Adam Beltran Position: Assistant Coach - Throws Alma Mater: Missouri-Kansas City '99

Adam Beltran joined the Notre Dame men's and women's track and field program in 2007 as an assistant coach for throws.

Beltran helped Jaclyn Espinoza earn her first All-America honor with a third-place finish at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championships, as well as the BIG EAST outdoor discus title. John Belcher also became a BIG EAST champion in the hammer throw. Seven Irish throwers qualified for the NCAA regional meet, while six Notre Dame student-athletes earned all-BIG EAST honors.

Beltran guided the Irish throwers to seven all-BIG EAST honors in 2008, including Brandon Drenon's first BIG EAST outdoor title in the discus. Six of Beltran's athletes qualified for the NCAA Mideast Regionals. Alyissa Hasan earned all-BIG EAST and All-America honors in the pentathlon. She also garnered all-BIG EAST honors for her heptathlon performance at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships. Espinoza finished 25th in the discus at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Prior to joining the Notre Dame staff, Beltran was on the track and field staff at Saint Francis (Pa.) University where he worked with the Red Flash throwers and oversaw the program's recruiting efforts. Under his tutelage, 20 St. Francis student-athletes won Northeast Conference (NEC) titles in the men's and women's weight throw, javelin, hammer throw, discus and women's shot put.

During his tenure at St. Francis, Beltran watched 17 Red Flash throwing records fall in the men's and women's indoor shot put, discus, javelin, women's outdoor shot put and the men's hammer and weight throws. In 2007, junior Lisa Morse earned the Outstanding Field Performer award at the NEC Outdoor Championships, while Dian Gmiter went on to win the same award at the indoor league meet.

Before his stint at St. Francis, Beltran served as an assistant coach at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He worked with throwers and coached athletes to Mid-Continent Conference titles in the shot put and the javelin. Nine of his athletes went on to break school track and field records under his tutelage.

A 1999 graduate of UMKC, the Austin, Texas, native earned his bachelor of liberal arts degree with an emphasis in American studies and a minor in black studies/cultural anthropology. He has earned USA Track and Field Level I and Level II certifications.