University of Connecticut Men's Track

Roy, University of Connecticut men's track and field head coach, enters the 2015-16 season with a skillful group of young returners and a talented incoming class that will continue his winning traditions during both the indoor and outdoor seasons. Roy enters his 31st season as the head coach of the men's cross country team and his 27th season at the helm of the track and field program. Year by year, he has been able to elevate a national caliber program to prominence at the conference, regional and national levels. His squads have earned 13 conference track and field titles. He has also produced 34 All-Americans during his time at UConn, including pole vaulters Craig Hunter and Cory Duggan.  Throughout his career at UConn, Roy has established a solid foundation for the cross country and track and field programs. With top notch indoor and outdoor facilities, the program has the tools to match the ambitions that Roy and his Huskies set out to reach each year. Roy led the squad to the 2015 American Athletic Conference outdoor title in front of a home crowd at the Sherman Complex.  In 2013-14, Roy led the Huskies to the inaugeral American American Athletic Conference indoor title, also earning recognition from the league when he and his staff were named the Coaching Staff of the Year. Under Roy, the Huskies posted a solid 2011-12 campaign with Jake Waruch and Noel James each bringing home indoor and outdoor BIG EAST Crowns. Behind James' outdoor and indoor high jump titles and Waruch's decathlon and heptathlon titles, UConn finished fourth at the outdoor conference meet and second at the indoor. Additionally, the team won its seventh consecutive New England Championship. Roy guided the Huskies to one of their best seasons in 2010-11 as UConn earned both Indoor and Outdoor BIG EAST Championships along with claiming the triple crown of the indoor season with the BIG EAST title, New England and IC4A crowns. Roy was named the Northeast Region Indoor Track And Field Coach of the Year after UConn's success. The Huskies saw Mike Rutt earn All-American status in both the indoor and outdoor seasons under Roy's leadership. In addition to Rutt, nine Huskies qualified for the Outdoor NCAA East Regional. Roy and his staff were named the 2011 BIG EAST Indoor and Outdoor Coaching Staff of the Year accolades. During the 2009-10 campaign, Roy led his team to six first place finishes, including a fifth straight victory at the New England Indoor Championship and the first ever title for the Huskies at the IC4A Outdoor Championship. Following the 2010 outdoor season, Roy sent three athletes to the NCAA Championship, marking the first time since 2004 that the UConn men's team had more than one athlete at the event, with Michael Rutt, Brian Gagnon and Sean Smith representing the Huskies. For the 16th time, and second straight year, Roy had one of his athletes named the BIG EAST Championship Outstanding Performer, as Smith took home the honors of Outstanding Outdoor Field Performer for his accomplishments during the conference Championship. In 2008-09, Roy earned the first back-to-back BIG EAST Titles during his tenure as head coach when the track and field team won the 2009 Indoor BIG EAST Championship. For his efforts, Roy and his coaching staff were honored with the BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year award for the second season in a row and the sixth time during his coaching career. Roy produced three All-Americans in the indoor season as Michael Rutt and Brian Gagnon earned their second All-America honors in the 800-meter run and Marquis Thomas was named an All-American in the high jump. Roy also took home USTFCCCA honors for the fourth time as he was named the Northeast Indoor Track Coach of the year following his successful 2009 Indoor season. During the 2007-08 season, UConn won the BIG EAST Indoor Championship and fell only 17.5 points shy of taking the Outdoor title as well. During the 2008 seasons, Roy coached six of his athletes to eight BIG EAST individual titles. For his efforts, he was rewarded for the fourth time in his career with the title of BIG EAST Indoor Staff of the Year. UConn continued on its hot streak after the BIG EAST Championships and under the direction of Roy, won its 14th New England Championship in the last 15 years qualifying three of its athletes for the NCAA Indoor Championships. In 2006-07, UConn was unable to win a BIG EAST Championship but instead won the Sorlein Invitational, the Reebok Boston Indoor Games, the Harvard Select Meet and the New England Championship. Roy was able to guide Jake Radzevich to two pole vault individual championships, Sean Berg to an individual championship in the heptathlon, Gagnon to the title in the outdoor 800-meter run, Andrew Dubs to an outdoor shot put victory and his 4 x 100m team to a relay championship. During the indoor season, Roy was named New England Coach of the Year. During the 2005-06 season, UConn won its fifth BIG EAST Indoor Championship in school history, fourth under the direction of Roy and the third in the last five years. Roy also guided the Huskies to a pair of first place finishes and a 13-1 overall record during the outdoor season as well. Under Roy's tutelage, seven Huskies were selected to compete in the NCAA Regionals following outstanding performances in the regular season. Senior Joel Lagare, one of the NCAA Regional finalists, finished third in the NCAA Regionals and advanced to the NCAA Championships for the second time under Roy. Sean Berg also appeared in his first NCAA Championships as the junior competed in the decathlon and finished in 18th place. In the 2004-05 season, the Huskies saw success across the board while some of the program's greatest talents suffered injuries. Will Thomas advanced to the NCAA Championship in the decathlon for the fourth-consecutive season, but was injured during the competition and could not finish. UConn finished in ninth place at the BIG EAST Indoor Championship, with numerous athletes scoring points in different events. The Huskies also finished in a tie for seventh at the New England Championship. Outdoors, UConn finished fifth at the BIG EAST Championship and third at New Englands. With Roy's assistance, Ellis Gaulden and Thomas both advanced to the NCAA Regionals, with Gaulden competing in the high jump. Roy's squad captured its fourth BIG EAST Indoor Championship in 2003-2004, its second in three years and won an 11th-straight New England Championship. The team took second at the IC4A Championship and saw two of its members take home All-America honors at the NCAA Indoor Championship as Will Thomas finished fourth in the heptathlon to become a three-time All-American and Logan Jones earned All-America honors in the 800-meter run. The Huskies took third at the Outdoor BIG EAST Championship and Paul Pisano became the first-ever three-time javelin champion. Joel Legare earned All-America honors at the outdoor NCAA Championship in the 800-meter. In 2002-2003, Roy produced four All-Americans for the second consecutive year. Will Thomas earned the honor for a second time in the decathlon, placing second at the NCAA Championship. Thrower Paul Pisano also earned All-America status for the second straight year, as did Joe Mendel in the sprints. Mike Deibler earned his first All-America honor by placing eighth in the high jump. The indoor and outdoor teams took home second-place at both the BIG EAST Indoor and Outdoor Championship. Indoors, UConn saw its usual success at the New England Championship, bringing home their 10th consecutive title. The 2001-02 season was one of the most successful in Roy's career. His indoor and outdoor squads took home both of the BIG EAST Championships and Roy, for the eighth consecutive year, had his athletes reach All-American status as four athletes were awarded the honor. Dan Wilson garnered All-America status three times to become the first five-time All-American in UConn history. Wilson finished 14th at the NCAA cross country championship, eighth in the indoor mile run and registered the fifth All-America title at the outdoor track and field championship, finishing ninth in the 1,500 meter run. Joe Mendel finished among the top eight in the indoor 400-meter dash to claim the honor, while Paul Pisano and Will Thomas earned their All-America status at the outdoor championship. Pisano earned a 12th place finish in the javelin and Thomas competed in the decathlon, finishing eighth with a then school record 7,630 points. In addition, the team successfully defended the New England Indoor Championship title. Along with a pair of New England titles in 1999-2000, Roy led the Huskies to an overall record of 21-1, a runner-up performance at the BIG EAST Outdoors and a third-place finish at the indoor edition of the meet. During the indoor season, four more All-Americans were added to the school list as the distance medley relay team of Haven Barnes, Elliott Blount, Kevin Jensen and Dan Wilson finished fourth at the NCAA national championship with a time of 9:33.85. Roy added to his list of achievements by being selected by his peers as the United States Track Coaches Association Northeast Region Coach of the Year following both the indoor and outdoor seasons. The first 14 years as the Head Coach of the Husky track squad began the tradition of excellence that Roy thrives for today. Starting in 1990, the Husky squad began their dominance in both New England and NCAA competition. Over the next eight years, Roy produced his fifth and sixth cross country All-Americans in Andy Ball (1990) and Travis Landreth (1998) as well as mentored four-time All-American hurdler Dudley Dorival who went on to compete in the Olympics for Haiti in 2000 and 2004, weight thrower Steve Santoli (1998) and thrower Ray Wilks (1999). Roy's squads finished 81-5-1 in dual meets from 1995 to 1999 for an outstanding .934 win percentage and won their second Indoor BIG EAST Championship. Before the start of the 1999-2000 season, Roy had accrued five NCAA Coach of the Year awards (1990-Cross Country, 1993-94-Indoor, 1995-96 Outdoor, 1996-97 Indoor and 1998-99 Indoor) as well as, with his staff, back-to-back BIG EAST Staff of the Year awards (1995-96-Outdoor, 1996-97-Indoor). In 1990, Roy brought his cross country squad into the national spotlight, finishing 10th in the nation at the NCAA Division I National Championship meet while also winning the IC4A Championship. UConn ended the year ranked No. 12 in the nation. The 1993-94 season marked the beginning of an 11-year winning streak at the New England Championships and in 1996-97, before winning the BIG EAST Championship, Roy coached his squad to a perfect 15-0 dual meet record. A native of East Brunswick, N.J., Roy earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester in 1978, where he held the school record in the 220 and 440-yard runs. He added a master's degree in Sport Management from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 1982 and worked as the assistant track and cross country coach from 1981-83 during his time at UMass. Roy lives in Lebanon, Conn. with his wife, Natalie, their daughter Kathryn, is studying nursing at Chamberlain College, and son Michael is a sophomore at UConn and member of UConn track and field team.

Bransfield, who was named the 2016 American Athletic Conference Co-Women's Diving Coach of the Year, led six divers on the men's and women's team to the NCAA Zone A Meet last season. Alli Butera reached the NCAA Diving Championships, finishing 34th in the one-meter and 46th in the three-meter. She was named to the 2016 All-Conference team, the sole diver to achieve that distinction last season. Monica Marcello set a new school and pool record by racking up 307.64 points on the one-meter platform against Dartmouth, on her way to being named AAC Female Diver of the Week on February 2 under Bransfield's tutelage. Daniel Kinney was named AAC Male Diver of the Week on December 8. Overall, the UConn men's team finished 3-1 in dual meets, while the women's team finished 1-3. Taryn Urbanus, a three-time All-Conference selection, became the first Husky since Danielle Cecco in 2013 to qualify for the NCAA Diving Championships when she accomplished the feat in 2014. The Quincy, Mass. native competed in both the 1 and 3-meter events at the NCAA's after finishing it the top-three in both at the Zone A Meet. Urbanus was one of six Huskies to reach the NCAA Zone A Meet in 2016. At the 2015 American Athletic Championships, both Urbanus and John Brice earned a spot on the All-Conference Team. Brice finished second in the 1 and 3-meter events at the Conference Meet, while Urbanus placed second in the 1-meter and third in the 3-meter. She was tabbed UConn's Outstanding Diver of the Year at the team banquet following the 2014-15 season. Developing champions is not something new to Bransfield, the 2012 Big East Women's Diving Coach of the Year. In his 38 years of college coaching, he has had many conference champions and at least one conference champion at each and every school that he has worked at, including Army, Maine, Springfield and Northern Michigan. Bransfield has coached several national qualifiers, including a four-time NCAA Division II Champion. In 2003, Melissa Kull became the first Connecticut diver to compete at the NCAA National Championships. Stephen Ferreira (`10) competed at the NCAAs, followed by All-American Danielle Cecco ('13), who competed at the National Championships three straight years, in `11, `12 and `13. With a background which extends beyond the collegiate realm of diving, Bransfield enjoyed many years of success with U.S. Diving as a Junior Olympic coach. He was been recognized by the National Governing body twice in that phase of his career with stipends to work with two U.S Olympic Coaches. Bransfield has considerable experience in the sport away from the pool deck as well. Four times he served on the NCAA Diving Rules Subcommittee, and in the early 90's he was appointed as a Regional Technical Director of United States Diving. While coaching at Army, he hosted numerous clinics for U.S Diving Coaches involving several U.S Olympic Team Coaches. In 1998, he served as the Competition Manager of the Goodwill Games in New York. Bransfield has taught numerous coaching clinics for Grass Roots fundamentals, Spotting Training and Safety Certification. In the summer of 2003, Bransfield spent close to three weeks in the People's Republic of China. The opportunity allowed him to closely observe the training programs at two Provincial sites and attend the Asian Junior Championships. Bransfield is a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., where he received his bachelor's degree from St. Francis College. He earned a master's at Northern Michigan and continued to study biomechanics while coaching at Springfield College. Bransfield and his wife, Ginny, have four sons, and presently reside in Storrs.

Goldberg is looking forward to his 29th season at Connecticut, which kicks off its 2016-17 campaign in October. In 2014-15, Goldberg and the Huskies turned in another succesful season, as both the men's and women's teams finished with a winning dual meet record. The UConn men's program boasted a mark of 4-2, while the women's team won five of its six dual meets during the season. Connecticut's successful regular season carried over to the 2015 American Athletic Championships, where several school records were set. Greg Baliko broke the program record in the 200-yard IM with a time of 1:48.14, and he finished as one of nine Huskies to earn 2015 All-Conference honors. As a team, the Huskies earned third place at the Conference Meet. The UConn women's team took down multiple school records on its way to a second-place finish out of six schools. Senior standout Katy Munzenmaier set the program record (1:46.37) in her lead-off of the freestyle relay, while sophomore Tara O'Prey broke the school record in the 100-yard butterfly after swimming it in 55.12 seconds. Munzenmaier and O'Prey were two of nine Huskies to be named to the All-Conference Team. Coach Goldberg has developed a philosophy over the years that has proven to be successful in recruiting a certain type of kid to his program, maintaining a consistent level of performance and helping college swimmers improve throughout the course of their career. "My years of coaching college kids have taught me so many lessons about determining what is important and what is not," says Goldberg. "We all face daily issues that may seem overwhelming at the time, but in the long run they aren't. Learning to differentiate what issues need immediate attention, and what issues can resolve themselves with time and patience is often the differences between a smooth and successful team, and a team that is filled with turmoil. You can make it look easy if you just keep it simple." Coach Goldberg believes there are three areas that swimmers need to focus on, and their consistency in each area will determine their ultimate success. First, academic success should be the first priority, as school is the reason why people come to UConn. Success in the classroom will come from putting in the necessary time every day to get the work done in preparation for the next day. Putting off work that should be done today will only lead to academic failure the next day. The next area of concentration is effort in the pool. "Every day I stress that consistent effort in the pool is the main road to success. One workout won't make you a great swimmer, and one bad practice doesn't make you a failure," says the coach. "It is a string of good or bad practices that will set the tone for your performance when you need to call on your specific skills. If you come to the pool every day with the determination to put in your best effort, you will be successful." The final area of focus is social development, which is often overlooked on many college teams. The social obligation we have to be the best person we can be will certainly affect both your academic performance and athletic success."I want our swimmers to become the best people they can be, from their behavior in the athletic facilities, to their daily interactions in the dorms and classroom setting," says coach. "I love it when a professor stops me on campus and tells me they enjoyed having one of my swimmers in their class." Sometimes it is a bumpy road when learning certain behavioral skills that will dictate our progress and eventual success in the real world. Coach Goldberg's approach has a proven track record of success. In the pool, his teams consistently perform at a very high level in a very competitive environment. Connecticut has always contended at the conference level under Goldberg, finishing each of his 27 seasons with a winning record. He has had swimmers compete at the highest levels in both the United States and abroad. UConn swimmers have participated at the U.S. Olympic Trials, Olympic Games, Senior National Championships, U.S. Opens and Regional Championships. International swimmers at UConn have competed nationally in Canada, Israel, Bulgaria, Ireland, England, Suriname, Jamaica, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Poland as well as at the European and World Championships. UConn's colors have been well represented across the world, though Coach Goldberg does not take credit for this. "I have been fortunate to have some very talented swimmers in our program, who have gone on to do some great things," says coach. "Their effort and work ethic has been impressive and has resulted in some great performances." Coach Goldberg has spent his entire professional life in aquatics and has worked in just about every level. "Growing up in a YMCA setting and working in a pool or on a waterfront my whole life has gotten me involved in everything with aquatics," says coach. "My knowledge base has been expanded from teaching at every level and in every area, coaching, swimming and diving for so many years in the college setting and running and building pools. Being in the college setting and working with so many people from different backgrounds has opened up my view of the world. It has been a wonderful journey and I am happy to continue." Coach Goldberg spent his early swimming days learning at the YMCA under mentor Bob Rowe. He swam in prep schools under Coach Al Houston before experiencing a college career under legendary coaches Charles Silvia and Charlie Smith at Springfield College. After one year as a public school teacher, Goldberg became an assistant professor and coach at Penn State, where he worked with Lou McNeill. He then spent three years as an administrator and faculty member at N.C. State before coming to UConn to coaching swimming. Goldberg is originally from Watertown, Mass. and has a bachelor's degree in Physical Education from Springfield College and a Master's degree in Biomechanics from Penn State. He is married to Alyce (Parrish) and they have three children, David, Scott and Sarah, and six grandchildren. "Throughout my career I have remembered one quote from a college coaching class that for me has withstood the test of time," says Goldberg. "`You coach people who participate in your sport; you don't simply coach a sport.' Win or lose in the pool, being fortunate to deal with quality people during my time has proven to be the most rewarding experience. I really think my perspective allows me to view the value of how we are doing at a specific time beyond a stop watch or place in a race, and in the context of how the experience relates to student athletes personal growth and development."

Miller spent 10 years as a part-time assistant working with the multi-event performers as well as those competing in pole vault and javelin. Currently, Miller focuses on working with mult-event performers as well as athletes competing in throws and pole vault. In 2014, he helped Eric Masington earn All-American honors when he finished seventh at the NCAA Championship in Eugene, Ore. Masington threw a lifetime-best 59.19m to land on the First Team and establish a UConn outdoor record. In 2015, pole vaulters Craig Hunter and Cory Duggan traveled to Eugene and picked up First Team and Second Team All-America honors, respectively.  Prior to joining the Huskies full-time, Miller was employed as a physical therapist with Health South/PTSMA in Storrs. While at Health South, Miller provided direct patient care in an outpatient orthopedic and sports medicine clinic while also collaborating with local physicians on implementing treatment plans to rehabilitate patients with a variety of ailments. Miller also served as a member of the BIG EAST Track and Field seeding committee. Miller, who was a 1995 UConn graduate, enjoyed both academic and athletic success during his undergraduate years. He served as co-captain of UConn's track and field teams in both his junior and senior years, two years in which the Huskies won back-to-back New England Indoor Championships. He was a four-time All-East performer in the decathlon while also earning All-New England and All-BIG EAST honors in the pentathlon and pole vault events. His academic achievements set a standard of excellence for all student-athletes, as he was a member of the 1994-95 BIG EAST Conference Academic All-Star team and was named a UConn Club Outstanding Scholar-Athlete in 1995. A native of Cresskill, N.J., Miller attended Cresskill High School where he lettered in soccer, basketball and track. He resides in Storrs, Conn. with his wife, Dorinda, daughter, Emily and sons, Caden and Jake.