UA alum Cale Wallace was named the Razorbacks men’s head coach in cross country and assistant coach in track and field by Arkansas head coach Doug Case at the end of November in 2025.
A former All-America and team captain with the Razorbacks, Wallace has coached at Iowa State since 2021. In 2024, he was promoted to women’s cross country associate head coach and served as track and field assistant coach in leading the Iowa State women’s distance group.
During the 2025 cross country season, Iowa State women finished runner-up to BYU in the Big 12 Championships and third in the NCAA Midwest Region behind Oklahoma State and Northwestern. They earned an at-large selection for the NCAA Championships where the Cyclones placed 20th with a pair of All-America finishers.
The Iowa State men’s cross country program produced a pair of NCAA runner-up finishes in recent seasons.
In working with Iowa State steeplechasers, Wallace coached a pair of Iowa native athletes to bronze medal performances in the 2024 NCAA Championships as each bettered men’s and women’s Cyclone school records in addition to securing the automatic standard for the U.S. Olympic Trials.
Prior to coaching at Iowa State, Wallace served as an assistant coach for two seasons at North Dakota. During his time at North Dakota he guided the Fighting Hawks to its highest finish in cross country since the program entered Division I with the men placing third and the women runner-up at the Summit League Championships.
Wallace also spent two seasons as a volunteer assistant at Arkansas.
Competing with the Razorbacks from 2012 to 2017, Wallace was a team captain both in cross country and during the track and field season. He earned a first-team All-America honor as a member of the distance medley relay that placed seventh in the 2014 NCAA Indoor Championships.
Wallace produced a career best of 8:41.47 in claiming a silver medal in the 3,000m steeplechase at the 2016 SEC Championships. He qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary round twice in the steeplechase in 2016 and 2017.
At the SEC Indoor Championships, Wallace was a member of distance medley relays that placed fourth (2016) and fifth (2015). He also finished fifth in the mile at the 2014 SEC Indoor.
Competing in the 4 x 800m relay, Wallace was part of a Texas Relays victory in 2014 as well as runner-up finishes at the 2014 and 2015 Drake Relays.
In cross country, Wallace competed at four consecutive NCAA Championships. At SEC Championships, Wallace placed 14th (2012), 15th (2013), eighth (2014), and 17th (2015) as Arkansas claimed team titles each year. In the South Central Region, he finished sixth (2015) and ninth (2014).
Wallace is married to Logan (Bishop), who is also a UA alum and was part of the women’s track and field program. They have a son, Pierce, who is two years old.
