TO CONTACT HEAD COACH BILL TARASCHKE, please call him at 440-826-3322 or e-mail him at wtarasch@bw.edu.
Dr. William Taraschke is in his 26th year of coaching and teaching at Baldwin-Wallace College in 2009-10. He has guided the Yellow Jacket men’s and women’s track and field teams for the past 25 seasons and the College’s cross country teams for the past 19 years. Taraschke also serves as a professor in B-W’s Division of Health and Physical Education.
Overall, Taraschke has led 46 B-W teams to Ohio Athletic Conference titles. He has been named OAC Coach of the Year on 33 separate occasions and the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year 12 times.
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Taraschke By the Numbers |
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| Track and Field Seasons | 25 |
| Cross Country Seasons | 19 |
| OAC T/F Titles | 34 |
| OAC XC Titles | 12 |
| OAC Coach of the Year | 34x |
| Great Lakes Coach of the Year | 12x |
| National Coach of the Year | 2x |
In his 25 seasons as indoor and outdoor track and field head coach, Taraschke has guided 34 teams to OAC championships. His women’s teams have captured 16 of the past 20 indoor championships and reeled off 15 consecutive crowns from 1988 to 2002. In addition, 16 of his last 22 women’s outdoor teams have won OAC championships, including capturing seven straight on two separate occassions. Taraschke was named the NCAA Division III Women's Track and Field National Coach of the Year in both 1997 and 2002.
In 19 seasons at the helm of the B-W cross country program, Taraschke has guided 12 women’s squads to OAC titles. Prior to coaching cross country, Taraschke was a successful offensive backfield and kicking coach for the nationally-ranked Yellow Jacket football program.
Prior to coming to Berea, Taraschke was the head coach in track and field as well as the defensive coordinator in football at Chadron State College in Nebraska from 1975 through 1983.
A two-time Mid American Conference discus champion at Ohio University, Taraschke received his undergraduate degree in 1964, his master’s degree at Southern Illinois University in 1966 and his Ph.D. from the University of Toledo in 1984. Taraschke previously coached at the high school level in Ohio at Milan Edison (1966-69), Canton GlenOak (1969-71) and Brookside (1971-75).
Taraschke is a member of the NCAA Track Coaches Association; the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance; a member of numerous academic honoraries and a guest lecturer at many respected clinics. Taraschke also serves as an NCAA Division III track and field chairperson and has been the meet director for three NCAA national meets and Ohio State Games.
This page was last updated on December 7, 2009.
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