FARGO, N.D. – The North Dakota State University track & field program has hired Casie Witte as an assistant coach, men's head coach Don Larson and women's head coach Stevie Keller announced Friday, Aug. 24.
 
Witte comes to the Bison from the University of Nebraska, where she had served as a volunteer assistant coach since 2008 specializing in the combined events and javelin. In all, she has coached Husker men and women to 15 All-America honors and 20 conference championships.
 
"I am excited to be a part of the Bison track & field program, working with great staff and student-athletes," Witte said. "It's an honor to join the long tradition of success that has been established at North Dakota State."
 
"Casie has proven herself to be a valuable coach at a successful Power 5 program," said Keller. "Her experience and knowledge of the combined events will definitely have a positive impact on our athletes, and we're excited to add her to the Bison family."
 
Witte has coached a number of prized pupils in her time with the Huskers, most recently helping decathlete Cody Walton achieve first-team All-America honors with a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Championships in 2017. Walton set the Nebraska decathlon record a 7,937 points, nearly reaching the 8,000-point barrier.
 
Witte helped guide freshman Maggie Malone to second-team All-America accolades in the javelin at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Early in her career at Nebraska, Witte helped coach multi-event athlete Bjorn Barrefors to two conference titles and six All-America honors. She was also instrumental in the development of Chantae McMillan, an NCAA runner-up in the heptathlon who went on to represent the United States in the 2012 London Olympics.
 
In 2009, four of Witte's Husker athletes combined to earn five All-America honors at the NCAA Indoor Championships. In the combined events, Megan Wheatley and McMillan earned All-America accolades in the pentathlon, while Barrefors broke the school record and earned All-America honors in the heptathlon. McMillan added All-America accolades in the women's long jump as well.
 
"Coach Witte will be a great addition to our program," Larson said. "She has shown that she can help her athletes earn some very impressive accomplishments, but we are just as excited to add a high-character, quality individual to our coaching staff."
 
Witte earned her Level I Coaching Education Certification during the summer of 2008 and her Level II Certification in the combined events during the summer of 2009.
 
A team co-captain for the Nebraska women in 2007, Witte made two trips to the NCAA Outdoor Championships as an athlete, competing in the high jump in 2005 and the heptathlon in 2007. The Lincoln, Neb., native owns a heptathlon personal-best score of 5,347 points, also placing at the Big 12 Championships in the javelin and high jump during her career.