earning an individual bid to the 2013 NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Championships.
While supervising the throwers for the Cardinals' track and field program, Krug led the development of Amanda Gadway, who set three program records and owns a pair of All-SUNYAC First Team nods.
Krug guided the Plattsburgh State women's cross country to a second consecutive runner-up finish at the SUNYAC Cross Country Championships in 2012. Driscoll, who was named to the SUNYAC Cross Country Hall of Fame before securing her second consecutive All-NCAA Atlantic Region honor, was the lynchpin of Krug's 2012 squad.
A four-year member of the Cardinals' track and field team from 2005-09, specializing in jumps, Krug graduated from Plattsburgh in December 2010 with a master’s degree in adolescent education and a concentration in history. He also completed a minor in athletic coaching.
During the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons, Krug qualified for both the indoor and outdoor Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Championships in the high jump. He placed third in the high jump at the SUNYAC Indoor Track and Field Championships in 2008 and 2009, as well as at the 2008 outdoor conference meet.
Krug hit a personal best height of 6-5 (1.96m) outdoors at the Icahn Stadium in New York City in 2006. He has USA Track & Field (USATF) Level I Coaching Certification as well as a USATAF Level II Coaching Certification in throws.
