2024 College Track & Field Open Coaching Positions Discussion

Any rumblings about who will take over XC at Florida State?

Sudbury doesn't let anyone actually coach, his assistants only babysit. That is probably why she left.

Hearing Sudbury has a really qualified coach and recruiter coming in to work with him and Cale. A new wave of success is coming at ISU

Patrick Peterson.

Suds is a good coach!!! He runs his program similar to many high performing football, wrestling, and basketball programs…… what is he supposed to do coddle kids that are getting $200k worth of education with no accountability? These men and women will have to work a job one day with accountability and some might be very demanding…..I’m tired of distance runners having a snowflake minds. With the new scholarship allocation/rules coaches of sports that don’t generate revenue will be under immense pressure to perform. You don’t need to lose your dignity with how you treat young men and women but they have to be expected to perform and be great.

Horrible hiring

Could totally see this

ISU alum. Same time as Sudbury. Makes sense with his success with another ISU person Crevoiserat and then success at EKU with internationals. Would he leave a team that good??? Brought in a 3:32 25 year old which who knows his eligibility??

Appears Ryun Godfrey is in fact gone?...not listed as head XC coach anymore on 2024 Husker XC Roster/Staff.

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Nebraska Cross Country

Cross Country 2024

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Tulsa asst

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Assistant Coach, Cross Country / Track & Field

The Assistant Track & Field Coach will support the Director of Cross Country/Track & Field in overseeing all aspects of the men’s and women’s cross country and track & field (indoor and outdoor) programs in accordance with NC...

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Nebraska- Omaha distance

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Assistant Track/XC Coach

The Assistant Coach for the Women’s Track/XC program will serve the program in reporting to the Head Women’s Track/XC Coach and will assist in all aspects of the sport program and is responsible for assisting in the coaching...

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Seriously. I’ve searched for a press release and the FSU roster page. Thankfully the forum came through with the information. I even found an article about the release of the schedule and the only person quoted was Kane.

Here's my theory with Sudbury & Rudolph: Martin Smith was at the point in his career where he was content to hand women's distance off to a reasonable caretaker so he could have it out of his hair. Sudbury is young & aggressive & sincerely wants to build a top 10 women's program that is as good as the men's. The obstacles to that are the quality of the Big 12 - Oklahoma State, BYU, Colorado & Utah are all formidable and have better recruiting footprints or situations than ISU, while the rest of the conference has become good at cherry picking 1-2 Africans who can score at 3, 5, & 10k. The one advantage ISU has is that, other than Oklahome State, the Midwest region is not great so they have a reasonable path to NCAA Cross Country every year. Rudolph was a very solid coach at ISU but was an average recruiter. The group that are juniors & seniors right now are not great. Rudolph needed to become a better (and more global) recruiter to take the team where Sudbury wanted to go and I think she just saw an easier path at Tennessee where she inheits a far better team than she leaves behind. It's probably a win/win if Sudbury, Wallace, & a new 3rd coach can better recruit a team that fits the vision.

When was SIU ever all in on distance? The last 6 head coaches have had balanced programs.

Boston University Sprints

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Mowatt Joins Track & Field Staff - Boston University Athletics

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BOSTON – Kemar Mowatt, who has overseen the development of four NCAA Champions and eight Olympians, was hired as the assistant coach for track & field, director

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80’s they were a real contender.

That's because I had 45 fully's dumba$$

Has this man "overseen" or "seen" the development of 4 national champions and 8 Olympians?