Newton’s Garvis earns national recognition after Cardinals’ first track and field title

The Newton boys’ track and field team won its first-ever state championship in May.

And Cardinal head coach Chad Garvis received a national honor a few months later.

Garvis was named Iowa’s Coach of the Year by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Association recently.

A committee of experts from around the nation chose one boys coach and one girls coach from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

“I’m incredibly honored to receive this award, but it truly takes a village,” Garvis said. “This recognition reflects the hard work and dedication of so many people — our assistant coaches, the athletes, their families and our strength and conditioning staff.”

Garvis and the rest of the state-by-state winners are now in consideration for national coach of the year. Each honoree also receives a trophy from the USTFCCCA.

The Iowa High School Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association selected their coaches of the year recently, too.

Garvis was named the Class 3A boys coach of the year, while PCM head track and field coach Logan Bieghler was voted an at-large coach of the year in 2A.

Lynnville-Sully’s Jeff Corbett was voted assistant coach of the year in 1A.

“Everyone played a vital role in helping prepare these young men for success, and I’m grateful to be part of such a committed and supportive community,” Garvis said.

Garvis was selected on the national level based on a few criteria, including team performance in 2025, team score/placement at the state meet, margin of victory, performance against rankings if available, individual championships and how they stacked up compared to previous seasons.