Marian University Ind.

BIO

2025-26 Season:

• He closed out his sixth year at the NAIA Outdoor National Championship, and he led four athletes to qualify (women's shot put, women's discus, men's hammer, women's hammer). He helped to lead the women's team to a sixth-place finish and the men to a fourth-place finish. 
• At the NAIA Indoor National Championship, he led four athletes to qualify (men's shot put, men's weight throw, 2x women's weight throw). Two earned All-American Honors (men's weight throw, women's weight throw). He also helped lead the women to their first NAIA National Championship and the men to their second consecutive indoor championship. 
• During the Crossroads League Indoor and Outdoor Championships, Dyer coached 15 All-Crossroads League Honorees (men's indoor shot put, 2x men's weight throw, 2x women's weight throw, 2x men's outdoor shot put, 2x women's outdoor shot put, 2x women's discus, 2x men's hammer, 2x women's hammer). Four out of the 15 athletes earned the Crossroads League Individual Championships (men's weight throw, women's weight throw, women's outdoor shot put, men's hammer). 

2024-25 Season:

• At the NAIA Indoor National Championship, he led five to qualify (men's shot put, 2x men's weight throw, 2x women's weight throw). One earned All-American Honors and an NAIA Individual National Championship (men's weight throw). He also helped lead the men's team to the first NAIA National Championship for the program. At the NAIA Outdoor National Championship, six events qualified (men's shot put, men's discus, men's hammer, women's shot put, 2x women's discus). Three of the events earned All-American Honors (men's shot put, men's discus, men's hammer).
• During the Indoor season, Dyer coached seven All-Crossroads League Honorees (2x men's shot put, 2x men's weight throw, women's shot put, 2x women's weight throw). Three out of the seven earned the Crossroads League Indoor Individual Championship (men's shot put, men's weight throw, women's weight throw). Coming off an outstanding indoor season, Dyer led the throwers to nine All-Crossroads League Honors (2x men's shot put, 2x men's discus, 3x men's hammer, women's discus, women's hammer). Five out of the nine athletes earned a Crossroads League Individual Championship (men's shot put, men's discus, men's hammer, women's discus, women's hammer).
• In his fifth season, he coached the Crossroads League Male Athlete of the Year, earning the program its second consecutive honor.

2023-24 Season:

• In Dyer's fourth season with Marian, he was named the USTFCCCA National Assistant Coach of the Year for the 2023-24 season, coaching the throwers to a No.1 national event squad rankings in three different events (shot put, discus, and hammer). 
• At the NAIA Indoor National Championships, 11 events qualified (3x men's shot put, 4x men's weight throw, women's shot put, 3x women's weight throw). He coached four to earn All-American Honors (men's shot put, men's weight throw, women's shot put, women's weight throw). He led the Knights to a full sweep of NAIA Individual National Championships on both the women's and men's side, earning four (men's shot put, men's weight throw, women's shot put, women's weight throw).
• Bouncing off an outstanding indoor National Championship, Dyer led 12 events to qualify for the NAIA Outdoor National Championship (3x men's shot put, 3x men's discus, 2x men's hammer, women's shot put, 2x women's discus, women's hammer). Six of those events earned All-American Honors (men's shot put, 2x men's discus, 2x men's hammer, women's shot put). While one was named NAIA Individual National Champions (men's discus).
• He coached 16 All-Crossroads League event honors (2x men's shot put indoor, 2x men's shot put outdoor, 3x men's weight throw, 2x men's discus, 3x men's hammer, women's shot put indoor, women's weight throw, women's discus, women's hammer). He also led the men to another full sweep of Individual Crossroads League Championships, earning nine honors (men's shot put indoor, men's shot put outdoor, men's weight throw, men's discus, men's hammer, women's shot put, women's weight throw, women's discus, women's hammer).
• Coached the Crossroads League Male Athlete of the Year to earn the men's program its first honor.

2022-23 Season

• Dyer led 16 events to qualify for the Indoor and Outdoor NAIA National Championships (2x men's shot put indoor, 2x men's shot put outdoor, 3x men's weight throw, 2x men's discus, 2x men's hammer, women's shot put indoor, women's shot put outdoor, women's weight throw, women's discus, women's hammer). 10 earned All-American Honors (2x men's shot put indoor, 2x men's shot put outdoor, men's weight throw, 2x men's hammer, women's shot put outdoor, women's weight throw, women's discus).
• In his third season at Marian, he led 14 events to All-Crossroads League Honors (2x men's shot put indoor, 2x men's shot put outdoor, 2x men's weight throw, 2x men's discus, 2x men's hammer, women's shot put indoor, women's shot put outdoor, women's weight throw, women's hammer). While seven events earned an Individual Crossroads League Championship, sweeping the entire men's side in both indoor and outdoor (men's shot put indoor, men's shot put outdoor, men's weight throw, men's discus, men's hammer, women's weight throw, women's hammer).

2021-22 Season:

• At the NAIA Indoor and Outdoor National Championships, he led 16 National Qualifying events (2x men's shot put indoor, 2x men's shot put outdoor, 2x men's weight throw, 3x men's discus, men's hammer, women's shot put indoor, women's shot put outdoor, women's weight throw, women's discus, 2x women's hammer). While 5 earned All-American Honors (men's shot put indoor, men's discus, women's shot put outdoor, women's discus, women's hammer). And one earned an NAIA Individual National Championship (women's shot put outdoor).
• In Dyer's second season with Marian, he led the throwers to 13 All-Crossroads League Honors (men's shot put indoor, 2x men's shot put outdoor, 2x men's weight throw, 2x men's discus, men's hammer, women's shot put indoor, women's shot put outdoor, 2x women's weight throw, women's discus). He coached two athletes to win five Individual Crossroads League Championships (men's discus, women's shot put indoor, women's shot put outdoor, women's weight throw).

Previous to Marian:

• Before Marian, Nathan spent the last two seasons as a volunteer throws coach at Southern Illinois University- Carbondale under the helm of JC Lambert and Olympian Deanna Price-Lambert. During that time at SIUC, the Saluki men and women were ranked in the top 10 out of all Division 1 schools in the Shot Put and Weight Throw in 2019. The Saluki men and women went on to score 21 points and 33 points, respectively, at the 2020 Indoor MVC Championships. Also, claiming both men's and women's weight throw titles.
• Before getting into the coaching world, Nathan Dyer was a hammer and weight thrower for SIUC. During his time there, Nathan was a two-time runner-up in the hammer throw at the MVC Championships and a two-time Division 1 West Regional Qualifier. Nathan’s personal best was 63.13m in the hammer throw and 18.53m in the weight throw.
• Nathan is from Virgil, Illinois, and he went to Kaneland High School. He was a two-sport athlete all through school in football and track and field.