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Julie Heyde

  • Title
    Director of Track and Field and Cross Country; Track and Field Head Coach
  • Email
    heyde@mit.edu
  • College
    Boston College '04
  • Year
    2nd at MIT
Julie Heyde begins her second season as the MIT director of track and field and cross country/track and field head coach in 2024-25. In addition, she serves as an instructor for the physical education and wellness program.

During her first season with the Engineers she saw her student-athletes claim five individual National Championships, including four by Alexis Boykin. During the indoor season the women's team finished fifth overall, with Boykin becoming the first student-athlete to win multiple events at an NCAA Championship. Boykin won two event during outdoor nationals, where the Engineers took third to equal the best finish in program history.

Heyde and staff claimed the NEWMAC Women's Coaching Staff of the Year after the program won it's 15th NEWMAC crown. On the men's side, the team captured its 22nd NEWMAC Outdoor Championship and earned a 25th-place finish at Indoor Nationals and followed with a 10th-place finish at outdoors where Jackson Bliey won the National Championship in the high jump. 

Heyde served as an assistant coach for the women’s cross country and track & field teams at Division I Boston College from 2012-2023. During her time at BC, she recruited and coached five All-Americans, two ACC event champions, one US Olympic Trials qualifier and over 40 individual or team NCAA appearances. In addition, her student-athletes set four school records, five relay school records and posted 28 top-five all-time performances. At BC, she also served as the interim director and head coach of women’s cross country and track & field from March 2022-August 2022.

Prior to her arrival in Chestnut Hill, Heyde held a number of positions at North Carolina State University from 2008-2012, including as the director of operations for the men’s and women’s cross and track & field programs from August 2011-2012.
 
Heyde graduated from Boston College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Philosophy and a minor with NCATE accreditation in Secondary Ed. She then earned her Masters of Education in Higher Education Administration from North Carolina State in 2010.