Matt Gosselin returned to Penn in August 2019 as the program’s assistant coach for cross country and track & field. In 2021, he was promoted to the position of Associate Head Women’s Cross Country Coach/Assistant Track & Field Coach, and in July 2024 he was promoted to Head Coach of Women’s Cross Country/Assistant Track & Field Coach.
In his position on the staff, Gosselin oversees the women’s cross country program in the fall and the distance and middle-distance groups in the winter and spring.
The Penn women have won four Ivy Heptagonal team titles during Gosselin’s tenure, taking indoor titles in 2020 and 2024 and outdoor victories in 2022 and 2024. In addition, Olivia Morganti made history at the 2024 Penn Relays when she took first place in the steeplechase title, the first time a Penn woman won an individual event at the Relays.
The cross country team, meanwhile, had three women earn All-Ivy in both 2022 and 2023; tied the program’s best finish at the NCAA Regional each of the last two years (third) with seven women earning All-Region honors; and has had an individual compete at the NCAA Championships each of the last two seasons (Maeve Stiles in 2022, Morganti in 2023).
Gosselin’s athletes hold seven program records, six of them have totaled ten Ivy Heps individual titles and two relay wins, and four have raced to six NCAA Championship qualifications.
Entering the 2024-25 track & field seasons…
Performer Lists Under Gosselin
*INDOOR 800: Nia Akins, 1st (2:00.71); Bronwyn Patterson, 2nd; Melissa Tanaka, 3rd; Chloe Hassman, 8th
*INDOOR 1K: Bronwyn Patterson, 3rd; Katie DeVore, 4th; Chloe Hassman, 7th
*INDOOR MILE: Olivia Morganti, 1st (4:40.01); Bronwyn Patterson, 4th; Nia Akins, 5th; Maeve Stiles, 8th; Lizzy Bader, 10th
*INDOOR 3K: Olivia Morganti, 1st (9:12.56); Maeve Stiles, 2nd; Lily Murphy, 5th; Lizzy Bader, 8th
*INDOOR 5K: Maeve Stiles, 1st (15:55.03); Lily Murphy, 2nd; Ariana Gardizy, 5th
*OUTDOOR 800: Bronwyn Patterson, 2nd; Chloe Hassman, 4th
*OUTDOOR 1,500: Bronwyn Patterson, 3rd; Olivia Morganti, 5th; Melissa Tanaka, 6th
*OUTDOOR 3K: Ariana Gardizy, 10th
*OUTDOOR STEEPLECHASE: Olivia Morganti, 1st (9:57.94); Lizzy Bader, 5th
*OUTDOOR 5K: Lily Murphy, 1st (15:51.27); Maeve Stiles, 2nd; Olivia Morganti, 4th
*OUTDOOR 10K: Lily Murphy, 1st (32:40.92); Maeve Stiles, 2nd; Ariana Gardizy, 5th
NCAA Qualifiers Under Gosselin
*Olivia Morganti in the outdoor steeplechase (2023, 2024)
*Lily Murphy in the outdoor 10K and outdoor 5K (2024)
*Bronwyn Patterson in the indoor 800 (2023)
*Nia Akins in the indoor 800 (2020) – canceled due to COVID-19
Individual Heps Champions Under Gosselin
2024 Outdoor
*Bronwyn Patterson (800)
*Olivia Morganti (steeplechase)
*Lily Murphy (10K)
2023 Outdoor
*Maeve Stiles (10K)
2023 Indoor
*Bronwyn Patterson (800)
2022 Outdoor
*Bronwyn Patterson (800)
*4x800 Relay
2022 Indoor
*Maeve Stiles (5K)
2020 Indoor
*Nia Akins (1K)
*Nia Akins (Mile)
*Melissa Tanaka (800)
*4x800 Relay
Gosselin ran at Gonzaga University and racked up 12 varsity letters as a Bulldog in cross country and indoor and outdoor track & field and, at the time of his graduation, resided on the program's top 10 lists in the indoor and outdoor 800 and outdoor 1,500.
Upon graduation, Gosselin spent time as a volunteer assistant at his alma mater and Saint Martin's before making his first coaching appearance at Penn, joining the Quakers as a volunteer assistant for two seasons from 2013-15. For the 2015-16 season, Gosselin landed at Binghamton, where he spent a season as an assistant, helping the Bearcats' cross country teams to third-place finishes at the America East Championships. In his lone year there, athletes in his discipline captured a pair of conference titles and three runner-up finishes.
Following his stint at Binghamton, Gosselin returned to Philadelphia to serve as the assistant coach at La Salle, beginning in 2016-17 the season. In his time with the Explorers, athletes in his discipline accounted for nine Atlantic 10 individual champions.
Gosselin graduated from Gonzaga in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in human physiology.
