University of Notre Dame Women's Track

Turner took over for Joe Piane, who retired in May 2014 just prior to the end of his 39th season as Irish track and field and cross country coach. Piane had been the longest-tenured head coach on the Notre Dame athletics staff. Turner originally joined the Irish program in September 2010. After serving as an assistant coach for two years, he was elevated to associate head track and field coach in October 2012 while continuing to oversee the training of all Irish sprinters and hurdlers.  "Alan has earned this assignment based on his contributions to our program over the past four seasons," says Notre Dame vice president and athletics director Jack Swarbrick. "He has an outstanding reputation in the track and field community, the coaching honors he has received are based on the top-notch quality of his work -- and his promotion has been widely applauded by our team members. We look forward to watching Alan and his staff continue to build the competitive level of our men's and women's programs."  In his four seasons on the Irish staff prior to assuming the head coaching role, Turner made a quantifiable impact at Notre Dame and proved himself as one of the top assistant coaches in the country. He has tutored seven Atlantic Coast Conference and 17 BIG EAST Conference champions, 14 All-ACC and 57 All-BIG EAST performers -- along with 18 first-team, six second-team and 22 honorable mention All-Americans. His student-athletes have broken 11 school individual and relay track and field records.  In 2015, the womens cross country team had a national champion in senior Molly Seidel and an eighth-place finish at nationals. Both Seidel and freshman Anna Rohrer led the team to new heights as they finished the year with having All-ACC, All-Region, and All-American honors during the cross country season. Turners two womens distance studs continued their success in the indoor track season as Seidel and Rohrer went 1-2 in the ACC Indoor Championships 3,000m and 5,000m. Seidel went on to win the 3,000m and 5,000m at the NCAA Indoor Championships while Rohrer finished fourth in the 5,000m to earn All-American status. Senior Margaret Bamgbose and graduate student Kaila Barber claimed individual first-team All-America honors to tie for 25th place at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Notre Dames 4x400m relay team, which included Bamgbose and sophomores Parker English, Payton Miller and Jordan Shead, finished in sixth place with a time of 3:31.95. Turner has 10 All-American and 40 All-ACC performers, as well as five ACC Champions in the indoor and outdoor seasons. In the 2014 season alone, Turner's student-athletes earned those four ACC championships and 14 All-ACC accolades. Between the indoor and outdoor NCAA Championships, Turner coached his sprinters to 12 first-team All-America honors. Under Turner's tutelage, junior Chris Giesting had a remarkable season for the Irish. Giesting earned All-America honors three times, was named the ACC Indoor Championships Most Valuable Performer after racking up 18 points and was also titled both the indoor and outdoor ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year. For his efforts, the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association named Turner a regional assistant women's coach of the year for 2014.  The fruits of Turner's labor also were evident in 2013 as student-athletes under him won 10 BIG EAST championships (seven individual, three relay) and claimed 33 all-BIG EAST scrolls. In addition, the Irish earned four first-team and four second-team All-America citations during the indoor season, before claiming two second-team and 11 honorable mention All-America scrolls during the outdoor season. Highlighting that group was sophomore Jade Barber, the BIG EAST Indoor Track Athlete of the Meet and the USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region's Women's Track Athlete of the Year during both the indoor and outdoor seasons after winning two BIG EAST individual crowns and two relay titles. Barber was named a first-team All-American once (60mH/indoor), a second-team All-American twice (100mH/outdoor, 4x400m relay/indoor) and an honorable mention All-American once (4x400m relay/outdoor). Barber later competed for the United States at the World University Games, winning a silver medal on the 4x100m relay.  Patrick Feeney in 2013 won his third straight BIG EAST 400m indoor title and finished fourth at the NCAA meet to earn first-team All-America honors (in a school record 45.92). Giesting was also a first-team All-American, finishing eighth at the NCAA indoor meet in the 400m. Giesting for the second straight year won the outdoor 400m BIG EAST title and was named Co-BIG EAST Track Athlete of the Meet for the second straight year. Michelle Brown swept both the indoor and outdoor BIG EAST 400m titles and finished the year with five BIG EAST titles. For his efforts, Turner was named the 2013 USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region's Men's Assistant Coach of the Year during both the indoor and outdoor seasons and the Women's Assistant Coach of the Year for the outdoor season.  2012 proved a brilliant season for Notre Dame sprinters and hurdlers, as three individuals won BIG EAST crowns -- Nevada Sorenson (60mH), Feeney (400m/indoors) and Giesting (200m and 400m/outdoors), while the women's 4x100m relay team also claimed the BIG EAST title. Turner's student-athletes set seven Notre Dame school records -- Indoors: Kaila Barber, 60mH at 8.27; Feeney, 400m at 46.55; Giesting, 500m at 1:01.28; women's DMR with Natalie Geiger running the 400m leg, 11:04.45; men's DMR with Giesting running the 400m leg, 9:35.48; Outdoors: Giesting, 400m in 46.03, men's 4x400m relay in 3:06.20.  Giesting was named BIG EAST Men's Outstanding Track Performer after winning the 200m and 400m titles as a freshman at the 2012 outdoor championship. He also ran the fastest 400m leg on the NCAA distance medley relay team that won the NCAA indoor title. Freshman Kaila Barber earned a bronze medal at the IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championships in the 400H.  In his first season in 2011, Turner coached Feeney, then a freshman, to a sweep of the BIG EAST 400m titles at the BIG EAST Indoor and Outdoor Championships. Feeney also was part of the All-America and Notre Dame record-setting distance medley relay that finished fourth at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Four of his student-athletes qualified for the NCAA East Regionals.  Prior to Notre Dame, Turner spent five seasons at Southern Illinois University. While at Southern Illinois, Turner served as the coach for the men's and women's sprint and hurdle squads as well as the relay teams. Regarded as one of the top sprint coaches in the Missouri Valley Conference during his five years in the league, Turner mentored 17 MVC champions during his tenure and 25 individuals who earned runner-up finishes. Saluki student-athletes earned all-MVC honors on 65 occasions. He also coached 25 NCAA regional qualifiers and one NCAA national qualifier. He helped the Southern Illinois women wins MVC outdoor crowns in 2009 and 2010.  Prior to his arrival at Southern Illinois, Turner spent two years (2004-05) at Proviso East High School (Maywood, Ill.) as an assistant coach in the sprints and horizontal jumps. While at Proviso East he coached one junior national champion, three junior national qualifiers, two Illinois High School Association state champions, three all-state honorees and six sectional champions. Three of his athletes from the 2004 squad earned Division I track scholarships. Before taking the job Proviso East, Turner assisted triple jumper Kamau Sullivan in qualifying for the USATF Nationals in 1993 and 1994, as a member of the Nike Indiana Track Club.  An accomplished student-athlete in his own right, Turner knows a few things about performing for a high-caliber program. A 1992 graduate of Indiana University, Turner was a three-time All-American for the Hoosiers. He won five Big Ten titles (two long jump, two 400 meters and one 4x400 relay) and was a three-time team captain while leading Indiana to five consecutive Big Ten Conference team crowns. In 1991, he captured the NCAA indoor long jump title and was runner-up at the NCAA outdoor championships that same year. He also qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 400 meters and 4x100 relay. More than 20 years since accomplishing that feat, Turner still holds the Indiana record in the outdoor long jump. Outside of collegiate competition, Turner finished in the top eight in the long jump at the USA Outdoor Championships four times. He was a member of five U.S. National teams and won the gold medal at the 1991 World University Games in the long jump.  Alan Turner Position: Head Coach Alma Mater: Indiana '92 Position: Head Coach Alma Mater: Indiana '92

Sparks' area of concentration with the Fighting Irish will be guiding the womens cross country program, as well as coaching Notre Dame distance runners throughout the indoor and outdoor track seasons. His second season at Notre Dame, Sparks was able to help coach Molly Seidel to another spectacular year. She added to her national championship tally as she went on to win not only the NCAA Cross Country Championship, but also NCAA titles in the indoor 3,000m and indoor 5,000m. Seidel also won the ACC Championship in cross country as well as the Great Lakes Regional. She continued her success in the indoor season and won ACC Championship titles in the 3,000m and 5,000m races.  Sparks was able to build exceptional depth with the newcomers on the team, with Anna Rohrer headlining that class. Under his direction, the women were able to get a third-place finish at the 2015 ACC Championships. At regionals, the team was able to get an automatic bid after the Irishs performance landed them in second-place. Seidels and Rohrers performances at the NCAA Championships, elevated the team to an eighth-place finish. The mens team was highlighted by the individual performance of Michael Clevenger that led him to the NCAA Championships, where he placed 38 out of 254 runners. The team was able to improve upon last years showing, where they placed sixth in the ACC Championships and fourth in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional. In his first season at Notre Dame, Sparks coached Molly Seidel through a standout junior campaign in both cross country and track and field. To headline her many accomplishments, Seidel secured a national championship in the 10,000-meter run at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The national title complemented her All-America performance at the NCAA indoor championships and All-America standing at the 2014 NCAA Cross Country Championships. Along with Seidels individual achievements, Sparks led the Notre Dame womens cross country team to a fifth-place finish at the 2014 ACC Championships. The team went on to earn an at-large selection to the NCAA championships after placing sixth at the 2014 NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships. Ultimately, the Irish women claimed 29th at the NCAA championships. The mens cross country season was highlighted by a NCAA individual qualification for then junior Michael Clevenger. The Irish men supplemented Clevengers performance with a seventh-place showing at the ACC championships and sixth-place finish at the Great Lakes regional.  The track and field season concluded with a womens team garnering its highest finish in program history at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, placing 13th overall. The previous high for the Irish came in 1999 when the team earned 17th place. Clevenger put together a performance to note, leading the Notre Dame mens distance core and picking up second team All-America recognition in the 5,000 meters. Sparks left Southern Illinois as its winningest cross country coach, with six Missouri Valley Conference crowns--men's titles in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2012 and 2013 and a women's title in 2013 (the first for the Saluki women in 21 seasons). He began his tenure in Carbondale, Ill. during the 2002-03 campaign and specialized in coaching cross country, middle-distance and distance events.  Across both cross country and track he coached 51 MVC event champions, 140 all-MVC performers, 127 MVC scholar-athletes and 10 NCAA event finals qualifiers. The MVC named Sparks its cross country coach of the year in 2007, 2008, 2012 and 2013. He coached eight teams to NCAA championship top-25 finishes, including the 2010 Saluki women's team that claimed ninth place at the outdoor national championships.  Sparks tutored five MVC most valuable track athletes and four MVC cross country athletes of the year. He has seen at least one Southern Illinois athlete in every distance event qualify for the NCAA regional meet. In addition to working with two cross country All-Americans at Southern Illinois, he coached two outdoor track Second Team All-Americans and 10 USA Track & Field Junior All-Americans. He produced one USATF Junior National Champion, a World Junior competitor and a Pan American Junior competitor.  Sparks coached 11 cross country teams at Southern Illinois that earned national academic honors. His 2003 Saluki women's squad (3.61) and his 2010 men's squad (3.6) had the second-highest grade-point averages in the nation.  "Matt gets the most out of his athletes. He's proven that year after year," Notre Dame track and field head coach Alan Turner said. "He is going to be great one on one with his athletes, both personally and as far as putting together great training programs. Whatever is ailing them, physically or mentally, he's going to solve it to get the most out of them. In addition, he has proven himself to be a tireless recruiter. Matt very much wants to be here at Notre Dame. I'm confident people down the line are going to say, `He was a great addition to the staff.'"  Turner and Sparks are hardly strangers. They previously spent five years together (2005-06 to 2009-10) as assistant coaches on the Southern Illinois staff.  At Southern Illinois, Sparks spent his first two seasons as the women's cross country coach and women's distance coach in track until the men's and women's programs combined in 2004. Since that time, he has served as cross country coach and distance coach for both the men and women.  Prior to his tenure at Southern Illinois, Sparks spent two years (2000-01 and 2001-02) as an assistant track and field coach at Ohio State, where he handled women's cross country and women's distance runners. He previously served three years (1997-98 to 1999-2000) on the Indiana University track and field staff, working as a volunteer assistant, graduate assistant and then an assistant coach--while also handling duties as executive director of the Indiana Track Club, the largest track club in the state.  A standout student-athlete at Indiana, Sparks competed in cross country and ran the 3,000m, 5,000m and 10,000m events as well as the marathon. He served as the Hoosier team captain in cross country as both a junior and senior in 1995 and 1996, as well as in track and field as a senior in 1997. Indiana selected him as its 1996 cross country MVP, and he helped the Hoosier distance-medley relay squad finish as the 1994 Big Ten Conference runner-up. At the high school level, Sparks six times won all-state recognition in cross country and track and field at Noblesville (Ind.) High School. Three times he claimed top-five finishes in the Indiana state high school cross country meet.  Originally from Noblesville, Sparks is a 1997 Indiana graduate with a degree in science education. He also earned a master's degree from Indiana in 1999 in applied sports sciences.  Sparks and his wife Emily are parents of a son, Samuel, and a daughter, Eliza. Matt Sparks Position: Associate Head Coach - Cross Country/Distance Alma Mater: Indiana '97 Position: Associate Head Coach - Cross Country/Distance Alma Mater: Indiana '97

Beltran has helped oversee 25 all-BIG EAST performers and NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifiers between men's and women's shot put, discus, hammer throw and weight throw, and for the throw events in the men's heptathlon and decathlon and the women's pentathlon and heptathlon. Included in the 25 are six throwing champions and 15 multi-event all-BIG EAST performers. In 2013, Emily Morris (Shot Put) earned all-BIG EAST honors at the outdoor meet, while Ted Glasnow (Heptathlon, Decathlon) and Carly Loeffel (Pentathlon, Heptathlon) earned all-BIG EAST honors, with Glasnow taking home the decathlon crown, during both the indoor and outdoor seasons. Loeffel went on to earn second team All-America accolades at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. A year earlier, senior Andrew Hills won the hammer throw at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championship, while Andrew Brock (shot put) and Anthony Thomas (discus) earned all-BIG EAST accolades. During the indoor season, Maddie Buttinger (pentathlon) earned an all-BIG EAST citation before placing third and earning All-America accolades at the NCAA Indoor Championships. 2011 saw John Belcher win the hammer throw at the outdoor championships, while teammate Greg Davis finished third. Buttinger took second in the heptathlon on the women's side. During the indoor season, Davis finished second in the weight throw and Denes Veres took third in the shot put. In 2010, four student-athletes earned all-BIG EAST honors under Beltran's watch, including a pair of throwers and two multi-event athletes. Denes Veres took home all-league accolades in the shot put at the indoor championship, while John Belcher took home the BIG EAST title in the hammer throw at the outdoor championship. In addition, Beltran's efforts helped multi-event athletes Justin Schneider and Maddie Buttinger earn all-BIG EAST accolades. Schneider earned all-BIG EAST honors in the heptathlon, where he claimed first, and in the decathlon, where he finished second. Buttinger picked-up all-league honors at the outdoor championships and earned a 20th place finish at the NCAA Championships. The 2009-10 season saw Beltran mentor Veres to all-BIG EAST honors in shot put, the fourth such honor of Veres' career. Greg Davis and Mitchell Gromley also received all-conference accolades in the hammer throws. All told, the Irish sent nine throwers (men's and women's) to NCAA regionals, while Veres, Jaclyn Espinoza and Elise Knutzen advanced to the NCAA Championships. It marked the fourth straight appearance at NCAAs for Espinoza, the first time a Notre Dame woman qualified for the season's final meet in program history. Knutzen became the first javelin thrower to advance to the championships, while Davis (weight throw), Atang (shot put) and Veres (shot put) all set school records. For his efforts, Beltran was named the Great Lakes Regional Assistant Coach of the Year. Beltran helped Espinoza earn an All-America honor in the discus with a third-place finish at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championships, as well as the BIG EAST outdoor meet. Jeff Mensch also became a BIG EAST champion in the hammer throw. Seven Irish throwers qualified for the NCAA regional meet, while six Notre Dame student-athletes earned all-BIG EAST honors during the 2008-09 season. Beltran guided the Irish throwers to seven all-BIG EAST honors in 2008, including Brandon Drenon's first BIG EAST outdoor title in the discus. Six of Beltran's athletes qualified for the NCAA Mideast Regionals. Alyissa Hasan earned all-BIG EAST and All-America honors in the pentathlon. She also garnered all-conference honors for her heptathlon performance at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships. Espinoza finished 25th in the discus at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Prior to joining the Notre Dame staff, Beltran was on the track and field staff at Saint Francis (Pa.) University where he worked with the Red Flash throwers and oversaw the program's recruiting efforts. Under his tutelage, 20 St. Francis student-athletes won Northeast Conference (NEC) titles in the men's and women's weight throw, javelin, hammer throw, discus and women's shot put. During his tenure at St. Francis, Beltran watched 17 Red Flash throwing records fall in the men's and women's indoor shot put, discus, javelin, women's outdoor shot put and the men's hammer and weight throws. In 2007, Lisa Morse earned the Outstanding Field Performer award at the NEC Outdoor Championships, while Dian Gmiter went on to win the same award at the indoor league meet. Before his stint at St. Francis, Beltran served as an assistant coach at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He worked with throwers and coached athletes to Mid-Continent Conference titles in the shot put and the javelin. Nine of his athletes went on to break school track and field records under his watch. A 1999 graduate of UMKC, the Austin, Texas native earned his bachelor of liberal arts degree with an emphasis in American studies and a minor in black studies/cultural anthropology. He has earned USA Track and Field Level I and Level II certifications. Track & Field Home   Email this article   Printer-friendly format Position: Assistant Coach - Throws Alma Mater: Missouri-Kansas City '99

Jones focuses on sprints and jumps events for the Irish. In the 2016 track season, Jones ended up with a couple of All-American performances from the sprints and hurdles. Senior Margaret Bamgbose was All-ACC and All-American in the indoor 400m and she was All-ACC in the outdoor 400m and 200m. Bamgbose recorded PRs of 23.34 in the 200m and 51.11 in the 400m. In the hurdles, senior Kaila Barber broke the school record in the 60m hurdles (8.05), All-ACC (60m Hurdles, 100m Hurdles, 400m Hurdles) and All-American (60m Hurdles). She was the ACC Outdoor Champion in the 100m hurdles (12.92) and 400m hurdles (56.81). Barbers PRs included 12.91 in the 100H and 55.53 in the 400H. Jones made an immediate impact in her first season in 2015. Irish senior Jade Barber finished fourth in the 100H at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (12.85), tallying her ninth All-America honor. Junior Margaret Bamgbose placed sixth in the 400H (52.13) and earned her eighth career All-America honor. Barber won her second ACC Championship with a time of 13.13 in the 100H and was named Second Team All-ACC. Jones left a Jackson State program (cross country, indoor track and outdoor track) that achieved a perfect score of 1000 in the Academic Performance Rate for three straight seasons (2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14), while the cross country squad earned the honor for the fourth straight year in 2014. The Tigers saw their cumulative GPA climb each year under Jones, rising from 2.778 in 2011 to 3.25 after the fall 2013 semester. She oversaw a third-place finish in the Southwestern Athletic Conference for the cross country team in 2013, while coaching two-time SWAC outdoor discus champion Sharonda Bryant and sprinter Raina Sanders, who claimed SWAC outdoor titles in the 200 and 400 meters. Prior to working at Jackson State, Jones spent nearly two years as an assistant coach with the girls' track and field team at Warren Central High School in Indianapolis while working toward her master's degree in Applied Management from Indiana Wesleyan University. At Warren Central, Jones coached the 100 and 200 meter sprint groups, as well as the 4x100 meter relay. She is currently working toward a second master's in Organizational Leadership from Indiana Wesleyan. During the 2010-11 season, Jones directly coached five state championship qualifiers, including Shannon Parker, who placed fifth in the state in the 100 meters, and Brionna Harrison, who placed ninth in the same event. The previous year, five of Jones' charges made the state meet, with the 4x100 relay team of Harrison, Parker, Latisha Martin and Alex Rowe claiming second in the state. Parker placed fifth in the 200 meter dash and sixth in the 100 meter dash. Jones guided the women's program at Chicago State between 2006 and 2009, where she helped the Cougars reestablish the program. She worked to help her student-athletes improve their personal best times and jumps, and also coached the men jumpers between 2006 and 2008. During the 2007 and 2008 cross country seasons, Jones helped her athletes shave five to nine minutes off their personal bests. The Cougars also saw Stephon Harden qualify for the 2008 NCAA Midwest Regional Outdoor Championships in the long jump under the guidance of Jones. She also spent one year as an assistant on the staff at Jacksonville State, where veteran head coach Steve Ray tutored her. While Jones was with the Gamecocks, the team won its first indoor meet in school history; hosted its first two outdoor home meets, winning both; and placed second at the 2006 Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships, an improvement from 2005's sixth-place finish. The Gamecocks boasted the 2006 OVC Female Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year, Eboni Matthews, and Jones was directly responsible for recruiting 10 of 12 signees for the 2006-07 year. A standout athlete in her own right, Jones was an 11-time All American at North Central College (Naperville, Illinois) and a three-time NCAA Division-III National Champion. As a senior in 1999, she claimed the indoor and outdoor long jump titles, as well as a title in the 4x400 meter indoor relay. Jones holds school records in outdoor long jump, the outdoor 4x100 meter relay and the 4x400 meter indoor relay. Jones earned seven College Conferences of Illinois & Wisconsin championships, including three straight CCIW long jump titles from 1997-99. She graduated in 1999 with a BA in Marketing and minors in computer science and communication. In 2000, she joined the Indiana Invaders, an Amateur Elite Track & Field Club, where she spent five years competing, as well as mentoring and coaching high school and college-aged student-athletes. Pristina Jones Position: Assistant Coach - Sprints Position: Assistant Coach - Sprints

Garnham is responsible for coaching all horizontal and vertical jumps events as well as coordinating the combined events. During his eight years with the program, Garnham has helped coach All-Americans, NCAA qualifiers, conference champions, all-conference honorees, school record-holders and Olympic hopefuls. Among the standouts include six-time BIG EAST pole vault champion and two-time All-American Kevin Schipper, three-time BIG EAST pole vault champion Matt Schipper, two-time BIG EAST pole vault champion and two-time All-American Mary Saxer, two-time All-American Maddie Buttinger, All-American heptathlete Carly Loeffel, and most recently, All-American pole vaulter Nate Richartz. During the 2016 track season, Garnham was able to lead junior pole vaulter Nate Richartz to another successful season, as this time he was able to break the school record for the indoor pole vault (5.46m), win the pole vault at the ACC Indoor Championships, and place eighth at NCAA Indoor Championships. Garnham also had a strong freshman performer in the high jump this year, as Matthew Birzer was able to set the third-best height in school history (2.16m) in indoor. Birzer finished second at the ACC Indoor and Outdoor Championships in the high jump, earning him All-ACC honors. In the multi-events, Garnham coached seniors Brent Swanberg (Heptathlon, Decathlon) and Carly Loeffel (Pentathlon, Heptathlon) to All-ACC performances. In 2015, Garnham helped guide sophomore pole vaulter Nate Richartz to his first NCAA Outdoor Championships and his first All-American certificate. Additionally, he coached senior Mary-Esther Gourdin to an NCAA East Regional berth and All-ACC accolades, while senior Carly Loeffel earned her first All-ACC honors at the ACC Outdoor Championships by finishing third in the heptathlon. Loeffel, who scored 5,501 points in the event, now ranks second on the all-time Notre Dame performance list. During the indoor season, Gourdin toppled a 12-year-old record in the triple jump and earned All-ACC recognition, while junior Brent Swanberg also finished the season as an All-ACC honoree by finishing fifth in the heptathlon and moving into third on the Irish performance list. The 2014 season ended with Senior Logan Renwick earning his first Capital One Academic All-American Certificate.  Renwick competed in both the long jump and triple jump at the NCAA East Regional Championships along with teammates Keith Mesidor (long jump) and Gourdin (triple jump). Renwick amassed 60 conference championship (BIG EAST/ACC) points during his career, captured a BIG EAST triple jump title and qualified for five individual events at the NCAA East Regional throughout his four-year career. All three jumpers, Renwick, Mesidor and Gourdin earned All-ACC honors during the ACC Outdoor Championship. During the indoor season, junior Ted Glasnow earned All-ACC honors by placing third in the heptathlon; his score moved him up to second all-time in the Notre Dame record book.   In 2013, Garnham mentored BIG EAST heptathlon champion Ted Glasnow and all-BIG EAST performers Carly Loeffel (Heptathlon), Glasnow (Decathlon), Logan Renwick (Long Jump), Ann Polcari (Pole Vault) and Loeffel (Pentathlon). During the outdoor season, Loeffel garnered second team All-America honors in the heptathlon after placing 15th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.  In 2012, Garnham and his student-athletes turned in a standout season, as Kevin Schipper won both indoor and outdoor BIG EAST pole vault crowns for the third year in a row and was named an NCAA Indoor All-American after finishing fourth at the national indoor meet. He also earned a spot at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the event. Maddie Buttinger also turned in a strong year, finishing second at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships in the pentathlon, and then finishing third in the pentathlon at the NCAA Indoor Champions for All-America recognition. At the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships, Logan Renwick won the triple jump title, while decathlete Ted Glasnow earned all-BIG EAST honors with a third-place showing.  Kevin Schipper won two more BIG EAST pole vault titles in 2011, while Justin Schneider earned all-BIG EAST honors in the heptathlon at the indoor meet. Buttinger earned a spot at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the heptathlon, finishing 12th in the event.  In 2010, Garnham mentored BIG EAST indoor champions Eric Quick (triple jump) and Schneider (heptathlon) and indoor and outdoor pole vault champion Kevin Schipper. Schipper went on to become an outdoor All-American in the event. Schneider (decathlon), Quick (long jump) and Buttinger (heptathlon) took second at the BIG EAST outdoor meet to earn all-BIG EAST honors. Buttinger later went on to compete in her first NCAA Outdoor Championships. Quick also earned a spot at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the triple jump, marking the first time a Notre Dame athlete had advanced to nationals in the event.  In Garnham's first year with the program, the Irish swept the BIG EAST pole vault titles as Matt Schipper and Mary Saxer each won both the indoor and outdoor pole vault crowns. Saxer went on to earn All-America honors at both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships, while Schipper advanced to both the indoor and outdoor nationals. Schneider turned in a runner-up finish in the decathlon to earn all-BIG EAST honors, before advancing to the NCAA Outdoor Championships during the outdoor season, while Buttinger finished third in the conference in the pentathlon during the indoor season and second in the heptathlon during the outdoor season. Kevin Schipper also earned his first all-BIG EAST scroll, with a second-place showing at the league's indoor meet.  In seven years at Notre Dame, Garnham has seen his student-athletes earn eight All-America certificates, 13 NCAA qualifications, 25 NCAA East Regional qualifications, 14 BIG EAST titles, 41 all-conference (BIG EAST/ACC) scrolls, eight school records and one Capital One Academic All-America honor. Garnham joined the Irish staff after a three-year stint as the field events coach at the University of Tulsa. During his tenure, he coached an NCAA qualifier in the shot put, a USATF indoor shot put qualifier, 17 NCAA Midwest Regional qualifiers, four Conference USA champions and 20 All-C-USA athletes. His student-athletes also set 18 school records at Tulsa.  Prior to Tulsa, Garnham served five years as an assistant track & field coach at the University at Buffalo, where he worked with multi-event athletes, javelin throwers and hurdlers. He coached a USATF indoor heptathlon qualifier, a Canadian Olympic trials qualifier in the women's heptathlon, two NCAA qualifiers, four NCAA East Regional qualifiers and five Mid-American Conference champions. Garnham earned his bachelor's degree in history from Kent State in 1998. He and his wife, Kelly, reside in South Bend. Jim Garnham Position: Assistant Coach - Jumps Position: Assistant Coach - Jumps