Eastern Illinois University Athletics

Eastern Illinois
* Hired in August 2025 as EIU assistant track & field coach
* Will serve as sprints, hurdles and relays coach
* Enters first season with EIU program for 2025-26 season
 
Prior to Eastern Illinois
* Assistant coach for three seasons at Mount St. Mary’s (2022-25)
* Coached 36 All-Conference performers
* Coached 14 All-Region (IC4A/ECAC) selections
* Coached 1 NCAA East Region 1st Round Qualifier
* Helped coach teams to a second and third place finish in 2025 at the MAAC Outdoor Championships 
* Coached athletes that set or broke school records in Men’s 60, Women’s 60, Men’s 100, Men’s 200, Men’s 200 (indoor)
* Helped coach Annie Carey who competed in 2025 USA Para Nationals
* Coached Abdulazeez Iyiola who earned Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Track Rookie of the Year in 2025
* Helped coach men’s team that placed second at MAAC Outdoor Championships in 2024
* Coached at least one athlete that qualified in every men’s and women’s sprint or hurdle final at the MAAC Championship, one of two schools to do so
* Had three athletes qualify for the Canadian National Championships in 2024 which served as Canadian Olympic Trials for selection to national team
* Recruiting class featured five athletes that were top five in their state top 50 in the US or top 10 in the United Kingdom
* Had 30 of 33 athletes set college or lifetime bests during the 2023 season coaching both sprints and relays while assisting with hurdles
* Coached athletes that set school records in both the men’s 60 meters and men’s 100 meters
* Coached NCAA East Regional qualifier Todd Charles in the 100 meter, first qualifier for the program in more than 25 years
* Assistant coach at Amherst College (2021-22)
* Coached NESCAC champion Henry Buren who set school record in the 100 meters
* Coached Henry Buren to earn All-Region honors (top 3 and top five finish at NCAA Division III Regional
* Assisted coaching multi’s athlete Jack Trent who set several personal bests and qualified for NCAA Division III Indoor Championships
* Assistant coach at Lake Superior State (assisted coaching all event groups)
* Served as co-sprints coach during 2020 and 2021 seasons while serving as strength and conditioning coach
* Coached 19 of 21 sprinters who broke personal records
* Coached top sprinter, Elizabeth Setsuda, who was team’s highest point scorer as team posted highest conference point finish since 2013
 
Personal
* Competed in track & field at College of Wooster
* Bachelor’s Degree from The College of Wooster in 2018
* Master’s Degree from Southern Nazarene University in 2020
* Holds National Strenth and Conditioning CSCS certification
* Certified Nutrional Coach by N.A.S.M.
* USTFCCCA Certified Speed Specialist Coach
* Completing capston project for USATF Level III Expert Tier in Sprints/Hurdles/Relays (working with former USC coach Carol Gilbert and Kentucky coach Lonnie Smith
* Native of River Vale, New Jersey