Dickinson Athletics is proud to share that Track and Field Head Coach and Cross Country Assistant Coach Eric Bologa will be inducted into the Shippensburg University Athletics Hall of Fame. Coach Bologa will be inducted as part of the Class of 2026 on Friday, October 16 to celebrate his athletic achievements as a Raider.
Throughout his time on the Shippensburg men's track and field team as a hurdler and sprinter, Bologa was a four-time NCAA All-American, seven-time NCAA national qualifier, seven-time Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) champion, five-time USTFCCCA All-Atlantic Region selectee, and was named the 2015 PSAC Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year. He claimed conference championship titles twice in the 400m hurdles, twice in the indoor 400m, twice in the outdoor 4x400m relay, and in the indoor 4x400m relay.
Bologa graduated with five school records to his name: indoor 400 meters, indoor 500 meters, indoor 4x400-meter relay, outdoor 400-meter hurdles, and outdoor 4x400-meter relay. To this day, Bologa still maintains the school records in the 500 meters and with both 4x4 relays while ranking third in school history in both the indoor 400 meters and outdoor 400-meter hurdles. The 4x4 relays (3:12.52 indoors, 3:10.43 outdoors), on which Bologa ran the opening leg of each, remain all-time PSAC records.
Throughout his time on the team, Shippensburg won eight PSAC team championships (four indoors, four outdoors) and contributed to myriad accolades for the Raiders during that time. Individually, Bologa has scored more points than any other Raider at the PSAC Championships (26) while ranking fifth all-time among SU athletes in combined points from indoor and outdoor sprints (66).
Bologa initially joined the Red Devils as the assistant coach for Dickinson track and field from 2018-2021. He departed to serve as the head coach at the University of Scranton before returning to Dickinson for his current role in 2023.
Throughout the last three years at the helm of Dickinson track and field, he has helped produce more than 150 All-Conference selections, 22 All-Americans, eight Centennial Conference (CC) Outstanding Track Performer award winners, and five CC Athletes of the Year, upon many other accolades.
Bologa received his bachelor's degree in sociology with a minor in communication/journalism from Shippensburg in 2015. He also earned a master's degree in counseling from Frostburg State in 2017.
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