dpeterson@marian.edu

317.955.6340

Dean Peterson is in his fourth season as the head coach of the Marian University cycling program. Peterson also serves as an instructor within the School of Education at Marian University.

Peterson brings 27 years of bicycle racing experience and 21 years of teaching experience to Marian University. He has coached, trained, or raced in Europe, Africa, and Cuba. He is a USA Cycling Level 3 coach and is a USA Cycling Category 1 cyclist.

In his three seasons at the helm of the 11-time national champions, Peterson has guided the Knights to three straight USA Cycling collegiate track cycling national championships and has overseen the birth of an all-around cycling program. The Knights have become contenders in the race for a road national championship every spring, and Peterson has led the Knights into the relatively new categories of mountain biking and cyclo-cross.

Coach Peterson also oversaw the development of the Marian University Cycling Center in 2007. He is known in cycling circles in Indianapolis and has cultivated sponsor relationships that culminated in the development of the center.

Peterson earned his bachelor of science degree from Purdue University in 1988 and his master of science degree from Butler University in 1997.

He resides in Indianapolis with his wife and their two children.

The Peterson File

3 collegiate track cycling national titles 1 MWCCC Most Outstanding Rider 1 MWCCC Regional Champion 1 USA Cycling national road champion

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