Seth Ware joined the Trine University track and field staff as an assistant coach in the fall of 2015. During his 11 years with the program, he has coached sprints, hurdles, jumps, javelin, and combined events, with his primary focus over the last eight years on the sprint and hurdle groups. Under his direction, Trine athletes have earned 47 MIAA individual championships, 38 USTFCCCA All-Region honors, 18 NCAA individual qualifying marks, and 12 NCAA All-American awards, including two national runner-up finishes and two national championships. Ware has also been named USTFCCCA Men’s Regional Assistant Coach of the Year for the Great Lakes Region three times.
Recent seasons have continued to showcase Ware’s impact. In 2025-2026, Braden Estep broke the 27-year-old 60-meter dash record, won MIAA titles in the 60 meters and 200 meters, and earned Second Team All-American honors in the 200 meters during the indoor season. Emma Heintzelman and Ariana Todd contributed to the indoor school-record 4x400-meter relay, while Ware’s athletes added 16 outdoor top 10 performances in program history.
In 2024-2025, Ware helped guide the Thunder men to their sixth MIAA indoor championship and fifth MIAA outdoor title. Zion Jackson won the 60-meter hurdles indoors and later earned All-American honors in the 110-meter hurdles after placing third at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Ethan Spahr set a school record in the heptathlon, became Trine’s first NCAA indoor qualifier in the event, won MIAA outdoor titles in the javelin and decathlon, and qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the decathlon.
The 2023-2024 season was highlighted by Jake Gladieux’s second NCAA national championship in the 60-meter hurdles and a sixth-place national finish in the 200 meters. Gladieux finished his career with program records of nine NCAA All-American awards and 10 USTFCCCA All-American awards. That season, Ware’s athletes also helped the Thunder men win their fifth straight MIAA indoor title and fourth straight MIAA outdoor title.
From 2022-2023, Ware’s athletes continued to excel in the hurdles and jumps, earning MIAA titles in the 60-meter hurdles, long jump, 110-meter hurdles, and 400-meter hurdles. The group also collected multiple USTFCCCA All-Region awards and NCAA All-American honors, including a national runner-up finish in the men’s 110-meter hurdles.
Earlier in Ware’s tenure, his athletes produced a 1-2-3 sweep in the men’s 110-meter hurdles at the 2022 MIAA Outdoor Championship, along with multiple NCAA qualifiers, All-Americans, and four MIAA titles during the 2020-2021 outdoor season. Jake Gladieux’s 2021 NCAA national championship in the 400-meter hurdles marked the second NCAA Division III national title in Trine history.
Ware holds USATF Level 2 certifications in sprints, hurdles, relays, and jumps, along with USTFCCCA certifications as a combined events specialist and in strength and conditioning. He attended the USATF Emerging Elite Coaches Camp for sprints and hurdles in 2023 and is also a USATF official.
A native of Utica, Ohio, Ware competed in cross country, track and field, and wrestling at Utica High School. He graduated from Trine University in 2013 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and currently resides in Angola.
