Staff Directory
David Pickett
- Title:
- Assistant Coach (Sprints/Hurdles)
- Email:
- Phone:
- 205-348-3600
Personal Information
- Education: UNC Asheville, 2010 (bachelor's); East Tennessee State, 2013 (master's)
Coaching Experience
- 2025-present: Alabama, Assistant Coach
- 2023-25: Columbia, Assistant Coach
- 2022-23: Colgate, Interim Head Coach
- 2020-22: Colgate, Assistant Coach
- 2016-20: North Greenville, Assistant Coach
- 2013-16: Milligan, Assistant Coach
- 2012-13: East Tennessee State, Volunteer Coach
Playing Experience
- 2007-2010: UNC Asheville
David Pickett is entering his first season as an assistant coach with the Alabama track and field program, aiding Blaine Wiley with the sprints, hurdles and relay contingent.
At Columbia
- Pickett's success with the sprints and relays group:
- 16 Ivy League medals won
- 24 all-time top-10 performances in program history
- Mentored a student-athlete to a personal-best 46.42 in the 400m en route to All-Ivy honors
- Led an all-freshman women's 4x100-meter relay team to a program-best third-place finish at the conference meet
At Colgate
- Pickett's success with the sprints and hurdles group:
- Upwards of 6)% of team points came from his event group at the 2023 Patriot League Outdoor Championship
- Three individual conference titles
- Three All-Academic honorees
- Served as interim head coach from Oct. 2022 to Jan. 2023
- Broke school records in the women's 200m, 400-meter hurdles and in the men's 4x100-meter relay
At North Greenville
- Pickett's success with the sprints, hurdles and jumps event groups:
- 14 conference titles
- 13 All-Americans
- Four Academic All-Americans
- 21 school records broken between 2018 and 2020
- Named the 2019 Southeast Region Assistant Coach of the Year by the USTFCCCA
- Guided the men's 4x100-meter relay to a NCAA Division II national runner-up finish in 2019
- Mentored a pair of Regional Athletes of the Year honorees, as well as the program's first female national qualifier
About Pickett
- 2019 USTFCCCA Regional Coach of the Year
- Coached 24 individual conference champions and 23 NCAA event qualifiers
- Led his athletes to 19 NCAA All-America honors 85 all-conference selections
- Holds five different USTFCCCA Coaching Certifications
- Short Sprints Masters Endorsement - 2024
- Sprint, Hurdle and Relay Event Specialist - 2022
- Strength and Conditioning Specialist - 2018
- Level II Sprints/Hurdles/Relays Certification - 2015
- Level I Certification - 2010
- Earned a master of arts degree in kinesiology and sport studies, with a concentration in sport management, from East Tennessee State in May 2013
- Earned a bachelor of science degree in health and wellness from UNC Asheville in Dec. 2010
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