Nicole Matysik enters her first year as an assistant coach for Cal cross country/track & field in the 2025-26 season.
Matysik ran for Furman cross country and track & field from 2019-25, earning 11 combined All-Southern Conference (SoCon) honors, three conference steeplechase titles (2022, 24-25) and two SoCon indoor titles in the distance medley relay (2021-22). She also earned SoCon medals in the indoor mile (2024 – silver; 2020 – bronze) and outdoor 1500m (2025 – bronze).
Matysik is a native of Key West, Florida, and attended Key West High School from 2015-19, where she was a three-time Florida State runner-up in cross country as well as the All-Monroe County Runner of the Year for both cross country and track in all four years. She also competed at both the indoor and outdoor U18 Polish Championships in 2018, where she finished among the top-eight 3000m runners.
