Debbie Utesch

Debbie Utesch serves as Women's Cross Country Head Coach / Interim Men's Cross Country Head Coach Assistant Track and Field Coach / Distance Please send recruiting correspondence to trackandfield@lehigh.edu for Lehigh University's Men's Cross Country program in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The 2025 season marks Debbie Utesch’s 29th year with the Lehigh cross country and track and field programs. She has served as the head women’s cross country coach since 1996, and also served as the head men’s coach until prior to the start of the 2008 season, when her former runner Todd Etters ’02 was appointed head coach of the men. Utesch has coached two female national qualifiers in cross country, including Jen Schappert in 2005 and All-American Elizabeth Weiler in 2014.