Equipped with more than two decades of coaching experience at various levels in the Syracuse area, Scott Love joined the Nazareth athletic department as a full-time staff member in August of 2002.
In 2003, Love served as head coach of the men's and women's cross country teams as well as the indoor and outdoor track and field teams, all of which were in their first season of intercollegiate competition.
In 2006, Love reaped some reward for his year-round hard work and dedication in building the Nazareth programs when then-sophomore Nick Stenuf became Nazareth's first track and field All-American in both the indoor and outdoor 800-meter runs. Stenuf duplicated those honors in 2008.
Love's cross country teams also reached uncharted territory in 2007 as three runners -- Stenuf and teammates Brendan Epstein and Jessica Brown -- became Nazareth's first NCAA qualifiers. Stenuf returned to the national meet in 2008 and placed 19th to become that program's first All-American.
Love's teams have also reaped success in the classroom as both the men's and women's cross country teams have been nationally recognized for having collective grade-point averages well above 3.0. The women's track and field team was cited in 2009. Academic achievement has always been a priority for Love, who also teaches classes in English Literature at Nazareth.
A graduate of Syracuse University (B.A. English, 1977; M.A. American Literature, 1982), Love coached men's and women's cross country at Onondaga Community College, where he helped produce junior college All-Americans in 1999 and 2001. He also has coached in the Empire State Games and served as Central Region coordinator of men's track and field for the 2000 Games that were contested in Cortland.
Love was an assistant coach for cross country and track and field at Syracuse University from 1994 through 1998 and his runners set several school records. The men's cross country team won the 1995 IC4A University men's team championship as well as the University of Miami Greentree Invitational and the Western Ontario Invitational. The women's cross country team also won the Miami Greentree Invitational and earned Academic All-American team honors.
As head cross country coach at Onondaga Community College from 1998 to 2001, Love’s athletes earned two individual conference titles and twice earned junior college All-American honors.
As a high school coach at P.V. Moore High School in Central Square, N.Y. from 1984 to 1992, Coach Love’s teams won 16 Onondaga League divisional titles and one Section Three championship. His cross country teams posted a dual meet record of 102-6 over 12 seasons. Love also has coached at East Syracuse-Minoa, Onondaga Central, and West Genesee.
Love resides in the Syracuse suburb of Jamesville with his wife, Judy, who is employed by New York State. They are the parents of Jason and Caitlin.
