Austin Savage

The Rams set school relay records in the women's distance medley relay and the men's 4x1500m relay. Lauren Tunnell broke the school record in the women's indoor 1000m with a time of 2:49.26, and she became the third Ram woman ever to run under 4:30 in the 1500m with a time of 4:29.45. Overall, seven Ram distance runners put forth top-10 performances in VCU school history in their events during the 2022-23 season. 

Savage arrived at VCU after most recently serving as a volunteer assistant coach at William & Mary for four years. Prior to working with the Tribe, he spent time as an assistant at Gonzaga and worked as an intern coaching assistant for the District Track Club in Arlington, Va. Savage 
was a four-year member of the track & field team at George Mason, where he was a team co-captain from 2015 to 2017.

At William & Mary, Savage developed student-athletes competing in cross country, middle distance and distance events in track & field. He also assisted with the oversight and management of track & field and cross country program-related events, travel logistics and recruiting. 
 
During his tenure, the Tribe won the 2018, 2019 and 2021 CAA Cross Country team titles while two athletes earned NCAA All-American Honorable Mentions at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. He coached seven CAA Outdoor Track & Field individual champions and oversaw seven indoor school records and 16 indoor IC4A individual event champions from 2018 to 2022. 
 
During Savage’s time at Gonzaga, he created and implemented training plans for the Zags’ middle-distance track & field athletes while assisting in training the cross country and track & field distance athletes. He also assisted in travel logistics, recruiting and social media for the cross country and track teams. 30 athletes broke into Gonzaga all-time lists during Savage’s year in Spokane and seven athletes qualified to the NCAA West Preliminary.
 
In 2016, Savage served as an intern coaching assistant for professional track & field team District Track Club where he organized and led practices, identified potential recruits and assisted in planning meet schedules and travel arrangements. 
 
As a student-athlete, Savage was a member of multiple Atlantic 10 title-winning teams and earned several A-10 all-conference honors. A native of New Kent, Va., Savage graduated from George Mason in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in English and minor in Sport Coaching.