Track & Field
Sara Davis Named Head Women's Track and Field Coach
Texas A&M University-Commerce
athletic director Carlton Cooper announced today the hiring of
Sara Davis as the head women’s track and
field coach.
"We are very excited to have Sara Davis join our Lion athletic
family. She brings a wealth of track and field knowledge to our
program and her relationships in the track and field community will
keep us focused on the vision of becoming a national leader in
college athletics," said athletic director Carlton Cooper.
Davis, who founded the Sprinters Elite Track Club, brings to
A&M-Commerce valuable experience as a former runner at UCLA and
as a coach. As the founder of the Sprinters Elite Track Club, she
was involved with teaching young, talented athletes to train and
compete at their optimal level. Davis still competes in track and
field at the Masters level, where in 2006 and in 2007 she was
second in the nation in her age division in the 100 and 400-meter
sprints and ninth in the world in each distance.
At UCLA, she was coached by one of the nation's most successful
track and field coaches Bob Kersee and was a teammate to standouts
Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Gail Devers and Florence Griffith-Joyner
“FloJo”. She earned All-American honors in the sprints
and was a member of a school record setting relay at UCLA, where
she graduated with her bachelor's degree. In addition to her
experiences in track and field, Davis is a certified personal
trainer by the National Academy of Sports Medicine.
