Matt Aguero begins his first season as head coach of Oklahoma City University's men’s and women’s cross country and track & field head-coaching position.
Aguero had helped the Stars win the past two NAIA men’s cross country championships as an assistant coach.
In the past two years, Aguero helped the Stars win two Sooner Athletic Conference men’s cross country titles and the 2015 SAC women’s cross country crown.
With OCU, Aguero has aided in producing nine men’s all-Americans, one women’s all-American, 14 men’s all-conference runners and 10 women’s all-SAC performers in cross country. In track, Aguero coached 12 men’s indoor all-Americans, eight women’s indoor all-Americans, nine men’s outdoor all-Americans, four women’s outdoor all-Americans and the 2016 indoor national champion distance medley relay team. The Stars’ Arya Bahreini became a qualifier for the U.S. Olympic Trials marathon and a three-time NAIA marathon champion.
Aguero has nine years of experience as a head coach at St. Gregory’s and Cameron. Aguero has coached 13 individual national champions, 69 all-Americans, 117 national meet qualifiers and 102 all-conference performers in his coaching career.
Aguero’s coaching career began in 2004-05 as an assistant at Virginia Intermont. Aguero helped Virginia Intermont to the 2004 NAIA men’s cross country championship. Aguero is a USA Track and Field level I and II certified coach.
Aguero has run two ultra marathons and more than 20 marathons, including the Boston Marathon these past two years. He won the 2005 Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon.
During his college career, Aguero became an NAIA all-American while competing for Minot State (N.D.), setting the school record in the marathon. Aguero also set the East Central marathon record while becoming an all-region cross country runner and three-time national track and field meet qualifier.
Originally from Poteau, Okla., Aguero entered the Poteau High School athletics hall of fame after setting the 1,600-meter and 5,000-meter school records.
