Bio

Marcia Taddy enters her fourth year as the men's and women's head cross country coach in the 2026-27 season. Taddy joined the V-Hawks in June of 2023. 

During the 2025 season, Taddy coached two women to the NAIA National Marathon, and she coached the women's team to a fifth place finish at the conference championships. In the 2024 season, Taddy led one runner to the NAIA National Championships. The women's team finished in third place at the conference championships, while the men's team finished in sixth.  

In her first season with the V-Hawks, Taddy coached two individuals to NAIA National Competition, taking third at the women's conference championships and fourth at the men's conference championships. Additionally, she coached a pair of NAIA National Marathon qualifiers in 2023 as well with one participant landing on the NAIA All-Marathon team and the other establishing a men's school record in the NAIA Marathon. 

In addition to coaching the men's and women's cross country teams, Taddy also serves as a distance coach for the V-Hawk track and field program. 

Prior to joining the V-Hawks, Taddy was an Assistant Cross Country and Track and Field Coach at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville from 2021-23, and from 2009-2017. From 2017-2021, she was an Assistant Cross Country and Track and Field Coach at UW-La Crosse.

During her collegiate career, Taddy spent one year as a full-ride scholarship athlete for Cross Country and Track and Field at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After transferring to UW-Platteville, Taddy put together one of the most decorated careers in NCAA history. She was a 17-time All-American between Cross Country and Track and Field, an eight-time National Track Champion, and a two-time NCAA DIII Track Athlete of the Year and Track Athlete of the National Meet. She collected 19 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) titles, being named the WIAC Female Track Athlete of the Meet 6 times and the Midwest Regional Track/CC Athlete of the Year 5 times. Three times she was the UW-Platteville Female Athlete of the Year, and academically she was an ESPN CoSIDA 1st team Academic All-American in 2008, the WIAC Judy Kruckman Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2006, and the UWP Scholar Athlete of the Year twice. All of her accomplishments have earned her spots in the USTFCCCA NCAA DIII Track and Field Hall of Fame, the WIAA Track and Field Hall of Fame Inductee, and on the WIAC All Century Track and Field Team.

Taddy and her husband Corey live in LA Crosse with their kids, Jace and Iris.