Zachary Girard enters his fifth season as the assistant men's and women's track and field coach for jumps during the 2025-26 academic year, and his third season assisting the Yellowjacket's cross country programs.
Girard comes to MSUBÂ with five years of high school track coaching experience and one yar of middle school cross country coaching experience. He was the assistant track and field coach for five years at Heart River High School, located in South Heart, North Dakota, where he coached jumpers, sprinters and relays.
As an athlete at Dickinson State University, Girard was a five-time All-North Star Athletic Conference selection in the high jump, long jump and the triple jump. He helped the Blue Hawks win eight conference team titles (four outdoor and four indoor), and was the program's Champion of Character recipient as a senior in 2018. Girard graduated from Dickinson State University in 2018 with a degree in University Studies.
Zachary is the older brother of MSUBÂ track alum Isaiah Girard ('21), a two-time Great Northwest Athletic Conference champion who graduated with school records in the indoor and outdoor high jump, plus the indoor long jump. His father, Jerry Girard, works in the student health services department at MSUB.
