Nic Petersen

Biography

Entering 15th season at Florida (fifthas Associated Head Coach) Nine-time NCAA Division I National Champion Seven-time SEC Champion Nic Petersen, who enters his 15th season with the Gators and his fifth as Associate Head Coach, has made is own imprint on one of the nation’s historically elite jumps programs. The Gators have continued their extraordinary run of success in the jumps under Petersen. The program has recorded 21 men’s and women’s individual NCAA titles since his arrival in 2013, including seven from Jasmine Moore (2022-2023), two from Yanis David in 2019, three from KeAndre Bates in 2017 and seven from Marquis Dendy (2012-2015). Petersen has been a part of nine National Championship teams and seven SEC Championship teams since his arrival to the program. During his tenure, Petersen’s jumps group has won 21 National Championships, outlined above, and 28 SEC Championships. Claire Bryant, during the 2024 indoor season, was coached by Petersen to an SEC Individual Championship and NCAA Runner-Up finish in the Long Jump. Petersen also guided Malcolm Clemons and Sean Dixon-Bodie to seconds place finish at the conference meet and third and fifth place finishes on the national stage, respectively. Caleb Foster, also under Petersen's guidance, placed third in the SEC in the Long Jump while finishing eighth in the same event at nationals. In 2023, Petersen coached the men to ten points at the NCAA Outdoor Championships which contributed to the program’s 14th National Title.