The Coppin State men's track and field team has been recognized by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association for its academic excellence having been named to the 2009 All-Academic Team.

The Eagles are one of 67 teams honored by the USTFCCCA for having a team grade-point average above 3.000 and were the only team from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference to make the team.

Coppin State had a team GPA of 3.045, which ranked 54th on the list.

DePaul University led all institutions with a 3.419 team cumulative grade-point average, followed by Brown University with a 3.390 team cumulative GPA, and Yale University with a 3.370 team cumulative GPA.

The Ivy League led all conferences again this year with six teams selected as All-Academic Teams for 2009 ­ Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, and Yale. The Big 12 Conference followed with five teams selected to the list. The Colonial Athletic Association and the Southern Conference each had four teams selected as All-Academic Track and Field Teams.