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Mircea Bogdan, Chicago State's new Director of Track & Field/Cross Country:
Bogdan was hired on May 16, 2022 and joins the Cougars following seven seasons as an assistant coach with the Loyola University Chicago cross country and track & field programs. Prior to his latest stint at Loyola, Bogdan spent the 2015-16 season as an assistant coach at Western Illinois where he oversaw the men's and women's distance teams and served as a recruiting coordinator.
Prior to joining the coaching ranks, Bogdan racked up honors as a student-athlete at the University of Texas at El Paso. In 2005, he became the first male Miner since 1999 to be crowned an NCAA champion when he took first in the 3,000m steeplechase at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Adding to his athletic accomplishments, in 2008, Bogdan qualified to represent Romania in the steeplechase at the Beijing Olympics. He won 20 national championships in Romania and is the current Romanian junior record holder in the 3K steeple.
Bogdan graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso with a Bachelors of Health Science in Kinesiology and a Masters of Education from Saint Francis University.
