USF Track & Field Camps - University of Sioux Falls

University of Sioux Falls Track Camps

Coaching Staff

Gene Brooks
Head Track Coach

• 16 years coaching experience
• Coached male triple jumper to 6th place finish at 2007 NAIA Outdoor National Championships (48’8”)
• Has coached 26 NAIA All-Americans in the jumps/ vault
• Coached 10 NAIA National Championships in the jumps/vault
• 5-time national champion, 8-time All-American
• Inductee into Texas Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame, Concordia Athletic Hall of Fame, and NAIA Hall of Fame
• 1990 U.S. Nationals qualification
• Personal best 18’ 1/2”

Gene Brooks coached….
• Approximately 60 NAIA national qualifications in the vault since 1997
• 25 NAIA All-Americans in individual events 10 of which were National Champships from 1998-2006
• Coached indoor and outdoor GPAC conference record holders in pole vault for men and women
• Coached female athlete from 10’10” in high school to 12’6” in college; another from 10’ to 12’; male athlete from 12’9” in high school to 16’1” in college; another male athlete from 15’9” to 17’9”
• 16 years coaching experience
• Former 5-time national champion, 8- time All-American in the pole vault
• Qualified for the 1990 U.S. Nationals qualification, personal best of 18’1/2”
• Inductee into Texas Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame, Concordia Athletic Hall of Fame, and NAIA Hall of Fame
• Approximately 60 NAIA national qualifications in the vault since 1997

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Reid Ehrisman
Assistant Track Coach

• 6-time national qualifier

• 2004 GPAC conference champion
• Personal best 16’1”
Reid Ehrisman coached…
• Seven qualifications in the pole vault for the NAIA Indoor and Outdoor National meets in 2007
• A female vaulter to a new indoor school record of 12’6 in 2007
• Female vaulter to national runner–up at the 2007 NAIA Outdoor National Championships
• Two male vaulters to top five finishes at 2007 GPAC Indoor Championships- 2nd (15’5”) and 5th (14’6”)
• Three female vaulters to top four finishes at 2007 GPAC Indoor Championships-2nd (11’7”), 3rd (11’1), 4th (11’1”)

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Reid Johnson
Assistant Track Coach

• 2006 NAIA All-American in the triple jump with a personal best of 48’8”
• Holds USF’s indoor and outdoor triple jump school records
• Currently competing unattached in the 2009 indoor season and has a season best jump of 48’4”.
• Coached Jon Ryan to 23’2” in the long jump in 2008