Fort Lewis College Athletics

Mark Dutro is in his fifth year as head coach of the Skyhawks men's and women's cross country programs in 2016-17, and he is the school's first head coach of women's track & field.  The 2016-17 season also marks the third year of women's track & field at Fort Lewis College.  He was named as the seventh head men’s and women’s cross country coach in the program’s 34-year history on July 2, 2012.

In 2015-16, Dutro coached the Skyhawks first ever women's track and field student-athlete to provisionally qualify for the NCAA Championships.  In her first year competing in track and field, Skylyn Webb qualified for the Indoor championship meet in the 400m dash, and she qualified for the Outdoor championship meet in the 400m dash and 800m run.  
 
Dutro has served as an instructor in the Fort Lewis College Exercise Science Department since 2002. He teaches classes in personal health, fitness and wellness, K-12 physical education teaching, coaching, and a variety of skill and fitness activities.
 
Dutro has seven years of NCAA Division III experience at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa. He was head coach of the Rams in cross country from 1996-2000 and in track & field from 1993-2000.
 
He previously was head boys’ and girls’ cross country coach at Mount Vernon Community Schools from 1993-96 and head boys’ and girls’ cross country and head girls’ track & field coach at Iowa City West High School in Iowa City, Iowa, from 1991-93. He was also an assistant women’s track & field coach at the University of Iowa for four months in the spring of 1991.
 
Dutro received his Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education from Kansas State University in 1982 and his Bachelor of Arts degree in Secondary Education from Wichita State University in 1987. He received his Master of Arts degree in Physical Education from the University of Iowa in 1993. He previously earned an Associate of Arts degree in Liberal Arts from Butler County Community College in 1979.
 
He holds Level II USA Track and Field coaching certification with emphasis in jumps and endurance.
 
Dutro was named Iowa Class 3A Coach of the Year honors in 1991, when he guided Iowa City West boys’ team to a runner-up finish in the state cross country championships.
 
In becoming the seventh head cross country coach in FLC history, Dutro follows in the footsteps of Ken Flint (2000-11), Alex Accetta (1998-99), Dale Garland (1987, 1995-97), Susan Leonard (1992-94), Chuck Walker (1998-91), and Ray Williams (1984-86).