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T.J. Garlatz
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Position:
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Assistant Coach
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Hometown:
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Redmond, Wash.
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Phone:
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907-786-1308
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Email:
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run@uaa.alaska.edu
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T.J. Garlatz is in his sixth season as an assistant coach with Alaska Anchorage’s cross country and track & field programs in 2012-13. In addition to his coaching duties with the Seawolves, Garlatz serves as a compliance assistant for UAA.
In his time at UAA, Garlatz has help guide the track & field teams to their best-ever finish at nationals with a ninth-place showing by the men and a tie for 11th by the women in 2012. Combined, the Seawolves have furnished 25 All-America honors for track & field, including NCAA 5,000 meter champion Micah Chelimo, with Garlatz on the staff.
In cross country, the Seawolves have been a dominant force in the West Region, sweeping the team titles in 2010 and 2011, while claiming seven of the eight GNAC titles from 2009-12. Garlatz helped guide the UAA women to their program-best 5th-place finish in 2009, while supporting the Seawolf men to a sixth straight top-20 placing. Both sports combined, the Seawolves have registered 44 All-America awards with Garlatz as an assistant.
In 2010, Garlatz was honored with the USTFCCCA West Region Men’s Assistant Coach of the Year for the outdoor track & field season.
Garlatz came to the Seawolves after serving as an assistant coach at Great Northwest Athletic Conference rival Western Washington for three seasons. While at WWU, Garlatz helped guide the Vikings to a conference title in men’s cross country (2006), two men’s indoor track & field conference championships (2005, 2006) and one GNAC title in men’s outdoor track & field (2005).
Five athletes earned All-America honors and 27 earned all-conference recognition during Garlatz’s tenure at WWU, while six were named Academic All-Americans.
A postgraduate athlete at WWU, Garlatz competed in both cross country and track & field for one season, helping lead the Vikings to the 2003 GNAC title in men’s cross country. He also earned an individual conference championship in the 10,000-meter run at the 2003 outdoor track & field championships.
Prior to his coaching stint at WWU, Garlatz served as an assistant coach with the cross country and track & field program’s at Inglemoor High School (Kenmore, Wash.) from 1998 to 2003.
The former NCAA Division II Academic All-American earned a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from the University of Washington in 2002 and a Master of Science in Exercise Science from WWU in 2007. He and his wife Kristin were married in July 2010.
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