Riley Miessner is in his eighth season as assistant track & field coach at Southwest Minnesota State in 2025-26. He was named to the position on Jan. 15, 2019.
Miessner came to SMSU after spending nearly two years an assistant coach at the University of Sioux Falls, where was responsible for coaching the vertical jumps and hurdles. During his one season at USF, he helped coach the 2018 women's indoor and outdoor NSIC champion and an NCAA outdoor qualifier in the pole vault.
Prior to his tenure at USF, Miessner was an assistant coach at Dakota Wesleyan University (S.D.) for two seasons (2015-17). While at DWU, he coached five NAIA national qualifiers and nine all-conference honorees.
Miessner was a four-year letter winner in track & field at Black Hills State University (S.D.), competing in the decathlon and heptathlon. He set the school record in the heptathlon during the 2011 season.
Miessner is a 2014 graduate of BHSU with a degree in exercise science. He earned his master's degree from DWU in educational policy and administration in 2017.
Riley and his wife, Alyssa, live in Marshall with sons, Finn and Ridge.
