Position:
Assistant Coach
Experience:
8th Year
Events:
Throws
In seven years, David Dumble has built one of the top throwing programs in the nation and, as the three-time USTFCCCA National Assistant Coach of the Year (women's throws) enters his eighth year with the Sun Devil program, the success his group has experienced figures to only increase. Working with the men's and women's throws, Dumble has brought in some of the top talents in the nation which have combined for not only national titles and All-America honors, but academic honors as well.
The 2008 season, like the seasons before, was a banner year for Dumble's throwers. Indoors, Ryan Whiting set the collegiate record while winning the shot put with a toss of 21.73m (71-03.50) and earning All-America honors in the event. His honor was one of four earned in the throws indoor as Jessica Pressley earned honors in the weight throw (second place) and shot put (fifth) and Sarah Stevens in the shot put (second).
Outdoors, the throwers again showed their strength, especially on the women's side as both Stevens and Pressley won one national title each and added three All-America honors and Tai Battle was the national runner-up in the discus. Stevens, the NCAA Champion in the discus, also placed sixth in the shot put and third in the hammer while Pressley, who successfully defended her shot put crown, placed fourth in the hammer and seventh in the discus. Whiting also earned All-America honors in the men's shot put with his runner-up finish and also in the discus, giving Dumble's athletes nine outdoor All-America honors and 13 for the entire season (one more than the 2007 season produced). In fact, Dumble has had at least one All-American in each of the past five seasons and six of his past seven years in Tempe.
Adding in his work with 2008 Olympian and seven-time multi-event national champion Jacquelyn Johnson, Dumble has worked with four individuals that have captured 12 NCAA titles, including four in the shot put and one in the discus. He also has worked with seven different athletes that have combined to earn 40 All-America honors, including two of the most decorated women in ASU history, Stevens and Pressley, who are both 10-time All-Americans in their careers.
The athletes Dumble has worked with have also made their marks on the school's all-time performance lists, including nine school records and two NCAA indoor collegiate records. In the men's events, Whiting holds the school and NCAA indoor collegiate shot put record (21.73m) and Jason Lewis is the ASU record holder in the weight throw (20.94m/68-08.50). The women's throws records all belong to his athletes with the only exceptions coming in the discus and the old-style javelin. Indoors, Stevens holds the shot put record at 18.17m (59-07.00) and Pressley holds the weight throw mark at 22.04m (72-03.50). Outdoors, Pressley leads the way with the records in the shot put (18.79m/61-07.75) and the hammer (68.31m/224-01) while Johnson set the new-style javelin mark in 2008 (48.58m/159-04). Speaking of Johnson, she also holds the indoor pentathlon record with a collegiate record 4,496 points and the outdoor heptathlon record at both ASU and in the Pac-10 (6,347 points).
The men's javelin also took off in 2007 and continued to excel in 2008 under Dumble as two of his throwers moved into the Top 5 all-time in ASU history, including just the fourth Sun Devil to throw over 70-meters. Andrew Smith took Pac-10 runner-up honors and hit the third-best mark in school history with his toss of 231-07 (70.59m) while Brad Roth finish third in the meet and missed 70-meters by one centimeter with his throw of 229-07 (69.99m), the fifth-best in ASU history. Roth followed that up in 2008 with a toss of 72.24m (237-00) to move up to No. 3 all-time.
Academically, his athletes have been equally impressive as Whiting (2008 men's indoor) and Stevens (2008 women's outdoor) were selected as the USTFCCCA Division I Field Scholar-Athletes of the Year. Stevens is a two-time honoree after earning the 2007 indoor honor as well. Both athletes also earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America honors in 2008 after leading a large list of Sun Devils to earn academic honors from CoSIDA (sports information), the USTFCCCA, the Pac-10 and the MPSF.
Prior to coming to Tempe, Dumble headed the throwers at Virginia Tech, where he was an assistant track and field coach for one year. His appointment with the Sun Devils is his second collegiate coaching position.
Dumble attended UCLA and twice earned All-America honors in the discus, with third and eighth-place finishes at the NCAA Championships in 1997 and 1996, respectively. Dumble also captained the 1997 Bruin squad and his UCLA best effort of 197-11 ranks 10th all-time in school history. He received his bachelor's degree in environmental studies from UCLA in 1997. He attended Bakersfield College prior to his stint in Westwood, where he was a junior college state champion in the discus and competed in all four throwing events, including the hammer and javelin. Following his time with the Bruins, he competed for Reebok for three years and competed at the 2000 Olympic Trials and the USATF Championships on two occasions.
An inductee into the Bakersfield College Hall of Fame, Dumble earned his Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) certificate from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and recently earned his Master's of Education degree in Higher and Secondary Education from Arizona State.
Courtesy Arizona State
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