Ed Nuttycombe, in his 24th season as the head men's track and field coach, has led the UW track and field team to a dominating position in the Big Ten conference. His efforts have led to many individual and team honors for the athletes he has coached at UW. Read more about his efforts on behalf of UW at the UW Badgers website.

• With this year's win at the Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field meet, Wisconsin becomes the first team in history to win the Big Ten "Triple Crown" (conference championships in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track) in four consecutive seasons
• co-owns the Big Ten record for most team championships (23).
• In eight of the last 11 years, Wisconsin has won the Big Ten “Triple Crown”—conference titles in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track during the same academic year
• Has coached 137 Big Ten champions including nine-time champions Reggie Torian and Len Herring
• Seven athletes from teams he has coached have been named the UW’s Male Athlete of the Year
• Big Ten Indoor and Outdoor Coach of the Year honors seven times, including in 2004, 2005 and 2006
• Since the inception of the Academic All–Big Ten team in 1986, Wisconsin track athletes have been awarded this academic honor 206 times