Chris Coleman

Biography

Chris Coleman is entering his 16th season as an assistant coach with the NC State Track & Field program. Coleman, a three-time NCAA Division II National Champion for St. Augustine's College and a member of the Division II Hall of Fame, coaches the Wolfpack's jumpers. Coleman started guiding Mariama Hunt in the fall of 2024. In her first outdoor season, she became the first female jumper at NC State under Coleman to qualify for the NCAA Championships. She placed 12th at the NCAA East Regional with a 6.11m jump in the long jump. She earned Second Team All-ACC honors with a fourth-place finish in the long jump at the ACC Championships. Coleman coached high jumper Christopher Garrick to two All-ACC honors in 2017. The sophomore earned fourth-place finishes at both conference meets, including a personal-best clearance of 7’ 0.5” (2.15m) at the ACC Indoor Championships. Garrick and JaTory Reid also each earned All-ACC honors during the 2017-18 indoor season. Coleman guided Jonathan Addison, one of the greatest men’s long jumpers in NC State history, to four All-America honors and three ACC individual titles from 2014-16. Addison demolished the program’s indoor long jump record with a mark of 26’ 9.75” (8.17m) in 2016. He followed that performance with a silver medal finish at the 2016 NCAA Indoor National Championships, making a leap of 26’ 0.25” (7.93m). On the women’s side, Alexis Perry stood out for Coleman from 2015-16, as she claimed two All-American honors and one ACC title i