The Iowa State University Men's Track and Field program has a history that goes back to 1905. There have been thirteen head coaches of the program with arguably the most successful being Bill Bergan. Bergan's squads won multiple indoor and outdoor Big 8 Conference titles. Overall, Iowa State won twelve outdoor Big 8 Conference titles (1944-1945, 1981, 1983-1986, 1988, 1991-1994) and eight indoor conference titles (1944-1946, 1984, 1986, 1990-1991, 1993).

The Men's Track and Field team uses the Lied Recreation Center and Southwest Athletic Complex for indoor and outdoor meets, respectively.

Coaches

• Jack Watson (1905-1913)
  Ned Merriam (1914-1921)
  Art Smith (1922-1924)
  Sam Willaman (1925-1926)
  Bob Simpson (1927-1936)
  George Brenall (1937-1950)
  Burl Berry (1951-1959, 1962-1963)
  Phil Delavan (1960-1961)
  Bob Lawson (1964-1967)
  Jerry Barland (1969-1976)
  Bill Bergan (1977-1992)
  Steve Lynn (1993-2007)
  Corey Ihmels (2008-2013)
• Martin Smith (2013-present)

The collection (1908- [ongoing]) contains newspaper and online articles related to the Iowa State Men's Track & Field program. Articles are generally about track meets, the individual athletes and their accomplishments, and coaches.

The collection is organized chronologically.