Track and Field Coaching Staff
Head Coach Buzz Stevenson
Dakota State University Men's Track & Field and Cross Country Head Coach, Buzz Stevenson, has been involved in sports since his high school days in Ipswich, S.D. and has been a coach and teacher for 45 years.
A 1961 graduate of Ipswich High School, Buzz was an All-State running back, track & field athlete and basketball player. He placed in the 100 yard and 220 yard events at the state track meet his junior and senior years.
Buzz started his college career at Yankton College. He was an all-conference wide receiver and a member of a track & field team that won two conference championships from 1964-65.
After graduating from Yankton in 1965, Buzz received his Master of Education degree from South Dakota State University in 1973. He coached at the high school level for 14 years, including 10 at Huron High School. While there he led the boys track and field team to their first ever ESD Conference championship in 1976. He then guided them to two more conference championships in 1977 and 1978. In 1977 his boy’s team was the state runner up, and his girl’s cross-country team finished as state champions. In 1978 he was named South Dakota boys track coach of the year.
Before coming to Dakota State, Buzz coached at his alma mater for two years and has spent the past 26 years as head coach at DSU. While at Dakota State Buzz’s teams have accumulated 14 South Dakota Iowa Conference championships and his athletes have produced 52 All-American honors.
While at DSU, Buzz has garnered 14 SDIC coach of the year titles and two NAIA Great Plains regional cross-country coach of the year awards.
Buzz lives in Madison with his wife Diane of 23 years.
E-mail: buzz.stevenson@dsu.edu
Assistant Coach Anthony Drealan
Anthony Drealan is entering his first year as an assistant coach in cross country and track and field.
Drealan is originally from Fulda, Minn. He graduated from Dakota State University with a degree in Business Education. While at Dakota State, Drealan competed for the Trojan cross country and track teams. Drealan holds numerous school records, including the indoor and outdoor distance medley relay, as well as the outdoor 5000-meter record. Drealan was a two-time NAIA All-American athlete - once as a part of a national runner-up distance medley relay squad at the 2010 NAIA Indoor Track and Field Championships, and also at the 2009 NAIA Cross Country National Championships. Drealan also helped DSU win its first ever Dakota Athletic Conference championship in cross country during the fall of 2009.
Drealan is currently pursuing his master's degree in Health and Human Performance through Adams State College. Drealan will be working with cross country runners this fall and with the distance squad during the spring track season.
Anthony resides in Madison, S.D. with his wife Samantha (Warnke).
E-mail: anthony.drealan@dsu.edu
