Dr. Andreas Maheras is in the 21st year of his second stint with the Tiger track and field program in 2025-26. Maheras has been in charge of the throwers and their training regime since the 2005-06 season after serving as a volunteer assistant coach at FHSU in 1991.
As a discus and shot-put thrower in his native country of Greece, he competed both for his club and as a member of the national team and won numerous awards from 1980 to 1987. He received his diploma from the University of Athens in Physical Education and Sports Science in 1986. He also served in the Greek Army from 1987 to 1988 where he was a sergeant in the reserves and a selected member of the Greek Presidential Guard. After serving in the army, he worked as an elementary school physical education teacher in Athens, Greece for one year.
Dr. Maheras came to the United States in 1989, having received a scholarship from the ministry of culture in Greece to study abroad. He served as an assistant coach at Western Michigan University for two years where he obtained his master's degree in Coaching and Sport Studies in 1990. After his first stint at Fort Hays State, Maheras attended the University of Kansas where in 1995 he obtained his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Exercise Science with emphasis in Biomechanics. He has authored a research project about weight training for track and field events and has published several original articles pertaining to throwing in both the domestic and the international literature. Most articles can be accessed via his website at
andreasmaheras.com or
scholars.fhsu.edu/track. At Fort Hays, he has coached two national champions, 34 All-Americans, 70 all-conference performers and 22 league champions. He has led 62 athletes to the NCAA DII National Championships. His student-athletes hold 10 of the 12 school throwing records at FHSU.
