Coaches Name DII National Outdoor Coach of the Year Winners

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Coaches Name DII National Outdoor Coach of the Year Winners
May 30, 2013

NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced Thursday the National Coach of the Year award winners for the 2013 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field season as chosen in a vote by the nation’s coaches. George Williams of Saint Augustine’s and Lennox Graham of Johnson C. Smith were named National Coaches of the Year, while Saint Augustine’s Sandy Chapman and Grand Valley State’s Blaine Maag were named National Assistant Coaches of the Year.

NATIONAL MEN’S COACH OF THE YEAR

Courtesy: saintaugfalcons.com George Williams, Saint Augustine’s

Williams, in his 38th season at Saint Augustine’s, led the Falcons to an NCAA DII team title to sweep both the indoor and outdoor championships. With a winning score of 105 points to runner-up Ashland’s 57, Williams’ Falcons posted the highest winning total since Abilene Christian’s 108½ in 2009. His student-athletes claimed two individual titles and two relay titles, including an all-time DII record 38.91 in the 4×100; two more student-athletes finished runners-up and four others finished third in their events. The title is the first for Saint Augustine’s since 2010.

Saint Augustine’s entered the championships with a nation-best 23 entries into the meet, including 16 in the sprints and hurdles. The Falcons also claimed the CIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships by a wide margin, scoring 213 points to Virginia State’s 123 behind nine event titles.




NATIONAL WOMEN’S COACH OF THE YEAR

Courtesy: goldenbullsports.com Lennox Graham, Johnson C. Smith

Graham, in his sixth season with the Johnson C. Smith program, led his team to its highest outdoor national finish in program history in a narrow runner-up finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with 54 team points between just eight entries behind Academy of Art’s winning total of 60. His Golden Bulls made a marked improvement in National Championships performance from a season ago, when they finished in a tie for 13th with just 16 points. The Golden Bulls won four events — three individual events and the DII-record-setting 4×100 relay at 44.05 — and finished second and third, respectively, in two others. Danielle Williams set an all-time DII record at 200 meters in 22.64 and the No. 4 time in DII history at 100 meters in 11.24, while Samantha Elliot ran the second-fastest 400 hurdles race in DII history at 56.38.

Graham also guided the Golden Bulls to a CIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships title behind six event titles.




NATIONAL MEN’S ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR
Sandy Chapman, Saint Augustine’s

Chapman, in his 10th year with Saint Augustine’s, helped coach the Falcons to one of the more dominant championships performances in recent Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships history. Entering the meet with a nation-best 23 event entries into the championships, including 16 entries in the sprints and hurdles, his Falcons scored 105 points and won four event titles and set an all-time DII record in the 4×100 relay at 38.91.




NATIONAL WOMEN’S ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR

Courtesy: gvsulakers.com Blaine Maag, Grand Valley State

Maag, in his second season with the Lakers, helped to guide Sam Lockhart to one of the best seasons by a thrower in Division II history. Under his tutelage, Lockhart won NCAA titles in the discus throw — with a championships-record 190-6 (58.08m) — and shot put and finished third in the hammer throw. During the regular season Lockhart set the Division II discus record at 193-2 (58.87m) and moved to No. 2 all-time in the shot put and No. 8 on the hammer throw list. In total his student-athletes scored 29 points at the NCAA Championships en route to a third-place team finish and 38 points at the GLIAC Championships in the Lakers’ conference title performance.




PAST WINNERS
NATIONAL MEN’S COACH OF THE YEAR NATIONAL WOMEN’S COACH OF THE YEAR
2013: George Williams, Saint Augustine’s
2012: Damon Martin, Adams State
2011: Roosevelt Lofton, Abilene Christian
2010: George Williams, Saint Augustine’s
2009: Damon Martin, Adams State
2008: Don D. Hood, Abilene Christian
2007: Damon Martin, Adams State


2013: Lennox Graham, Johnson C. Smith
2012: Jerry Baltes, Grand Valley State
2011: Jerry Baltes, Grand Valley State
2010: James Reid, Angelo State
2009: James Reid, Angelo State
2008: Lucky Huber, South Dakota
2007: Jerry Baltes, Grand Valley State



NATIONAL MEN’S ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR NATIONAL WOMEN’S ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR
2013: Sandy Chapman, Saint Augustine’s
2012: Jennifer Michel, Western State
2011: Joe Lynn, Grand Valley State
2010: Joe Lynn, Grand Valley State
2009: Gary Towne, Chico State
2008: Gary Towne, Chico State
2007: T.J. Crater, Central Washington 2013: Blaine Maag, Grand Valley State
2012: Lou Andreadis, Grand Valley State
2011: Cory Young, Grand Valley State
2010: Tom Dibbern, Angelo State
2009: Tom Dibbern, Angelo State
2008: Ben Beyers, SIU Edwardsville
2007: Bob Raemore, Indiana (Pa.)




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