Abigail Missiaen

Abigail Missiaen enters her first season at Bryant & Stratton College - WI as the head track and field coach and head cross country coach for both the men and the women. Missiaen will be leading the sprints, hurdles, throws, high jump, and mid-distance groups. 

Missiaen previously served as an assistant coach for three seasons on the UW-Whitewater Track and Field Coaching staff. During her time at UW-Whitewater Missiaen coached combined events, horizontal jumps, and javelin. Missiaen briefly served as the interim shot put and discus coach for the Warhawks during the 2024 season and also served as the lead for the throwing events at the “Learn By Doing” Clinic. 

Missiaen graduated with a 4.0 in her Master’s of Science in Applied Kinesiology program in May 2025, where she furthered her expertise in training the whole athlete at a high level. Missiaen graduated from UW-Whitewater, where she earned her Bachelor’s in Business Administration in May 2022. She majored in Business Management with an emphasis in Sports Management and a minor in Health Promotion. During Missiaen’s undergraduate career, she competed as a 5-Year student-athlete in track and field. Competing in the pentathlon, heptathlon, javelin, and briefly in 400m Hurdles and pole vault. During this time, Missiaen won a conference title in the heptathlon with a score that broke the UW-Whitewater program record; she still holds the current outdoor heptathlon record. Missiaen has nine other all-WIAC honors in track and field between the pentathlon, heptathlon, and javelin. Missiaen is a two-time NCAA DIII National Championships qualifier in track and field, finishing 11th (pentathlon) and 12th (heptathlon). During the 2020-21 season, Missiaen was awarded the track and field team leadership award. Missiaen competed on the UW-Whitewater Gymnastics team during the 2018-2019 season, where she was first team all-conference on the Vault (placing 2nd). Qualified for the DIII (NCGA) National Championships and received all-second team honors on the Vault.

Missiaen’s passion for coaching started at a young age. Missiaen's coaching career began with gymnastics at 13 and track and field at 16. Both of Missiaen’s parents are sports coaches and her father is one of her track and field coaching mentors.

Missiaen enjoys spending her free time outdoors with her husband Tyler and dog Cedar.