Naval Academy Athletics

Dallas Elliston is entering his second season at Navy as the Director of Rugby Operations and Player Development in the fall of 2025. Elliston had previously served as a volunteer coach with the Midshipmen since the fall of 2022. Navy has compiled a 50-5 record, played in two National Championship games, including winning the title in 2023 and three Rugby East titles (2022, ‘23, ‘24).
 
Elliston helped guide Navy to a 15-2 overall record during the 2024-25 season. The Mids posted a 6-1 Rugby East Conference record to capture their third-straight league championship. Navy outscored its opponents 655-248 throughout the season. The Mids averaged 38.5 points per match, while the defense allowed 14.5 points per game. 
 
Elliston was born and raised as a farmer in Carl Junction, Miss. He studied Mechanical
Engineering and played rugby under Hickie during all four years of his time at the United States
Naval Academy - serving as President of the club his senior year. In 2021, Elliston graduated
with distinction and was commissioned into the United States Marine Corps.
 
During his three years in the Marine Corps, Elliston was assigned to Navy men’s rugby as an officer representative and its forwards coach. In this role, he used the sport’s platform to facilitate an environment for developing and testing the character and leadership of players in line with the overall mission of the Naval Academy.
 
Under his new role, Elliston will lead program operations and logistics, continue his focus on
player development, and maintain responsibility for the coaching and performance of scrums and lineouts within Navy’s game model.
 
Elliston is a class of 2024 Stockdale Associate Fellow from USNA’s Stockdale Center for
Ethical Leadership and is currently obtaining his Masters of Business Administration at
Georgetown University’s McDonough’s School of Business.
 
Elliston resides in Annapolis with his wife, Macalah.