Ramona Pagel

Ramona Pagel

Position:
Assistant Coach

Experience:
3rd Season

Ramona Pagel begins her third season as an assistant coach with the Bulldogs, overseeing the men's and women's throwers.

Pagel's impact has been obvious. Since taking the reigns of the Fresno State throwers, Pagel has guided 13 athletes to the NCAA Regional Meet. Her athletes also accounted for two of the team's three conference championships last season. Thrower Dave Endler won Fresno State's first-ever WAC championship in the discus. Mallory Webb championed the javelin at the WAC Championships before going on to take sixth at the NCAA National Meet for her third All-American honor.

Pagel arrived at Fresno State after spending the previous three seasons as an assistant coach for the track and field and cross country programs at Southeastern Louisiana. While at SLU, she supervised the throwers and assisted in all day-to-day aspects of the track and field and cross country programs. Pagel served as a mentor to Chris Carter, who became the first student-athlete in eight years to earn All-America honors with a mark of 72.11m in the javelin. She also served as an assistant coach at Radford after a four-year stay at Kent State as the assistant to associate athletic director for facilities and operations.

In addition her coaching background, Pagel has enjoyed success at all levels. A four-time Olympian ('84, '88, '92, '96), Pagel was a gold medalist at the 1987 Pan Am Games and is the American record holder in the shot put with a distance of 66-2.50. She has also experienced success at the collegiate level, as she was a seven-time All-American and 1984 NCAA Outdoor champion in the shot put. Pagel has also been involved in various capacities with USA Track and Field and the United States Olympic Committee. Addtionally, Pagel was named to the coaching staff of the World Indoor Championships.

Pagel obtained her bachelor's degree in physical education with an emphasis in sports medicine from San Diego State in 1985. She later earned an M.A. in athletic administration from Kent State in 1998.

Courtesy Fresno State