University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Women's Track & Field

Following seven years at Stanford University, Chris Miltenberg was named Director of Track & Field and Cross Country at the University of North Carolina on J...

Ahead of his fifth season at UNC, North Carolina Track & Field Head Coach Chris Miltenberg announced the promotion of Ian Moini to Associate Head Coach of Me...

Jessica Riden is in her fifth year as the Associate Director of Track & Field and Assistant to the Athletic Director at UNC. Riden comes to Carolina after fo...

Jody Stewart joined the UNC staff in October of 2021 and serves as an assistant coach, focusing on coaching and developing the Tar Heel sprinters and hurdlers. He brought an extensive résumé to Chapel Hill after most recently serving as Director of Track & Field/Cross Country at Texas State. In his inaugural season at Carolina, Stewart coached Anna Keefer to second-team All-America honors in the women’s 200 meters during the indoor season. Keefer broke three school sprint records during the 2022 season (100m: 11.23; 200m indoors: 23.34; 200m outdoors: 22.83). Also in 2022, Isaiah Palmer won his first Atlantic Coast Conference indoor title in the men’s 400m. Ten all-time top-10 finishes were achieved in sprint events during the 2022 indoor and outdoor seasons. More recently, Stewart has coached Craig Saddler II to two consecutive 400m Hurdles ACC Outdoor titles in 2023 and 2024. Saddler also achieved second-team All-America finishes at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in both years. As Director of Track & Field/Cross Country at Texas State prior to coming to UNC, Stewart's teams accumulated eight conference titles and achieved the university's first Triple Crown, winning conference titles in women's cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field in 2017-18. Stewart earned eight Conference Coach of the Year accolades and his teams tied for the most league titles under one head coach in program history. In six seasons, under Stewart’s direction the program accumulat

John Tatter is entering his third season as a member of the cross country and track & field staff. Tatter was promoted from a volunteer assistant to an assis...

Michael Eskind is in his seventh year as the Associate Head Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at the University of North Carolina. Eskind directly oversees the development of student-athletes in the jumps, pole vault and combined events. Under Eskind’s guidance, his athletes have rewritten the Carolina record books and left their mark on the conference championship level as well. Anna Keefer set the school record (21-6) in the women’s long jump in 2022. Keefer won her second ACC that same year in the long jump. Keefer also earned back-to-back All-America honors in the long jump from 2021-22. The second Carolina athlete to take the top spot was Alex Potts, who has the record (14-1.75) for the women’s indoor pole vault in 2022. Eskind’s women’s pole vaulters have five spots in the record book. In the multi-events, Eskind’s athletes Max Stakun-Pickering and Sam Corley are second and third all-time, and both finished 3rd and fourth at the ACC Championships in 2025. Eskind has found success developing his athletes early and often. In her first year at Carolina, Evie Culbreath has already moved into the top ten of the pentathlon in tenth. Maddey Kelly is fourth all-time outdoors and tenth all-time indoors for the pole vault. In his first indoor season with the Tar Heels, Eskind coached five jumpers to All-ACC honors. Seniors Brianna Isles and Isa Paschall each set personal bests in the men’s and women’s triple jump at the ACC Indoor Championships while freshman Sydney Banks and seni

Perry Waddell joined the UNC track and field/cross country program as its director of operations in the summer of 2023, coordinating all administrative and operational aspects of the Tar Heels' program, including travel, recruiting and event management. Waddell joins the Tar Heels staff following six years with Georgia's track and field program, where he finished his tenure as executive assistant to the head coach. He spent nearly three years as a student manager for the Bulldogs before becoming a graduate assistant for two more years, and eventually promoted to a full-time position. As a student manager, Waddell was a member of the Bulldogs' 2018 NCAA Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship team in addition to UGA's 2018 NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship squad. Georgia recorded a total of 10 NCAA outdoor championship top 10 finishes and nine top 10 indoor placements while Waddell was on staff. In addition to their 2018 indoor championship, the Lady Bulldogs earned two runner-up indoor finishes and a pair of second-place outdoor finishes. The men's team finished among the top 10 in both the NCAA indoor and outdoor championships each of Waddell's six seasons working with the UGA program. A 2020 graduate of the University of Georgia, Waddell worked in the athletic department's marketing/promotions department as an undergraduate as well as its athletic ground crew. Waddell earned his Master of Science in sport management from UGA in 2022 after receiving his Bac

North Carolina Director of track & field and cross country Chris Miltenberg announced the hiring of Tommy Kitchell as an assistant coach on Monday, Sept. 8. ...