Coach Gary Speyrer joined Southeastern as an Assistant Coach for men's and women's cross country and Distance Coach for men's and women's track and field.
Before coming to SLU, Speyrer has coached at Grace Christian High School in Alexandria, La. From 2000 to 2006, Speyrer guided the boys and girls teams to 10 total LHSAA Cross Country State Championships.
Speyrer was a four year letterman in cross country and track at Louisiana Tech in Ruston, La. from 1974 to 1978. He was the Southland Conference Champion in the 1500 meters in 1978 and was captain of the SLC Champion Cross Country team in 1977. He held school records at Tech in the mile, 1500 meters, 4X800 meter relay, and distance medley relay.
In conjunction with his high school coaching career as a non-faculty coach, Speyrer worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs as a health care engineer at numerous VA Medical Centers in Shreveport, La., Lincoln, Neb., Newington, Conn., Alexandria, La. and New Orleans, La.. He retired from the VA in December 2017 as the Capital Asset Manager for VISN Network 16 after 33 years.
Speyrer has been an avid runner most of his life running marathons, half-marathons, 10K and 5K road racers. Now he focuses much of his attention on his three grandchildren and helping as a volunteer with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). He has been married to his wife Sherri for 48 years.
