Rod DeHaven is the current Head Men's and Women's Cross Country Coach at South Dakota State University

South Dakota State University

South Dakota State University is the largest university in the U.S. state of South Dakota, located in Brookings. A public land-grant university and sun grant college, founded under the provisions of the 1862 Morrill Act, SDSU offers programs of study required by, or harmonious to, this Act...

 as of 2011. SDSU is his alma mater where he holds several school records in track.

Before returning to SDSU, Rod spent time as a professional runner. His most notable achievement is winning the 2000 Olympic Trials marathon and being the only marathoner to represent the USA at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

in Sydney.