University of South Florida Men's Track

Bye was tabbed the interim head coach before being formally named to the head coach position on July 12, 2006. Individually, Bye works with the women's sprinters and relays, the men's and women's hurdlers, and the combined events.   During his head coaching tenure, Bye has mentored USF athletes to two U.S. Junior National Championships, one U.S. Olympic Trials final, three All-America honors, eight BIG EAST titles, 31 individual and three relay All-BIG EAST performances, 11 NCAA Championship appearances and 46 NCAA Prelim (formally NCAA Regional) appearances. The back-to-back U.S. Junior National Championships in 2009 (Casey Wagner, javelin) and 2010 (Neamen Wise, decathlon) were the first two junior national titles ever won by a USF student-athlete since the program's first full season in 1992. Wagner went on to place fifth at the 2009 Junior Pan Am Games following her U.S. junior national title, while Wise took 12th at the IAAF World Junior Championships in 2010. In addition, USF athletes have continually qualified for BIG EAST championships, set school records and posted top-5 all-time performances during his tenure. A total of 20 school records between men's and women's outdoor track and field and women's indoor track and field have been set during Bye's head coaching stint. For men's outdoor track and field alone, 40 performances have landed USF student-athletes on the top-5 all-time list during Bye's first four years at the helm of the program. In 2010, the men's sprinters posted six of the top-5 fastest times ever at USF in the 100, 200 and 400 meters combined. Indoors, Reshaw Exilien (400 meters), Lindsey Lamar (60 meters) and the 4x400 relay all took third at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships, while the 4x100 relay took third at the outdoor conference meet to earn all-conference honors. The biggest highlight of the season along with Wise's U.S. junior national title, though, was sophomore David Aristil, who won the BIG EAST title in the 400 hurdles before going on to earn All-America status and take fifth at the NCAA Championships. He followed that up with an eighth-place showing at the USA Senior National Championships to cap a remarkable season. Bye also directed coached senior Yvana Hepburn to 20th place in the 100 hurdles at the NCAA East Prelim. Hepburn had her best season to date in 2010 when she posted the second-fastest time ever at USF in 13.40 seconds and took second at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships. During his tenure, Bye's teams have also improved their standing in the BIG EAST Conference. In the first four years, the women's team has gone from 16th place in 2007 at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships to 11th, 10th and finally seventh in 2010. Indoors, the Bulls have gone from 15th in 2007 to 10th in 2010. The men have been equally as impressive at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships, finishing eighth Bye's first year before placing seventh the next two years. With several key members of the team not at 100 percent, the men's track and field team still managed a respectable eighth-place finish in 2010. Bye's teams have also done well in the classroom, as both the women's track and field team and the cross country team have earned USTFCCCA Division I All-Academic team honors the last three years. In taking the award that first year, the 2007 women's cross country team also had the nation's highest GPA. In the spring of 2010, members of the men's cross country team joined their brethren when they too earned all-academic team honors. During the past three seasons, USF has also had 12 track athletes named to the individual Division I All-Academic team by the USTFCCCA, including six in 2010 alone. In addition to his solid coaching background, Bye's experience in facility development at previous stops at Louisville and Indiana proved instrumental as USF embarked on a $2.79 million upgrade on the outdoor soccer/track and field facility located a stone's throw away from the USF Athletic Building. That project was completed in Sept. 2008. The upgrades included the addition of a Mondotrack surface, known to be the fastest, most durable and safest track surfaces in the world today and the same style that was used in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. USF became the fourth university in the country at the time to install the surface. Other improvements made to the facility during that construction under Bye's guidance included new runways for the javelin, long jump, triple jump and pole vault, new and improved areas for the high jump and throws, and an eight-lane, 400-meter track that features 48-inch lanes, a six-inch increase from the former design. That construction also included new lights and a new scoreboard capable of showing live results after a race. Bye was a key member of the staff that helped organize the very first USF/Steinbrenner Invitational, a high school meet held at USF in March 2010 that had fans, coaches and athletes raving about the USF track and field facility. Some called it one of the best high school meets ever held on Florida's west coast, wrote Bill Ward in the Tampa Tribune. Prior to being named head coach, Bye served two years with the Bulls as an assistant coach, specializing in horizontal jumps and combined events. With Bye's help, the Bulls had seven athletes qualify in eight events for the 2006 NCAA East Regional, as well as three advance to the national meet in Sacramento, Calif. In addition to managing USF's home meets, Bye also worked as an EXCEL counselor in USF's Academic Services. Bye came to USF from the University of Louisville, where he was the women's cross country and track and field head coach from 2002-04. In addition to training NCAA qualifiers and conference champions at Louisville, he was recognized for three straight years by the NCAA for the team's grade point average. Bye began his six-year tenure at Louisville in 1998 as an assistant coach, focusing on sprints, hurdles, jumps and combined events. He guided the Cardinals to their highest point totals ever at both the indoor and outdoor Conference USA Championships in 2002. Louisville's fifth-place showing at the outdoor meet equaled the highest finish by the Cards in 12 years. Prior to that, he was the sprint, hurdles, jumps and combined-event coach for both the men's and women's teams. In just five short years while at the University of Louisville, Bye was involved in more than 40 of the team's indoor and outdoor school records. In three years as head coach, Bye had six individual Conference USA champions and 20 athletes finish among the top three at the indoor and outdoor conference meets. Bye coached six NCAA Mid-East Regional qualifiers in two years and one NCAA qualifier in the high jump. In the classroom at Louisville, the women's program placed an astounding 25 of 30 student-athletes on the Spring Athletic Director's honor roll for maintaining a 3.0 grade point average for the semester. The program maintained its highest two-year GPA (3.24 in 2001-02; 3.29 in 2002-03) since those records were first kept in 1988-89. Bye's coaching experience extends to his alma mater, Indiana University, where he was a volunteer assistant from 1996-98. During that same period, he was Executive Director of the Indiana Track Club in Bloomington, Ind. Under his guidance, the club's membership increased from 70 to 250 members in just one season. Also at IU, he worked with legendary coach Sam Bell, who developed numerous Olympic athletes and is an inspiration to Bye. "Warren is perceptive, cares about kids and is very knowledgeable about the sport," said Bell, now retired. "His mind is like a sponge when it comes to absorbing information on how to make improvements. He is an exceptional coaching talent who has a bright future in the sport of track and field." In all, Bye has more than 20 years of coaching experience, with 20010-11 marking his 15th year at the NCAA Division I level. He is well versed in the technical events after training as a former decathlete who specialized in the jumps and hurdles. Bye earned a bachelor of science in kinesiology-teaching (K-12) in 2000 from Indiana. He landed at Indiana after a successful high school career at Crawford County High in Marengo, Ind.

Reif's leadership in 2015, Michael Babinec, Catherine Blaney and Leandra Munson all earned all-conference honors in cross country, the first such honors in 11 years. Babinec also earned all-region honors with a 20th place at the NCAA South Region meet. Reif's second year with the Bulls in 2009-10 saw sophomore Nicole Rozario explode onto the scene in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Rozario set the school record in the second meet of the season, and didn't slow down from there, eventually landing at the NCAA Championships. In doing so, Rozario became the first female athlete at USF to earn a spot at the NCAA Championships in the steeplechase. That followed a fifth-place showing at both the NCAA East Prelim and the BIG EAST Championships. The indoor campaign saw the both the men's and women's DMR take sixth at the BIG EAST Championships, while sophomore Allie Prendergast set the outdoor school record in the 3,000 meters. The women's cross country team took 12th at the BIG EAST Championships in 2009, while the men finished 13th. Sophomore Nicole Rozario took 43rd individually at the championship meet, the second-highest finish ever for a cross country runner - men or women - in five years in the BIG EAST. The women also had their highest finish in five years at the NCAA South Regional with a 12th-place finish there as well. In addition, the women's cross country team earned its third-straight USTFCCCA Division I All-Academic team honor following the 2009 season, while the men were also named an all-academic squad. During her first season as the assistant coach in charge of cross country, Reif led the women's team to several outstanding performances in 2008, including a first-place finish at both the UCF Black and Gold Challenge and the FSU Invitational, as well as a second-place finish at the Mountain Dew Invite and a third-place mark at the Disney Invitational. Reif also led the women to 10th at the BIG EAST Championships and 14th at the NCAA Regional at Knoxville, Tenn. During the 2008-09 track and field season, freshman Allie Prendergast qualified for the U.S. Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 3,000 meters, placing eighth overall, one of four USF athletes to compete at the championships. The Memphis native moved from her hometown to Tampa to join the USF staff prior to the 2008-09 season after serving as the boys track coach during the 2007-08 school year at Memphis Catholic High School. Reif's impressive resume was recognized by Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), where she spent four years from 2002 until 2006 as the women's head track and field/cross country coach. She was recognized in 2005 as the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Track Coach of the Year for the women's outdoor season. Reif's squad took second at the conference meet that year, its highest finish ever, while one of her athletes, Cheri Manning, was named MVP of the meet. The track team's outstanding performance during the 2005 outdoor season followed a successful run by the women's cross country team in 2004, as the women also accomplished their highest finish ever, a second-place showing at the conference meet. Reif's coaching performance at VCU is still in effect today, as a total of 20 school records at VCU are held by athletes whom Reif mentored during her time with the Rams. Reif arrived at VCU after a five-year stint at the University of Southern Mississippi, where she worked with the cross country and track and field teams from 1997-2002. She was hired before the 1997 fall season, serving as the assistant men's and women's cross country/track and field coach from 1997-99. Reif was then named the head men's and women's cross country coach and held that title from 1999-2002 in addition to her assistant coaching duties with the track team. In didn't take long for Reif to make an impact with the Golden Eagles, as she was named the men's 1997 Conference USA Cross Country Coach of the Year in her first year with the program. Two years later, the men's squad won both the Conference USA title and the NCAA South Regional Championship. Four of her athletes were named all-Conference after finishing first, second, fourth and eighth at the championship meet, while Paul Kemei was tabbed the conference MVP. In addition, Golden Eagle runners earned five athlete of the week honors during the regular season. Then, in 2001, Janet Rono qualified for the NCAA Championships after finishing third at regionals, the first time in USM history a woman cross country runner earned a chance to compete at nationals. Reif's duties at USM also included recruiting coordinator, travel, equipment, scheduling and practice implementation. Before her time at Southern Miss, Reif was a volunteer and then a graduate assistant coach at her alma mater, the University of Memphis. Reif began her time with the Tigers as a volunteer assistant women's distance coach during the 1995 indoor and outdoor seasons. She was then named a graduate assistant coach, serving as the head women's cross country coach and the assistant women's track and field coach from 1995-97. In addition to her coaching responsibilities, Reif's duties at Memphis, Southern Miss and Virginia Commonwealth included recruiting coordinator, travel, scheduling, equipment and practice planning. Reif's collegiate coaching experience began back to 1994, when she first worked at Purdue as a volunteer women's cross country coach during the 1994 fall season. Reif earned a bachelor of science degree in education (exercise and sport science) from Memphis in Aug. 1994. Reif has an 11-year old daughter, Brooke.

Otey, a three-time All-American at the University of Virginia, coaches the Bulls in mens and womens sprints, horizontal jumps and high jump. At USF, Otey has coached the most decorated student-athlete in school history, Matthew O'Neal to All-America honors, twice indoors and twice outdoors, and school records in both the indoor and outdoor triple jump. O'Neal also finished fifth at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in 2016. In 2015, O'Neal accepted an invitation to compete internationally at the World University Games where he finished eighth. She helped O'Neal to three conference titles in the triple jump and in 2015, coached Kevin Bell to an indoor conference title in the long jump.  Otey came to USF after four seasons as an assistant coach at UAB where she worked with the jumpers and multi-event athletes. The New Kent, Va., native became a professional athlete in 2003 and most recently participated in the 2004 and 2008 Olympic trials. Following a successful athletic career at Virginia from 1999-2003, Otey served as a volunteer assistant coach for the Cavaliers during the 2003-04 season. While at Virginia, Otey was a six-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference performer and a two-time ACC champion in the long jump. She holds the current ACC outdoor long jump record (6.54 meters/21-5.50) and the Virginia indoor 60-meter record (7.37). She ranks second in school history in the 100-meter, 200-meter and long jump events. In 2003, Otey became a USA Indoor Track and Field champion in the indoor long jump with a leap of 6.33 meters (20-9.25). Otey graduated from Virginia in 2003 with a degree in sociology. A New Kent high School alum, she still holds six school records, three state records and won the state championship in 1999.

Rouser helped Dwight Davis become an NCAA qualifier in the 400m dash. An Olympic gold medalist and five-time All-American, Rouser previously served as the head coach for nearby Zephyrhills High School from 2009-2012. As a professional athlete, Rouser specialized in the 400m. At the 1993 World Indoor Championships he finished sixth in the 400m and won a gold medal in the 4x400m relay. He won another relay gold medal at the 1997 World Indoor Championships. At the 1996 Olympic Games, Rouser ran the second leg in a personal best time of 44.22 seconds for the American relay team that later won the final and thus awarded a gold medal. Rouser graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1994 as an 11-time Big Eight Conference Champion and a five-time All-American. Among his many accomplishments, Rouser was the NCAA runner-up in 1991 for the indoor 400m, the indoor runner-up in the 400m at the 1993 USATF Indoor Championships and the outdoor runner-up in the 400m at the 1994 USATF Outdoor Championships. Rouser currently owns and operates his own company called, GOALWorks, which he started in 2004. GOALWorks helps to develop athletes in many different sports.

Colyer's prior track and field experience spans more than 10 years, both professionally and as an all-America student-athlete, and includes numerous top performances by both him and the athletes he has mentored along the way. With Colyer's coaching, Devin Screen scored 22 points at the American Outdoor Championships in 2016 including the discus title. Screen also was an NCAA qualifier in the discus for the second time in as many years competing. Also that year, Bernicia Holifield became an NCAA qualifier in the hammer throw in her first season with the Bulls. The 2010 campaign saw Colyer's athletes continue to excel on the field, as sophomores Casey Wagner, Lauren Noe, Sarah Canter and Jared Thomas and senior Tyler Perkins each qualified for the NCAA East Prelim. Wagner and Thomas went on to compete at the NCAA Championships, two of USF's four total NCAA qualifiers. Wagner became the first javelin thrower at USF - men or women - to qualify for the championships, while Thomas became the first USF thrower (discus, shot put, hammer, javelin) on the men's side to earn a spot at the Championships. Both also extended their school records set during their freshman campaigns on three different occasions during the 2010 season, as Wagner threw 155-8 in the javelin at the East Prelim while Thomas threw 193-6 at the FSU Relays. Thomas finished the 2010 season ninth in the nation in the discus with that record-setting throw. Perkins finished his career second all-time in the discus behind Thomas after a PR of 176-8 in 2010. Canter and Noe moved up to third all-time in the javelin (143-1) and hammer (179-3), respectively, while sophomore Atasha Warren posted the fourth-best hammer throw ever at USF with a toss of 167-0. Since Colyer has taken over as the throws coach, 15 total performances have landed USF student-athletes, both men and women, on the top-5 all-time list for the javelin, hammer, shot put and discus. Noe and Wagner also earned a spot on the 2010 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team, with Wagner taking home the honor for the second year in a row. Throughout the 2009 season, Colyer coached perhaps the finest group of freshmen throwers in school history. Both Wagner and Thomas set school records in the javelin and discus, respectively, while qualifying for the U.S. Junior National Championships. Wagner went on to win the national championship, USF's first ever at the championships, while Thomas finished fifth at the meet. Colyer also coached rookie Noe to class records in the weight and the hammer, while Wagner, Thomas, Jara Cornett (javelin) and Perkins (discus) all qualified for the NCAA Regional, with Cornett and Perkins competing for the second year in a row. In 2008, Colyer coached Taylor Stallings to a 13th-place finish in the discus at the NCAA Championships along with three different qualifying marks for NCAA regionals in the shot put, discus and hammer. He also led Cornett and Perkins to the NCAA Regional, while Stallings and Perkins earned All-BIG EAST performances in the shot put and discus, respectively, with silver medals at the conference meet. All three carved their names on the top-5 all-time performance list at USF. Colyer made an immediate impact in his first year with the Bulls, as Perkins not only set a class record in the discus, but threw the third-best mark in school history. Grant Scelzi also threw the second-best mark in school annals in the javelin, breaking his previous personal best by 20 feet. During the 2007 season, all athletes Colyer coached earned personal best in their respective events, while Perkins and Scelzi posted all-Conference performances. A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Colyer remained with the team from 2003-06, first as a student-coach and later as an administrative assistant, where his main duties included team travel, equipment, team banquets, budgeting and supervising three team managers. While working at Tennessee, Colyer earned his Levels I and II USA Track and Field certifications and lent his expertise as an instructor at UT's All-American Track and Field Camp in 2004 and 2005. An all-American in the javelin at Tennessee, Colyer was a three-time letterwinner for the Volunteers and was elected a team captain prior to the squad winning the 2001 SEC and NCAA Outdoor Championships. Colyer's junior season saw him join the Tennessee elite when he earned All-SEC and All-America honors. His personal best of 225-10 in the javelin ranks seventh all time in school history. Colyer was also a two-time SEC All-Academic selection while at Tennessee. After a successful high school career at East Juniata High in Cocalamus, Pa., Colyer was recruited to throw for Wallace State Community College in Hanceville, Ala. It was there that Colyer made a name for himself, as he captured the national championship in the shot put and placed second in the javelin in his first college season in 1997, earning NJCAA All-America honors. Following his rookie campaign, Colyer was recruited to SEC powerhouse Tennessee to throw the javelin and shot put. Along with the collegiate ranks, Colyer's background also extends to coaching throwers at the high school and club levels. A native of McAlisterville, Pa., Colyer earned his bachelor's degree in sociology from Tennessee in the fall of 2001.

Marsh has coached seven All-Americans, 14 national qualifiers, 16 conference champions and 44 regional qualifiers. Most recently, Marsh coached David Shepherd to a 16th place finish in the pole vault at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships to earn Second Team All-America honors. Emily Clay and Winston Perry joined Shepherd as regional qualifiers. Both Clay and Shepherd were all-conference honorees during the indoor season. Under his guidance, high jumper Jimmy Baxter earned three All-America honors in four years highlighted by a third-place finish at the NCAA meet with a clearance of 7-5. In addition, pole vaulter Jonathan Miller won the Conference USA Championship for three-straight years while setting the conference and school record with a height of 17-4.5. He also coached freshman Megan Malone to a Conference USA indoor title in the pole vault with a height of 12-5.5 in 2005. In 2008, Marsh helped Denise VonEynatten to a Big East Indoor Championship and a place in the NCAA Indoor National Championship achieving All-America honors in the pole vault with a jump of 13-11.75. Also in 2008, Sean Young won the Big East Title in the event and advanced to the NCAA Outdoor finals with a clearance of 17-2.75. Marsh coached Dana Webb and Stephanie Duffy to the regional championship in the pole vault two straight years. VonEynatten returned to USF in 2011 and swept the Big East pole vault titles setting record in both while also breaking the USF record with a jump of 14-1.75. She also placed fifth at the NCAA Indoor Championship for her second All-America honor. She was joined by Duffy who cleared 13-6.25 outdoors to pick up All-American status. In 2013, he coached Drew Volz to a Big East Indoor Championship in the pole vault. Errol Blackmon cleared 7-1 and advanced to the NCAA Championships three times in four years while Michael Kursteiner made it to three-straight regional championships and Loutisha Hall set the USF record with a clearance of 5-10. In 2013, he coached Chase Meyers to a Big East Conference indoor title with a high jump of 7-1. Marsh was a member of the Conference-USA Coaching Staff of the Year in 2003 and remains an active community advocate for track and field, serving as a top official in four Special Olympics International Games. Prior to his position with the Bulls, Marsh spent three years (1995-97) as an assistant coach at Saginaw Valley State University and as an extremely successful high school coach in Michigan. During his time at SVSU, Marsh helped Cardinal athletes to several top finishes in the NCAA Division II Championships in the high jump, long jump, decathlon and 100 meters. In addition, he coached four All-Americans in the high jump, hurdles, pole vault and 400 meters. In 25 years at Flint Kearsley High School, he molded one of the premier track and field programs in the state, regularly winning conference, regional and state titles. He was named Michigans Track Coach of the Year in 1974, 1978 and 1992. He was also named Midwest Track Coach of the Year in 1992 and was a finalist for National Coach of the Year that same year. He became a member of the Michigan Coaches Hall of Fame in 1996, the Michigan Track Coaches Hall of Fame in 2006, the Michigan Sport Sages in 2011 and the Flint Kearsley High School Inaugural Hall of Fame in Michigan in 2014. Marsh was a high school state champion himself and a four-year letterwinner at Michigan State University where he ran the 400m. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and a Masters degree in administration from Central Michigan University. Marsh and his wife Betty have four children Jeff, David, Tim and Leigh Anne and five grandchildren.