Johnson C. Smith University Women's Track

Graham as the new head men's and women's cross country and track and field coach. Graham also serves as the Irwin Belk Complex stadium manager. Coach Graham brought to the university 14 years of international coaching experience at the junior and senior level in Jamaica, which resulted in six national high school championship titles at Kingston College (High School) in Kingston, Jamaica. He has coached many individual/relay champions at the Jamaican high school, Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA), Central American and Caribbean (CAC), North American Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) championships, Penn Relays, and Pan American Junior Championships levels. Since leading the Golden Bulls track and field program at Johnson C. Smith University, Coach Graham has added medalists, all-conference, all-region, and/or All-Americans at the CIAA, NACAC, Junior Pan-American Championships, Penn Relays, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), World University Games, and the IAAF World Championships in Athletics levels. In 8 seasons his athletes have achieved 164 All American awards.  At the 2015  World Championships in Beijing, China  coach Graham coached two siblings to the 100m hurdle final a first for female siblings in the history of the Championships.  His athlete Danielle Williams won the event in 12.58 seconds  with her sister Shermaine Williams placing 7th in 12.91 seconds. Graham is a 1984 graduate of Alabama State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration majoring in Computer Information Systems.  He earned his Masters in Business Administration from The University of New Orleans in 2006. He is currently a certified IAAF Level 5 Elite coach specializing in sprints and hurdles. As a student-athlete at Alabama State University, Graham competed as a sprinter/hurdler for the ASU hornets from 1984 to 1987. He was the top sprint/hurdler all four years. He earned the Most Academic (1985-87), Most Outstanding Hurdler (1984-85), and the Most Valuable Runner (1986-87) awards while competing for the Hornets. He also garnered the George Hubert Lockhart Award for overall excellence in sports across varsity sports at ASU (1987). Coach Graham has coached in several international events including: 2016 Olympic Games  (Rio de Janiero, Brasil) 2015 World Championships in Athletics (Beijing, China) 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland 2013 World Championships in Athletics (Moscow, Russia) 2011 World Championships in Athletics (Daegu, South Korea) 2009 Central American and Caribbean senior team (Havana, Cuba) 2007 Pan American Senior Championship (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil) 2006 Presenter, Sprint Clinic in Kuala Lumpur, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu Malaysia, December 2005 Central American and Caribbean senior team 2003 Central American and Caribbean senior team 2002 Jamaica's World Junior Championships (Kingston) 2002 Jamaica's Junior Central American and Caribbean team (Barbados) 2000 Jamaica's Junior Central American and Caribbean team to Puerto Rico - Head Coach 1998 Jamaica's CARIFTA Team to Trinidad Since his appointment to Johnson C. Smith University Coach Graham has transformed the JCSU track and field program having immediate impact at the CIAA, NCAA and international levels with the following achievements: COACHS AWARDS:  2015-16 Atlantic Region Womens Track and Field  Head Coach of the Year 2015-16 CIAA Outdoor Womens Track and Field Head Coach of the Year 2013-2014 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year 2013-2014 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year 2012-2013 USTFCCCA Womens Outdoor Track and Field National Coach of the Year (First in JCSU history) 2012-2013 USTFCCCA Womens Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year (Atlantic Region) 2012-2013 USTFCCCA Womens Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year (Atlantic Region) 2012-2013 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year 2012-2013 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year 2011-2012 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year 2010-2011 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year 2009-2010 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year 2008-2009 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year TEAM ACADEMIC PERFORMANCES: USTFCCCA All Academic (GPA) female team in division II at the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA All Academic (GPA) male team in division II at the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA All Academic (GPA) female team in division II at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA All Academic (GPA) male team in division II at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA All Academic (GPA) female team in division II at the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA All Academic (GPA) male team in division II at the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA 1st ranked academic (GPA) male team in division II at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA female scholar team of the year in division II at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA 4th ranked academic (GPA) male team in division II at the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA 3rd ranked academic (GPA) female team in division II at the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA 1st ranked academic (GPA) male team in division II at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA 2nd ranked academic (GPA) female team in division II at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA 2nd ranked academic (GPA) male team in division II at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA 3rd ranked academic (GPA) female team in division II at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships WOMENS TEAM PERFORMANCES:  2016 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field Champion Team  2015 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field 3rd place team  2014 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field Champion Team  2013 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field Champion Team 2012 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field 2nd place team  2011 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field Champion Team (First in JCSU History) 2010 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field 3rd place team 2009 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field 3rd place team 2008 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field 5th place team 2016 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 2nd place team 2015 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 3rd place team 2014 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 3rd place team 2013 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 3rd place team 2012 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 2nd place team 2011 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 2nd place team 2010 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 2nd place team 2009 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 4th place team 2008 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 4th place team 2016 NCAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field 6th place team 2014 NCAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field 2nd place team 2013 NCAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field 2nd place team 2012 NCAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field 13th place team 2011 NCAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field 4th place team 2010 NCAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field 10th place team 2009 NCAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field 10th place team 2016 NCAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 7th place team 2015 NCAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 19th place team 2014 NCAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 2nd place team 2013 NCAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 7th place team 2012 NCAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 7th place team 2011 NCAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 7th place team 2010 NCAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 8th place team 2009 NCAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 13th place team 2008 NCAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 17th place team MENS TEAM PERFORMANCES: 2016 CIAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 4th place team  2015 CIAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 3rd place team 2014 CIAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 4th place team 2013 CIAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 4th place team 2012 CIAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 3rd place team . 2011 CIAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 2nd place team . 2010 CIAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 2nd place team . 2009 CIAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 4th place team . 2008 CIAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 5th place team  2015 CIAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 5th place team 2014 CIAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 4th place team 2012 CIAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 4th place team 2011 CIAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 4th place team 2010 CIAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 4th place team 2009 CIAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 5th place team 2008 CIAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 5th place team 2016 NCAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 21st place team 2015 NCAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 11th place team 2014 NCAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 27th place team 2013 NCAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 17th place team 2012 NCAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 14th place team 2011 NCAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 6th place team 2010 NCAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 11th place team 2009 NCAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 16th place team 2016 NCAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 16th place team 2015 NCAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 19th place team 2014 NCAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 15th place team 2013 NCAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 15th place team 2012 NCAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 12th place team 2011 NCAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 11th place team 2010 NCAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 10th place team 2009 NCAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 26th place team 2008 NCAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 18th place team ATHLETE PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS: 2016 Olympic Games 100m hurdles semi-finalist - Shermaine Williams (9th best) 2015 World Champion  - 100m hurdles (Danielle Williams) 2015 World University Games Champion - 100m hurdles (Danielle Williams) 2015  World Championships 7th place 100m hurdles (Shermaine Williams) 2015  World Championships 400m hurdles semi-finalist (Leford Green) 2014 Pan Am Festival 100m hurdles 2nd place (Shermaine Williams) 2014 Commonwealth Games 4th place 100m hurdles (Danielle Williams) 2014 championship record women 4x100m - Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, Scotland 2013 Jamaican National record and championship record women 4x100m - IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Moscow, Russia 2013 Jamaican National Champion 100m hurdles (Danielle Williams) 2010-2013 Jamaican National Champion 400m hurdles (Leford Green) 2013 World Championships 100m hurdles semi-finalist (Shermaine Williams) 2013 World Championships 100m hurdles semi-finalist (Danielle Williams) 2013 World Championships 400m hurdles semi-finalist (Leford Green) 2013 World University Games bronze medalist (Danielle Williams) 2012 Olympic Games finalist  400m hurdles 7th (Leford Green) 2012 Olympic Games 100m hurdles semi-finalist - Shermaine Williams 2011 World Championships 400m hurdles semi-finalist (Leford Green) 2011 World University Games 100m hurdles semi-finalist - Shermaine Williams 2011 Junior Pan American Junior Championships 2nd place 100m hurdles and 4x100m - Danielle Williams 2010 Caribbean and Central American Champion 400m hurdles Leford Green 2010 World ranked 400m hurdler (10th best time in the world) Leford Green 2010 NACAC U23 double medalist in 100m hurdles (3rd)and 4x100m (2nd) - Rosemarie Carty 2009 Pan Am Junior Championships 1st and 2nd place 100m hurdles - Shermaine Williams, Rosemarie Carty 2009 World Championship representative Leford Green 2008 World Junior Championship 2nd place 100m hurdles Shermaine Williams COMBINED MENS and WOMENS TEAMS: 25 NCAA national indoor/outdoor Champions  2008 (2), 2009 (2), 2010 (2), 2011 (5), 2012 (1), 2013 (5), 2014 (7), 2015 (1) 5 NCAA Division II national records Womens 60m Hurdles 2008 & 2009;   Women 200m, 400m hurdles, 4x100m - 2013 2nd best ever time by a 400m hurdler in division II history (Leford Green 48.67 in 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championship)  164 All-American Awards in indoor and outdoor track and field Coach Graham and his wife Valrie (Instructional Coordinating Teacher  - Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools), have three children Richard (PhD studies NC State University), Brian (college junior NC State University), and Xonnel (college freshman Appalachian State University) Lennox Graham Head Track & Field and Cross Country Coach / Stadium Manager                    On November 7, 2007 Johnson C. Smith University athletics director, Steve Joyner, Sr. announced the hiring of Lennox Graham as the new head men's and women's cross country and track and field coach. Graham also serves as the Irwin Belk Complex stadium manager. Coach Graham brought to the university 14 years of international coaching experience at the junior and senior level in Jamaica, which resulted in six national high school championship titles at Kingston College (High School) in Kingston, Jamaica. He has coached many individual/relay champions at the Jamaican high school, Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA), Central American and Caribbean (CAC), North American Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) championships, Penn Relays, and Pan American Junior Championships levels. Since leading the Golden Bulls track and field program at Johnson C. Smith University, Coach Graham has added medalists, all-conference, all-region, and/or All-Americans at the CIAA, NACAC, Junior Pan-American Championships, Penn Relays, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), World University Games, and the IAAF World Championships in Athletics levels. In 8 seasons his athletes have achieved 164 All American awards.  At the 2015  World Championships in Beijing, China  coach Graham coached two siblings to the 100m hurdle final a first for female siblings in the history of the Championships.  His athlete Danielle Williams won the event in 12.58 seconds  with her sister Shermaine Williams placing 7th in 12.91 seconds. Graham is a 1984 graduate of Alabama State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration majoring in Computer Information Systems.  He earned his Masters in Business Administration from The University of New Orleans in 2006. He is currently a certified IAAF Level 5 Elite coach specializing in sprints and hurdles. As a student-athlete at Alabama State University, Graham competed as a sprinter/hurdler for the ASU hornets from 1984 to 1987. He was the top sprint/hurdler all four years. He earned the Most Academic (1985-87), Most Outstanding Hurdler (1984-85), and the Most Valuable Runner (1986-87) awards while competing for the Hornets. He also garnered the George Hubert Lockhart Award for overall excellence in sports across varsity sports at ASU (1987). Coach Graham has coached in several international events including: 2016 Olympic Games  (Rio de Janiero, Brasil) 2015 World Championships in Athletics (Beijing, China) 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland 2013 World Championships in Athletics (Moscow, Russia) 2011 World Championships in Athletics (Daegu, South Korea) 2009 Central American and Caribbean senior team (Havana, Cuba) 2007 Pan American Senior Championship (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil) 2006 Presenter, Sprint Clinic in Kuala Lumpur, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu Malaysia, December 2005 Central American and Caribbean senior team 2003 Central American and Caribbean senior team 2002 Jamaica's World Junior Championships (Kingston) 2002 Jamaica's Junior Central American and Caribbean team (Barbados) 2000 Jamaica's Junior Central American and Caribbean team to Puerto Rico - Head Coach 1998 Jamaica's CARIFTA Team to Trinidad Since his appointment to Johnson C. Smith University Coach Graham has transformed the JCSU track and field program having immediate impact at the CIAA, NCAA and international levels with the following achievements: COACHS AWARDS:  2015-16 Atlantic Region Womens Track and Field  Head Coach of the Year 2015-16 CIAA Outdoor Womens Track and Field Head Coach of the Year 2013-2014 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year 2013-2014 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year 2012-2013 USTFCCCA Womens Outdoor Track and Field National Coach of the Year (First in JCSU history) 2012-2013 USTFCCCA Womens Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year (Atlantic Region) 2012-2013 USTFCCCA Womens Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year (Atlantic Region) 2012-2013 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year 2012-2013 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year 2011-2012 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year 2010-2011 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year 2009-2010 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year 2008-2009 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year TEAM ACADEMIC PERFORMANCES: USTFCCCA All Academic (GPA) female team in division II at the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA All Academic (GPA) male team in division II at the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA All Academic (GPA) female team in division II at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA All Academic (GPA) male team in division II at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA All Academic (GPA) female team in division II at the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA All Academic (GPA) male team in division II at the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA 1st ranked academic (GPA) male team in division II at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA female scholar team of the year in division II at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA 4th ranked academic (GPA) male team in division II at the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA 3rd ranked academic (GPA) female team in division II at the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA 1st ranked academic (GPA) male team in division II at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA 2nd ranked academic (GPA) female team in division II at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA 2nd ranked academic (GPA) male team in division II at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships USTFCCCA 3rd ranked academic (GPA) female team in division II at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships WOMENS TEAM PERFORMANCES:  2016 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field Champion Team  2015 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field 3rd place team  2014 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field Champion Team  2013 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field Champion Team 2012 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field 2nd place team  2011 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field Champion Team (First in JCSU History) 2010 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field 3rd place team 2009 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field 3rd place team 2008 CIAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field 5th place team 2016 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 2nd place team 2015 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 3rd place team 2014 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 3rd place team 2013 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 3rd place team 2012 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 2nd place team 2011 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 2nd place team 2010 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 2nd place team 2009 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 4th place team 2008 CIAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 4th place team 2016 NCAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field 6th place team 2014 NCAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field 2nd place team 2013 NCAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field 2nd place team 2012 NCAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field 13th place team 2011 NCAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field 4th place team 2010 NCAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field 10th place team 2009 NCAA Womens Outdoor Track and Field 10th place team 2016 NCAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 7th place team 2015 NCAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 19th place team 2014 NCAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 2nd place team 2013 NCAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 7th place team 2012 NCAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 7th place team 2011 NCAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 7th place team 2010 NCAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 8th place team 2009 NCAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 13th place team 2008 NCAA Womens Indoor Track and Field 17th place team MENS TEAM PERFORMANCES: 2016 CIAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 4th place team  2015 CIAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 3rd place team 2014 CIAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 4th place team 2013 CIAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 4th place team 2012 CIAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 3rd place team . 2011 CIAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 2nd place team . 2010 CIAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 2nd place team . 2009 CIAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 4th place team . 2008 CIAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 5th place team  2015 CIAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 5th place team 2014 CIAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 4th place team 2012 CIAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 4th place team 2011 CIAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 4th place team 2010 CIAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 4th place team 2009 CIAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 5th place team 2008 CIAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 5th place team 2016 NCAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 21st place team 2015 NCAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 11th place team 2014 NCAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 27th place team 2013 NCAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 17th place team 2012 NCAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 14th place team 2011 NCAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 6th place team 2010 NCAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 11th place team 2009 NCAA Mens Outdoor Track and Field 16th place team 2016 NCAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 16th place team 2015 NCAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 19th place team 2014 NCAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 15th place team 2013 NCAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 15th place team 2012 NCAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 12th place team 2011 NCAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 11th place team 2010 NCAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 10th place team 2009 NCAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 26th place team 2008 NCAA Mens Indoor Track and Field 18th place team ATHLETE PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS: 2016 Olympic Games 100m hurdles semi-finalist - Shermaine Williams (9th best) 2015 World Champion  - 100m hurdles (Danielle Williams) 2015 World University Games Champion - 100m hurdles (Danielle Williams) 2015  World Championships 7th place 100m hurdles (Shermaine Williams) 2015  World Championships 400m hurdles semi-finalist (Leford Green) 2014 Pan Am Festival 100m hurdles 2nd place (Shermaine Williams) 2014 Commonwealth Games 4th place 100m hurdles (Danielle Williams) 2014 championship record women 4x100m - Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, Scotland 2013 Jamaican National record and championship record women 4x100m - IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Moscow, Russia 2013 Jamaican National Champion 100m hurdles (Danielle Williams) 2010-2013 Jamaican National Champion 400m hurdles (Leford Green) 2013 World Championships 100m hurdles semi-finalist (Shermaine Williams) 2013 World Championships 100m hurdles semi-finalist (Danielle Williams) 2013 World Championships 400m hurdles semi-finalist (Leford Green) 2013 World University Games bronze medalist (Danielle Williams) 2012 Olympic Games finalist  400m hurdles 7th (Leford Green) 2012 Olympic Games 100m hurdles semi-finalist - Shermaine Williams 2011 World Championships 400m hurdles semi-finalist (Leford Green) 2011 World University Games 100m hurdles semi-finalist - Shermaine Williams 2011 Junior Pan American Junior Championships 2nd place 100m hurdles and 4x100m - Danielle Williams 2010 Caribbean and Central American Champion 400m hurdles Leford Green 2010 World ranked 400m hurdler (10th best time in the world) Leford Green 2010 NACAC U23 double medalist in 100m hurdles (3rd)and 4x100m (2nd) - Rosemarie Carty 2009 Pan Am Junior Championships 1st and 2nd place 100m hurdles - Shermaine Williams, Rosemarie Carty 2009 World Championship representative Leford Green 2008 World Junior Championship 2nd place 100m hurdles Shermaine Williams COMBINED MENS and WOMENS TEAMS: 25 NCAA national indoor/outdoor Champions  2008 (2), 2009 (2), 2010 (2), 2011 (5), 2012 (1), 2013 (5), 2014 (7), 2015 (1) 5 NCAA Division II national records Womens 60m Hurdles 2008 & 2009;   Women 200m, 400m hurdles, 4x100m - 2013 2nd best ever time by a 400m hurdler in division II history (Leford Green 48.67 in 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championship)  164 All-American Awards in indoor and outdoor track and field Coach Graham and his wife Valrie (Instructional Coordinating Teacher  - Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools), have three children Richard (PhD studies NC State University), Brian (college junior NC State University), and Xonnel (college freshman Appalachian State University)

Ellison is an USATF level III and IAAF level V elite jumps coach and recently completed her third season as Assistant Track and Field Coach at Johnson C. Smith University. In her first year, she coached Horane Holgate to a 2nd place CIAA finish outdoors and 3 rd indoors in mens triple jump. She followed that up by coaching All-American freshman Michane Ricketts to 2 nd place CIAA finish outdoors, 6 th place at NCAA Outdoor Championship and new school record (7.49) mens long jump and most recently helped LaTondra Morrow to a school record 1.71 to win the 2016 CIAA Outdoor Champion womens high jump., while was also an NCAA provisional qualifier. Michane Ricketts also captureed third place in the CIAA indoor championships with a school record 7.21 in the mens long jump. She has also coached locally at the high school level from 2007-2012, most recently at Ardrey Kell High School. During her time with the Knights, they advanced four relays to NCHSAA State Championships. Standing school record girls 4x400 (3:55). Independence High School- NCHSAA 4A 3 rd place finish and Three-time Southwestern 4A Conference Champion, boys triple jump Austin Duke. Southwestern 4A Conference Champion, boys 200m Adrian Gamble (21.80). In addition to her coaching duties, she will serve as a site Coordinator for 2016 USATF Paralympics Trials and has seved as an assistant meet director for the 2013 North Carolina PowerAde State Games. The USTFCCCA has awarded her an assistant coaches scholarship and was selected as one of three American delegates from USATF to attend the NACAC Congress in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic A graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and has also proudly served in the U.S. Air Force as a reservist.  She is also a licensed neuromuscular massage therapist.