Dan O'Mara serves as Assistant Coach - Throws for University of Northern Iowa's Track and Field program in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Dan O’Mara joined to the Panther coaching staff, kicking off a second stint as the program’s throwing coach in August of 2025. A highly respected and accomplished coach, O’Mara spent 12 years at UNI from 2009 to 2021, where he played a pivotal role in developing elite throwers and elevating the Panthers’ national presence in the throwing events.
O’Mara has spent the previous four years as the throws coach at Iowa State. During his first stint at Northern Iowa, O’Mara coached 61 NCAA Preliminary Round qualifiers, 49 All-Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) performers, nine MVC champions, ten school record holders, four All-Americans and one Olympic Trials finalist. Depth in O’Mara’s throwing events were a key piece UNI winning three-straight MVC outdoor conference championships (2018-19, 2021) and back-to-back MVC indoor team titles (2019-21). UNI men’s throwers combined for 61 points outdoors and 37 points indoors en route to helping the Panthers win the men’s league titles in 2021.
