Millsaps College Athletics

Victor Pataky joined the Millsaps coaching staff in January of 2021 as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator of the cross country and track & field programs. Pataky holds a USATF Level 1 Coaching Certification.

During the cross country and track and field seasons, the Majors combined for nine all-conference honors, one all-conference relay team and 25 individuals being named to the SAA Academic Honor Roll. Pataky also helmed Christopher Butler, who set the SAA record in the long jump and qualified for the 2021 NCAA Championships.

Prior to joining the Majors, Pataky competed for and trained with the Asics GTC-Elite Olympic Development group in Greenville, S.C. from 2018-2020. While in Greenville, Pataky served as the director and coach of the Greenville Track Club Rabbits Youth Program.

He also was an assistant track & field coach at Webster University (2017-2018) in St. Louis, MO. There, he was part of a coaching staff that received the SLIAC Coaching Staff of the Year honors. Pataky worked with the steeplechase athletes and developed the strength and conditioning programs for the middle distance/distance athletes. The Webster University track and field teams were women’s SLIAC team champions and men’s SLIAC team runner-ups. Athletes that were directly coached by Pataky achieved three All-Conference Accolades and one became an individual conference champion. Pataky also served as an Elite Athlete Recruiter for the Festival of Miles track meet while in St. Louis.

In 2016-2017, Pataky completed his first year of coaching at his alma mater, Centre College. He oversaw the same duties at Centre, which helped produce three national qualifiers to the 2016 NCAA Division III Cross Country National Championships (one athlete receiving All-American honors for her sixth-place finish), and a third-place finisher in the women’s 3,000m steeplechase at the 2017 NCAA Division III National Championships.

Pataky graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Behavioral Neuroscience with a minor in Psychology in 2016. During his running career at Centre, Pataky was an 11-time All-Conference recipient in the Southern Athletic Association, six-time individual conference champion, and was the 2015 SAA Athlete of the Year in cross country and track & field. Pataky also broke and holds five track & field school records. He also qualified for the NCAA Division III National Championships in Cross Country (2014 and 2015), and the NCAA Division III National Championships in Track and Field in 2016.