Louisville Track & Field Big East Outdoor Championships
BIRTHDAY: January 4 COACHING RESPONSIBILITY: Cross Country/Distance EDUCATION: Bachelor's Degree (Ole Miss, '94) YEAR AT LOUISVILLE: Second HOMETOWN: Oxford, Miss. FAMILY: Son - Joseph Kai, Daughter - Maia Malin
ATHLETIC CAREER
Four-year letterwinner on the cross country and track and field teams at Ole Miss
Member of the world-ranked 4x1,500m squad in 1994
Recorded the third-fastest 3,000m mark in school history
Was an all-academic SEC performer
COACHING CAREER
2011-Present: Louisville (assistant coach)
2000-11: Alabama (men's cross country head coach)
2000-11: Alabama (men's track and field assistant coach)
1998-2000: South Alabama (assistant coach)
1995-98: Meridian Community College (head coach)
COACHING HIGHLIGHTS
LOUISVILLE
Led Matt Hughes to cross country all-conference and all-region honors in 2011
His outdoor 4x800m relay team set the school record at the BIG EAST Championships; guided two athletes to a pair of top-five finishes in the 3,000m steeplechase at the championships
Two student-athletes earned bids to the NCAA Preliminary Rounds in the steeplechase
ALABAMA
Named SEC Cross Country Coach of the Year three times (2001, 2008-09)
Tabbed USTFCCCA South Region Cross Country Coach of the Year six times (2000-01, 2007-10)
Collected eight USTFCCCA South Region titles (2000-01, 2005-10)
Had four-straight top-15 finishes at NCAA Cross Country Championships (sixth in 2007, 10th in 2008, third in 2009, and 11th in 2010)
Directed David Kimani to three national titles (indoor: 3,000m, 5,000m; outdoor: 5,000m)
Coached three SEC male cross county athletes of the year (four occasions)
Athletes accumulated 34 All-America honors (events ranging from 800m-10,000m and cross country)
His cross country athletes achieved all-South Region accolades 42 different times
Emphasis on academics resulted in eight USTFCCCA All-Academic Team awards
Guided a cross country student-athlete to the prestigious NCAA Elite 88 Award
SOUTH ALABAMA
Coached Kimani to three national championships (cross country, indoor: 3,000m, 5,000m)
Men's cross country team captured the Sun Belt Conference championship in 1999
Won the women's indoor track and field Sun Belt Conference title in 2000
MERIDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Won National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) titles in track and field and cross country in 1996-97
Led the school to three runner-up finishes at the national championships
Named NJCAA National Indoor Championship Coach of the Meet twice
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
Alabama
Outdoor
5,000 Meters: David Kimani (2001)
Indoor
3,000 Meters: David Kimani (2001)
5,000 Meters: David Kimani (2001)
South Alabama
Indoor
3,000 Meters: David Kimani (2000)
5,000 Meters: David Kimani (2000)
Cross Country
David Kimani (1999)
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