Oklahoma State University Athletics
Track and Field Adds Decorated Coaches to Staff
October 03, 2016 | Cowboy Cross Country & Track, Cowgirl Cross Country & Track
STILLWATER – The Oklahoma State track and field program has added decorated sprints coach Giles McDonnell and throws and multis coach Josh Langley to its coaching staff for the 2016-17 season, director of track and field and cross country Dave Smith announced, Monday.
New OSU throws and multis coach Langley comes to Stillwater from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he was the assistant head coach, specializing in multi-events, javelin and pole vault, as well as the other throws.
Langley and his athletes were huge staples for the UNC program, earning 44.5 of the Tar Heel women's 62.5 points at the ACC Indoor Championships back in 2015.
2015 was a banner year for his multi-athletes as well, as he coached two athletes to three ACC titles in the women's pentathlon and heptathlon - breaking ACC and conference championship records in both - and the men's heptathlon.
For his coaching excellence in 2015, the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association recognized him as the Southeast Region's Women's Coach of the Year for the indoor season.
In his debut season with the Tar Heels, two of Langley's pupils earned All-America honors in the decathlon.
Prior to his time at UNC, Langley spent three seasons at Clemson and two at Gardner-Webb in Boiling Springs, North Carolina.
At Clemson, he coached the men's field events, all multi-events and the men's and women's pole vault. He had athletes qualify for the NCAA Championships in each year of his tenure, and one finish as the national runner-up and qualify for the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2008. Back in 2007, Langley received USTFCCCA honors for the first time as he was named the East Region's Coach of the Year.
Langley earned his master's degree in Sports Science – Pedagogy from Gardner-Webb in 2005 while he was an assistant coach for the Bulldogs and helped them to the 2006 Atlantic Sun Conference men's outdoor crown, with his men's throwers scoring 92 points.
He graduated from Western Carolina in 2003, where he was also a javelin thrower and a part of two conference titles.
McDonnell comes to OSU from Utah State where he spent a year and coached the Aggie-men's 4X400-meter relay team to All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships for the first time in school history. For his accomplishment, he was named the Mountain Region's Coach of the Year by the USTFCCCA.
Utah State's Parker Bluth had a successful season under McDonnell as he qualified for two individual events at the outdoor championships in the 100-and 200-meter dashes. He was one of the eight to qualify for the West Preliminary Rounds a season ago, and A.J. Boully got to Eugene in the 400-meter hurdles, the event that he won an MWC title in during the same season.
At the Mountain West Outdoor Championships, McDonnell's athletes accounted for 82.5 points and took home three MWC individual titles and eight first-team all-conference honors. The outdoor season also included 14 top-10 marks and two school records set, and the women's 4X400-meter relay record was improved by 11 seconds from the previous year.
Indoors, Bluth and the Aggies enjoyed similar success, as he set the 200-meter record for USU and the MWC, and Brady Martin brought his 400-meter time down from 48.2 to 46.29 to win the MWC title, then went on to qualify for the U.S. Indoor National Championships. Bluth and Martin were two of three conference champions and seven all-conference performers under McDonnell at the 2016 MWC Indoor Championships, and the Aggie sprinters scored 61 points.
Before making the move to Logan, Utah, McDonnell spent nearly four years at Texas State where he helped put the Bobcat sprints back on the map led the men's 4X400-meter relay team to Eugene for the first time since 1989. The Bobcat men won four conference titles with McDonnell's long-sprinters earning 25 all-Sun Belt honors during his tenure.
McDonnell is a graduate of the University of New Mexico, and he also coached Lobos sprinters and jumpers when he returned to his Alma Mater in 2009. While in Albuquerque, McDonnell sent athletes to NCAA Championships in the 100-meter dash, long and triple jumps, 400, and 4X100-meter relay.
As a student at UNM, McDonnell competed in the long jump and triple jump. He graduated from New Mexico with a degree in communications.
McDonnell and Langley join a rising OSU program that has won two men's indoor conference titles in three years and three individual national titles since 2015.
New OSU throws and multis coach Langley comes to Stillwater from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he was the assistant head coach, specializing in multi-events, javelin and pole vault, as well as the other throws.
Langley and his athletes were huge staples for the UNC program, earning 44.5 of the Tar Heel women's 62.5 points at the ACC Indoor Championships back in 2015.
2015 was a banner year for his multi-athletes as well, as he coached two athletes to three ACC titles in the women's pentathlon and heptathlon - breaking ACC and conference championship records in both - and the men's heptathlon.
For his coaching excellence in 2015, the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association recognized him as the Southeast Region's Women's Coach of the Year for the indoor season.
In his debut season with the Tar Heels, two of Langley's pupils earned All-America honors in the decathlon.
Prior to his time at UNC, Langley spent three seasons at Clemson and two at Gardner-Webb in Boiling Springs, North Carolina.
At Clemson, he coached the men's field events, all multi-events and the men's and women's pole vault. He had athletes qualify for the NCAA Championships in each year of his tenure, and one finish as the national runner-up and qualify for the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2008. Back in 2007, Langley received USTFCCCA honors for the first time as he was named the East Region's Coach of the Year.
Langley earned his master's degree in Sports Science – Pedagogy from Gardner-Webb in 2005 while he was an assistant coach for the Bulldogs and helped them to the 2006 Atlantic Sun Conference men's outdoor crown, with his men's throwers scoring 92 points.
He graduated from Western Carolina in 2003, where he was also a javelin thrower and a part of two conference titles.
McDonnell comes to OSU from Utah State where he spent a year and coached the Aggie-men's 4X400-meter relay team to All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships for the first time in school history. For his accomplishment, he was named the Mountain Region's Coach of the Year by the USTFCCCA.
Utah State's Parker Bluth had a successful season under McDonnell as he qualified for two individual events at the outdoor championships in the 100-and 200-meter dashes. He was one of the eight to qualify for the West Preliminary Rounds a season ago, and A.J. Boully got to Eugene in the 400-meter hurdles, the event that he won an MWC title in during the same season.
At the Mountain West Outdoor Championships, McDonnell's athletes accounted for 82.5 points and took home three MWC individual titles and eight first-team all-conference honors. The outdoor season also included 14 top-10 marks and two school records set, and the women's 4X400-meter relay record was improved by 11 seconds from the previous year.
Indoors, Bluth and the Aggies enjoyed similar success, as he set the 200-meter record for USU and the MWC, and Brady Martin brought his 400-meter time down from 48.2 to 46.29 to win the MWC title, then went on to qualify for the U.S. Indoor National Championships. Bluth and Martin were two of three conference champions and seven all-conference performers under McDonnell at the 2016 MWC Indoor Championships, and the Aggie sprinters scored 61 points.
Before making the move to Logan, Utah, McDonnell spent nearly four years at Texas State where he helped put the Bobcat sprints back on the map led the men's 4X400-meter relay team to Eugene for the first time since 1989. The Bobcat men won four conference titles with McDonnell's long-sprinters earning 25 all-Sun Belt honors during his tenure.
McDonnell is a graduate of the University of New Mexico, and he also coached Lobos sprinters and jumpers when he returned to his Alma Mater in 2009. While in Albuquerque, McDonnell sent athletes to NCAA Championships in the 100-meter dash, long and triple jumps, 400, and 4X100-meter relay.
As a student at UNM, McDonnell competed in the long jump and triple jump. He graduated from New Mexico with a degree in communications.
McDonnell and Langley join a rising OSU program that has won two men's indoor conference titles in three years and three individual national titles since 2015.
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