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Tim McGowan - Staff Directory
Tim McGowan
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- Head Men's Cross Country Coach
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Tim McGowan enters his seventh season as a member of the Boston College men’s cross country and track & field coaching staff.
Since joining the program, McGowan has helped take the men's distance group to new levels in both regional cross country and conference track & field. With his leadership, the Eagles finished eighth at the 2025 NCAA Cross Country Northeast Regional Championships, marking their first top-ten regional finish in twenty years. This achievement included Theodor Schucht earning NCAA All-Region honors with a 14th-place finish and a personal-best 10k time of 29:41.3, along with several other career-best performances from the top scorers.
On the track, McGowan's distance corps has consistently expanded its postseason presence and rewritten the Boston College record books. His athletes have contributed significantly to the program's overall breakthrough performances at both the ACC Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championships, setting numerous middle-distance and distance school records. In addition to team milestones, McGowan has mentored multiple NCAA Regional qualifiers and fostered strong academic performance, regularly seeing his student-athletes named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic and All-ACC Academic Teams.
McGowan, who currently runs with the Boston Athletic Association high performance team, served as an assistant coach with the Hofstra men’s and women’s cross country and track & field teams from 2019-20.
"Coach McGowan brings quality Division I experience at a Power Five school, where he led Penn State both on and off the field as a standout student-athlete and team captain,” Kerr said. “His time as a Division I coach, coupled with his recent professional career representing the historic B.A.A., gives Coach Mac a breadth of experience that will benefit all athletes in our program. We look forward to Coach Mac contributing in all aspects of our program and pushing the Eagles to new heights!"
While a student-athlete at Penn State from 2015-19, his name is listed throughout the program’s record book. McGowan holds the school record for the indoor 5,000m (13:46.49) and ranks among the program’s all-time performers in the indoor 3,000m (8:01.49) and outdoor 5,000m (13:54.20). He served as a volunteer assistant coach at his alma mater during the 2018-19 indoor and outdoor track seasons. McGowan began his collegiate career at Roger Williams University, setting five school records en route to becoming the first student-athlete to qualify for the NCAA Division I championships.
Originally from Northport, N.Y., McGowan was the New York State champion in the two-mile run and holds the Long Island record for the indoor mile.
He earned his bachelors degree in sociology, with a psychology minor, in 2019 from Penn State.
Since joining the program, McGowan has helped take the men's distance group to new levels in both regional cross country and conference track & field. With his leadership, the Eagles finished eighth at the 2025 NCAA Cross Country Northeast Regional Championships, marking their first top-ten regional finish in twenty years. This achievement included Theodor Schucht earning NCAA All-Region honors with a 14th-place finish and a personal-best 10k time of 29:41.3, along with several other career-best performances from the top scorers.
On the track, McGowan's distance corps has consistently expanded its postseason presence and rewritten the Boston College record books. His athletes have contributed significantly to the program's overall breakthrough performances at both the ACC Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championships, setting numerous middle-distance and distance school records. In addition to team milestones, McGowan has mentored multiple NCAA Regional qualifiers and fostered strong academic performance, regularly seeing his student-athletes named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic and All-ACC Academic Teams.
McGowan, who currently runs with the Boston Athletic Association high performance team, served as an assistant coach with the Hofstra men’s and women’s cross country and track & field teams from 2019-20.
"Coach McGowan brings quality Division I experience at a Power Five school, where he led Penn State both on and off the field as a standout student-athlete and team captain,” Kerr said. “His time as a Division I coach, coupled with his recent professional career representing the historic B.A.A., gives Coach Mac a breadth of experience that will benefit all athletes in our program. We look forward to Coach Mac contributing in all aspects of our program and pushing the Eagles to new heights!"
While a student-athlete at Penn State from 2015-19, his name is listed throughout the program’s record book. McGowan holds the school record for the indoor 5,000m (13:46.49) and ranks among the program’s all-time performers in the indoor 3,000m (8:01.49) and outdoor 5,000m (13:54.20). He served as a volunteer assistant coach at his alma mater during the 2018-19 indoor and outdoor track seasons. McGowan began his collegiate career at Roger Williams University, setting five school records en route to becoming the first student-athlete to qualify for the NCAA Division I championships.
Originally from Northport, N.Y., McGowan was the New York State champion in the two-mile run and holds the Long Island record for the indoor mile.
He earned his bachelors degree in sociology, with a psychology minor, in 2019 from Penn State.
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