Bryan Jackson
Head Cross Country/Track and Field Coach
Phone: 4109
Email:
jacksonbg@wofford.edu
Wofford College named Bryan Jackson as head coach of the men’s and women’s cross country and track and field programs on June 2, 2008. Jackson has spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach at Bowling Green State University.
Over the past two seasons at Bowling Green, Jackson has coached the men’s and women’s cross country teams and the women’s indoor and outdoor track and field teams. He has coached three athletes named to the Mid-American All-Conference team in cross country and several All-Ohio Champions.
He served as the meet director for the 2008 Mid-American Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship and also planned the 2006 NCAA Great Lakes Regional Cross Country Championship. In 2007 he was the director of the Bowling Green Summer Track and Field Camp.
As a student-athlete at Bowling Green, Jackson was a two-time letter winner and was team captain of the 2005 cross country team. In the two seasons, he finished in the top five for the team in every meet. He ran career best of 15:37- 5k, 26:37- 8k, and 32:19- 10k.
A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Jackson is a 2006 graduate of Bowling Green State University with a degree in business administration. In addition, he earned a Masters of Education in developmental kinesiology from Bowling Green in 2008. His thesis research centered on female collegiate cross country runners and how different types of foot posture affect muscle firing patterns and ground reaction forces.
He holds USA Track and Field Level I coaching certification and Level 2 certification in jumping events.
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