Paris Vaughan

Biography

Paris Vaughan was named the assistant track and field/cross country coach at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in July of 2025. Vaughan previously coached at Lenoir-Rhyne, where he developed multiple conference champions and All-Americans, including Melody Jones (60m hurdles Indoor All-American), Philip Stoemne (indoor pole vault, heptathlon and decathlon), and Clarence McGill (400m hurdles All-American). Under his guidance, new school records were set in women's 100m, 200m, 400m dash, 400m hurdles, indoor pentathlon, outdoor heptathlon, decathlon, and long jump, while men's records fell in the 400m dash and hammer throw. He also developed the first-ever LR athletes in the 400m dash, 4x400m relay, and heptathlon to advance to nationals. Prior to Lenoir-Rhyne, Vaughan coached at his alma mater, Alderson Broaddus (2019-2023), where he coached six conference champions and oversaw 95% of school records broken in just four years. As a student-athlete at Alderson Broaddus (2015-2018), Vaughan won conference championships in the 110m hurdles (2016 & 2017), 400m hurdles (2016), 4x100m (2016), and 4x400m (2017), graduating with a degree in Sport Management. He later competed as a graduate student at Indiana (Pa.) University. Vaughan is originally from Largo, Maryland and has been named Southeast Region Indoor and Outdoor Women's Coach of the Year and South Atlantic Conference Women's Indoor Coach of the Year.