Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Shane Mills enters his second season as the head coach of the men's and women's track and field teams at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology for the upcoming 2025-26 academic year. 

Mills led the Rose-Hulman men's track & field team to two HCAC titles during the indoor and outdoor season in his first year at the helm of the program. The women's team won the outdoor title and finished runner up during the indoor season at the HCAC Championships.

Mills started his coaching career as an assistant coach at Earlham College under current Rose-Hulman cross country head coach, Derick Lawrence. He was named the interim head coach of the program in 2021-22 before being named the Director of Cross Country and Track and Field in the summer of 2022.

Mills takes over a Rose-Hulman track and field program that has experienced long-lived success with 36 HCAC Championships in the last 17 years including 6 of the 8 available titles in the last two seasons.

Mills graduated from Albion College in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Educational Studies where he ran cross country and track and field for Coach Lawrence. He also completed his Master's degree in 2023 from Earlham College in Educational Leadership and Administration.