Scott Roberts Named Women?s Track and Field Assistant Coach
8/7/2007 12:00:00 AM
TUSCALOOSA ?? University of Alabama women’s head track and field coach Sandy Fowler announced today that Scott Roberts has been named assistant track and field coach with emphasis on the Tide’s sprint and jump events.
“Scott has a great knowledge of the sprints, jumps and multi events,” head coach Sandy Fowler said. “With everything that he brings to the table our student athletes should benefit greatly from having him a part of our program.”
Roberts comes to the Capstone from Iowa State University where he spent the previous 11 seasons and was considered one of the leading sprint and hurdle authorities in the Midwest. Before joining the Iowa State staff he had also coached at Drake University, Ohio State and Northeast Missouri State.
In his 11 seasons at Iowa State his athletes rewrote the school’s record books, setting 52 school records, more than 500 personal records and qualified for the NCAA Championship meet 42 times.
“I am thrilled and honored to be a part of a school with a tradition as rich as the University of Alabama,” Roberts said. “It has always been a dream of mine to coach at the highest level of competition in a conference such as the SEC.”
Roberts is a certified strength and conditioning specialist, a USATF coaching education instructor, and levels I and II certified coach in the sprints, hurdles, relays and jumps. He is also the author of two new books: Progressions for Coaching the Sprints and Progressions for Coaching the Hurdles.
“Sandy Fowler is one of the classiest coaches that I know and I am excited to be a part of her staff at the University of Alabama,” Roberts added.
A native of Muscatine, Iowa, he graduated from Midland Lutheran University (Fremont, Nebraska) in 1991 with a degree in education concentrations on social science and coaching. While at Midland he was a standout sprinter qualifying three times for the NAIA track and field championships and setting eight school records.
Roberts and his wife Kris have two children, Courtney (8) and Zachary (6).
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