Oxford, Miss. – Ole Miss Athletics and Cross Country added skilled professional and college coaches Adam smith Head coach to lead the rebel range program Connie Price Smith It was announced on Friday.
Smith came to Oxford after teaching professional runners for four years as part of the Reebok Boston Track Club. Previously, Smith was an assistant coach at Syracuse for six years, helping Orange lead to the 2015 NCAA Men’s Cross-Country Title, among other achievements.
“I’m excited to have Adam smith “If you join the staff, I think he will be a great companion to our program,” said Price Smith. Our athletes are looking forward to working with coach Smith as the season begins. So do the rest of the staff. Adam has a great personality, a great record of coaching elite athletes, and a strong desire not only for good but also for great. I can’t wait for the season to start. “
Smith coaches one NCAA champion, four NCAA runners, 28 National Collegiate Athletic Associations, and ten ACC champions as university coaches for trucks across Syracuse and its home school in North Carolina, with a total of 714 athletes. I got points. Meeting Points and 74 NCAA Points – Leading to the meeting title at Syracuse indoors in 2016 (male), ending four NCAA Top 25 teams.
As a cross-country coach, Smith coaches one NCAA Champion, one NCAA Runner Up, 13 National Collegiate Athletic Associations, 44 National Collegiate Athletic Association performers, and six National Collegiate Athletic Association champions. did. As a team, Smith was part of the aforementioned 2015 NCAA Men’s Title Team at Syracuse, in addition to the 10 finishes of the NCAA Top 25 Teams (4 of which were in the Top 10) at all times. Won the conference team title for the sixth consecutive time. He has been with Orange for six years.
Smith currently holds the reins of what has become one of NCAA’s Olemis’ most elite distance programs. It has recently soared to new heights, both at the conference and national level, both in cross-country and athletics.
“Thanks to the coach Connie Price Smith “The staff are confident in leading such a historic program,” Smith said. Oremis. “
When Smith spent his time at the Reebok Boston Track Club, he found it with head coach and former Syracuse head coach Chris Fox. A world-renowned professional long-distance runner.
Knight recently served as an Olympic finalist in his native Canada, 5K, and finished seventh at the Tokyo Olympics. Smith’s relationship with Knight dates back to helping him hire him for Syracuse. At Syracuse, on track, he made eight runner-ups at the National Collegiate College and three at the NCAA, becoming the 2018 NCAA Indoor Champion at 5K. He has the 4th best outdoor 5K (13: 17.51) and 6th best outdoor 1500m (3: 36.07) times in NCAA history. Knight was also one of the best NCAA cross-country runners of his time, winning the 2017 NCAA individual title and leading the orange man to the 2015 NCAA team title, three national college honors. I got it. This is Syracuse’s first victory since 1951.
Amy Royce (Neil) Markov ran jointly in Washington, but with Reebok in 2021 formed the British Tokyo Olympic team at 5K and publicized it at 15: 03.22. After winning the British title in 5K, Markov created the British World Team at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. This is his second world appearance in a professional career with Fox and Smith.
Other professional runners Smith helped coach are: Canadian and former Michigan NCAA Champion Ben Flanagan. 2022 World Indoor Finalist of the 1500m Josette Norris in the United States. Americans and former Syracuse runners Colin Benny, Martin Hehir and Page Stoner are currently one of the top marathoners in the United States. Olemis NCAA Champion and All-American, Robert Domanic.
Knight was a Syracuse program changer, and Smith helped hire and coach during a historic run in the history of the Orange Program. During Smith’s six-year tenure in cross-country, Syracuse recorded the finishes of eight NCAA Top 25 teams. Six of them are from orange men and have been in the top ten throughout Knight’s career. It culminated in the 2015 national title, defeating his pre-season favorite Colorado 82-91, with four All-American finishers, Knight (4th), Colin Benny (8th) and Martin Haehill (9). ), Philo Germano (39th) was spurred.
Syracuse was also dominant at the conference level in Smith’s time, winning the men’s conference title six times in a row. He won the Big East once in 2012 and the ACC five times in a row from 2013 to 2017. Smith also led five individual conference champions with Orange, with Knight (2016, ’17) claiming two and Hehill (2012, ’14) winning two, all-American on the women’s side. Page Stoner has won the ACC Crown. In 2017, we will provide Syracuse with a separate title sweep.
On the track, Smith’s athlete scored 664 conference points during his time at Syracuse (545 ACC, 119 Big East), winning eight ACC champions and Orange’s first conference team title since 1992, in 2016. Won the men’s championship indoors. , Orange recorded the finish of four NCAA Top 25 teams, thanks to 74 NCAA points and 27 first or second team All-Americans.
Smith coached his school in North Carolina from 2010 to 2012, volunteering for Tarheel women during the 2010 and 2011 cross-country seasons and the 2011 track season, and then assisting in the 2012 track season. I was promoted to a coach. Smith was part of the 2010 UNC Women’s 14th National Cross-Country Finish, led by two US Kendra Schaff (11th) who won the ACC title in 2011. In this two-season course, Smith’s 800-meter woman scored 50 meeting points and, in favor of Tasha Stanley, won two ACC titles.
Smith graduated from North Carolina in 2010 and earned a bachelor’s degree in American History from a minor in coaching education while competing for Tarheels in cross-country and athletics. He was a two-time All-ACC scorer, first as a runner-up in the ACC at 800 meters and then in the distance medley relay, which won the UNC title indoors in 2009. He won the Carolina Leadership Academy 3DL Award.
Adam smith Coaching Career • Overview
2022-Present – Ole Miss – Assistant Coach
2018-2022 – Reebok Boston Track Club – Assistant Coach
2012-18 – Syracuse – Assistant Coach
2012 – North Carolina – Assistant Coach
2010-12 – North Carolina – Volunteer Assistant Coach
Adam smith NCAA Cross-Country Coaching Career • In Numbers
1 NCAA Men’s Team Championship (2015)
1 NCAA Men’s Individual Champion (Justyn Knight, 2017)
1 NCAA Men’s Runner-up (Justyn Knight, 2016)
10 NCAA Top 25 Team Finish (6 Men, 4 Women)
4NCAA Top 10 Men’s Team Finish
13 Americans (10 men, 3 women)
37 All-ACC (28 men, 9 women)
7 All Big East (6 men, 1 woman)
6 meeting team titles (5 ACC, 1 Big East)
6 conference individual titles (5 ACC, 1 Big East; 4 males, 2 females)
38USTFCCCA Individual honors throughout the university
12USTFCCCA University-wide team honor
2015USTFCCCA Men’s Academic Team of the Year
8CoSIDA Academic All-America
Adam smith NCAA Track Coaching Career • Numerically
1 NCAA Champion (Justyn Knight, 2018 Indoor 5K)
4 NCAA runners up
28 Americans from Team 1 or Team 2
74NCAA points
4NCAA Top 25 Team Finish
10ACC Champion
2016 ACC Indoor Team Champion (Men)
A total of 714 meeting points were earned (595 ACC, 119 Big East)
