Josh Buchholtz begins his 10th season as the UW-La Crosse head men’s track & field coach in 2017-18. He also serves as the associate facilities director for the intercollegiate athletics department.
UWL swept the 2017 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III indoor and outdoor titles under Buchholtz. It marked the 12th time (1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2017) UWL swept the national indoor and outdoor crowns, including the second time under Bucholtz. For his efforts, Buchholtz was named the 2017 United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Outdoor Coach of the Year.
Buchholtz has led UWL to eight national titles, including four indoor (2009, 2013, 2014, 2017) and four outdoor (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017). The Eagles have won an NCAA III record 33 national titles (18 indoor; 15 outdoor).
He has been voted the USTFCCCA Outdoor Men's National Coach of the Year four times (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017) and USTFCCCA Indoor Men's National Coach the Year twice (2013, 2014).
Buchholtz has been selected the USTFCCCA Outdoor Midwest Region Coach of the Year three times (2013, 2014 2017) and USTFCCCA Indoor Midwest Region Coach of the Year on three occasions (2013, 2014, 2015).
UWL has placed in the top-five nationally in all 18 championships under Buchholtz, including four second-place outdoor finishes (2010, 2011, 2012, 2014). The Eagles were fifth at the 2009 NCAA III Outdoor Championships. At the indoor championships, UWL finished second in 2015; third in 2010, 2011 and 2016 and fifth in 2012.
The Eagles have swept the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) indoor and outdoor championships in each of Buchholtz' first nine seasons. He has been named the league's indoor coach of the year seven times (2009, 2011-16) and earned the outdoor honor on nine occasions (2009-17).
A total of 247 individual All-America honors (126 indoor; 121 outdoor) have been earned under Buchholtz. Eighty-one student-athletes have been named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team in Buchholtz' first eight seasons.
Buchholtz served as men’s track & field head coach at the University of Wisconsin-Stout from 2002-08. He added the women’s track & field head coaching position in 2007. Buchholtz, who also served as a physical education instructor at UW-Stout, was the Blue Devils’ men’s cross country head coach from 2002-07.
A 2000 graduate from UWL, Buchholtz was the Eagles’ women’s track & field assistant coach from 2000-02. He has worked as a member of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) State Track & Field Meet Administration staff, taking over as the on-site coordinator in 2011.
He served as a meet director of four high school meets annually while at UW-Stout, including the 52-team Northern Badger Track and Field Classic. Buchholtz was Co-Meet Director of the 2003 WIAC Cross Country Championships and 2004 WIAC Indoor Track & Field Championships.
He was the equipment manager of the physical education department at UW-Stout and handled the Blue Devils’ track & field/cross country laundry and equipment.
Buchholtz is a member of the USTFCCCA.
