BREAKING: Marquette promotes coaches Rogers, Birren

Bert Rogers has led Marquette track and field programs for the last 13 seasons. (Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics.)Marquette Athletics announced Tuesday morning Bert Rogers will be the director of track and field and cross country and Sean Birren will be the permanent cross country head coach.

Rogers has headed the track and field program for 13 seasons and now will oversee both track and field and cross country. Meanwhile, Birren has dropped the ‘interim’ part of his job title. The Lindenwood University graduate also coaches track and field’s middle and long-distance runners.

“I am elated to promote Bert and Sean within the Marquette University cross country and track and field…