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Tessa Roberts - Track Assistant Coach

Tessa Roberts

Eastern Illinois
* Hired as an assistant coach on Keith Roberts track & field staff in fall of 2021
* Will coach athletes in multi’s and jumps
* Coached two athletes that competed in the NCAA West Regionals (Steven Rowe, High Jump / Ramsey Hunt, Long Jump)
* Had five athletes post EIU career top ten marks in 2022
* Coached one first team All-OVC selection (Ramsey Hunt, outdoor long jump)
* Coached one second team All-OVC selection
 
Prior to Eastern Illinois
* Assistant track & field coach at Grand Valley State
* Named USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Women’s Assistant Coach of the Year
* Helped coach Grand Valley State to four NCAA Division II National Championships in women’s track & field
* Worked primarily with sprints, hurdles and relays
* Coached 37 All-Americans
* Coached group that rewrote Grand Valley State Top 10 record book with numerous NCAA qualifiers, set 20 school records
* Coached a total of 19 GLIAC Championship Teams, 49 GLIAC Champion Athletes, 31 All-Academic selections
* Assistant track & field coach at Heidelberg University
* Helped coach school to just third OAC Championship in school history as jumps group scored more than 50 points at conference meet
* Coached two All-Americans in the long jump
* Coached two NCAA Championship qualifiers in the high jump (Nate Davis and Tomika Brown)
 
Personal
* Member of track & field program at Kent State University
* Was a member of Mid-American Conference Championship Team
* Competed at NCAA Regionals as a member of 4x100 relay team
* Earned bachelor’s degree from Kent State University
* Roberts and husband Keith have two children
* Native of Gallipolis, Ohio
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