Northern Illinois University Athletics

Cross Country (Head Coach)
MAC Championship Finishes (Highest Finish prior to Myers was T-8th in 2009):
2015: 7th
2016: 2nd
2017: 4th
2018: 4th
2019: 2nd
MAC Individual Champions: 1
    2019: Ashley Tutt (First in School History)
MAC Medalists (Top 14): 11
    2015: Kelsey Hildreth (2nd), Ericka Hibser (14th)
    2016: Hope Schmelzle (6th), Kelsey Hildreth (8th)
    2017: Ericka Hibser (12th), Ashley Tutt (13th)
    2018: Ashley Tutt (8th), Mackenzie Callahan (11th)
    2019: Ashley Tutt (1st), Mackenzie Callahan (3rd), Ericka Hibser (13th)
MAC Female Freshman of the Year: 1
2017: Ashley Tutt
NCAA Midwest Regional Finishes (Highest Finish prior to Myers was 23rd in 2014):
    2015: 24th 
    2016: 9th 
    2017: 11th 
    2018: 15th
    2019: 9th
NCAA All-Region: 4
    2016: Hope Schmelzle (3rd)
    2017: Ashley Tutt (22nd)
    2018: Ashley Tutt (14th)
    2019: Ashley Tutt (4th)
NCAA Qualifiers: 2
    2016: Hope Schmelzle
    2019: Ashley Tutt
USA Junior National Cross Country Champions: 1
    2017: Ashley Tutt
National Team Members: 1
    2017: Ashley Tutt (USA) NACAC Cross Country Championships
Records Broken: 2
    4k: 14:10.5 (Ashley Tutt, 2019)
    6k: 20:16.9 (Hope Schmelzle, 2016)

Track & Field (Assistant Coach Middle/Distance)
Indoor:
MAC Champions: 2
    2020: Ashley Tutt (3000m, 5000m)
MAC Medalists (Top 3): 6
    2016: Hope Schmelzle (800m, 2nd), Hope Schmelzle (Mile, 3rd)
    2017: Hope Schmelzle (Mile, 3rd)
    2020: Ashley Tutt (3000m, 1st, 5000m, 1st, Mile, 2nd)
Indoor Records Broken: 5
    800m: 2:08.67 (Hope Schmelzle, 2017)
    1,000m: 2:53.20 (Alison Olson, 2017)
    Mile: 4:39.82 (Hope Schmelzle, 2017)
    3,000m: 9:26.86 (Ashley Tutt, 2019)
    5,000m: 16:20.13 (Ashley Tutt, 2020)
MAC Championship Most Valuable Performer: 1
    2020: Ashley Tutt
MAC Female Freshman of the Year: 1
    2018: Ashley Tutt
MAC Assistant Coach of the Year: 1 (2020)

Outdoor:
MAC Champions: 4
    800m: Lorena Martin (2017)
    1500m: Hope Schmelzle (2017)
3000m Steeplechase: Hope Schmelzle (2016, 2017)
MAC Medalists (Top 3): 9
2016: Alison Olson (800m, 2nd), Hope Schmelzle (1500m, 3rd), Kelsey Hildreth (10,000m, 2nd), Hope Schmelzle (3000m Steeple, 1st)
2017: Lorena Martin (800m, 1st), Hope Schmelzle (1500m, 1st), Hope Schmelzle (3000m Steeple, 1st)
    2018: Lorena Martin (800m, 3rd), Ashley Tutt (5000m, 3rd),
NCAA Qualifiers: 6
    2016:    Hope Schmelzle (3,000m Steeple)
        Prelim: 10:15.82, 14th
        Kelsey Hildreth (10,000m)
        Prelim: 34:55.85, 16th
2017:    Lorena Martin (800m)
        Prelim: 2:11.38, 37th
        Carly Pederson (3000m Steeple)
        Prelim: 10:45.50, 27th
Hope Schmelzle (3000m Steeple)
        Prelim: 9:50.51, 1st 
        Final: 9:55.49, 6th
    2018:    Ashley Tutt (10,000m)
        Prelim: 33:58.77, 29th
NCAA All-Americans: 1
    2017: Hope Schmelzle (3,000m Steeple)
Outdoor Records Broken: 5
    800m: 2:05.90 (Hope Schmelzle, 2017)
    1,500m: 4:21.25 (Hope Schmelzle, 2017)
    3,000m Steeplechase: 9:50.51 (Hope Schmelzle, 2017)
    5,000m: 16:15.03 (Ashley Tutt, 2018)
    10,000m: 33:58.77 (Ashley Tutt, 2018)
    DMR: 11:28.22 (Olson, Hutton, Martin, Schmelzle, 2017)
MAC Most Outstanding Female Track Athlete of the Year: 1
    2017: Hope Schmelzle
MAC Female Freshman of the Year: 1
2018: Ashley Tutt
USA Track & Field National Championship Qualifiers: 1
    2017: Hope Schmelzle (Only Collegian Qualified for Final)

 
Adrian Myers begins his sixth season as the NIU women’s cross country head coach and track and field assistant coach in 2020-21, after joining the Huskies in 2015-16 from Purdue University. Coming to NIU has marked a homecoming for Myers, who grew up in nearby Oregon, Ill., and attended Huskie football games as a child.

In his first five seasons leading the Huskie cross country program, Myers has led NIU to four top-four finishes at the MAC Championships, including season-place finishes in 2016 and 2019. NIU has had 11 All-MAC performers during that time, including the school’s first individual MAC Champion, Ashley Tutt, in 2019.  

Myers’ tenure has also included four all-region honorees, with Hope Schmelzle taking third at the 2016 regional meet to earn a trip to the NCAA Championships and Ashley Tutt claiming fourth to advance to the national championship in 2019. 

On the track, NIU has posted six MAC Championships in middle and distance events during Myers’ tenure, including a pair of steeplechase crowns by Schmelzle. The Huskies have had six NCAA qualifiers during that time and Schmelzle earned All-America honors with a sixth-place finish in the steeplechase at the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships. In 2020, Tutt was named Most Valuable Performer at the MAC Indoor Championships after winning individual honors at both 3,000 and 5,000 meters. 

Ten school records in middle and distance events have been set during Myers’ time at NIU and the Huskies have posted six top-five finishes at conference championship meets. 

Myers joined the Huskies after spending two seasons as director of operations for the men's and women's cross country and track & field programs at Purdue. Myers also previously served as a volunteer assistant coach with the Boilermakers.

At Purdue, Myers helped the Boilermakers' cross country programs produce their best recent finishes in the Big Ten. In 2013, the men's program posted its best finish since 1991, while the women's team enjoyed its top placement in the conference since 2007. Myers also worked with Purdue's first cross country NCAA All-American since 1987, Matthew McClintock, who would go on to win gold for the U.S. junior team in the 10,000 meters at the 2013 Pan-American Games.

Myers' training methods and guidance has also helped Purdue's runners produce numerous personal records, All-Big Ten honors, NCAA qualifying berths, All-America recognitions, as well as a two-time USA Team member in McClintock and a USA World Junior team member in NCAA qualifier Hope Schmelzle in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

Purdue alum and 2016 Summer Olympics hopeful Bre'Anna Smith, who was an NCAA All-American at 800 meters and recently finished 12th at the 2015 USA Track & Field Indoor National Championships, continues to train on a professional contract under Myers.

Prior to his time with the Boilermakers, Myers served as an assistant coach and director of strength training for the Indiana Invaders elite development program, a nationally recognized group that has produced more than 200 qualifiers to USA Track & Field championships. While working with the Invaders, Myers coached two-time USATF national championship qualifier Drake Sterling in the 800 meters.

During that time period, he also assisted at Zionsville High School as sprints, jumps and hurdles coach at the same time, overseeing 14 IHSAA regional qualifiers, and was voted to the board of directors for USA Track & Field's Indiana Association as the men's track & field chair.

From 2011-12, Myers spent two years as the women's cross country coach and assistant track & field coach for men's and women's middle-distance and long sprints at Marian University in Indianapolis.

During his time there, Marian's women's cross country program improved its finish at the Mid-Central College Conference championships with Lauren Borchelt earning All-MCCC honors. Under Myers' guidance, Marian produced 11 national standards, the program's first two male track & field All-Americans in its history, and qualifiers for the NAIA Championships in the 400m, 800, 1000m and the mile.

Prior to that, he began his coaching career at IUPUI in 2009, serving as the top assistant for Hall of Famer Chuck Koeppen's program. In this role, Myers coached a first team All-Summit League cross country runner in Joe Hoffman while also working with IUPUI's School of Physical Education on research related to the ground reaction forces between track spikes and different competition surfaces.

As a student-athlete at Lewis University, Myers was a three-time NCAA Division II All-American and was a 10-time All-Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) honoree as a middle-distance runner with the Flyers. He set the Lewis records in the 1,000-meter run and the distance medley relay while helping the Flyers win GLVC championships in 2004 and 2005. Myers also served as the team's Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) representative and participated in the NCAA Peer Educator program.

Myers excelled at running in high school as a 10-time Illinois All-State track & field athlete, competing for Oregon High School's heralded program.

He owns a bachelor's degree in sports management from Lewis University and a master's degree in human performance and physical education from Adams State University.

Myers and his wife, Tricia, have three children: two daughters, Nikeya and Sydney, as well as a son, Adrian Jr.