Tom Scott joined the Royals as the head cross country coach and assistant track and field coach in 2018-2019 after most recently serving as the head cross country and track and field coach at Coker College.
During his first year with the Royals, Scott led the men’s and women’s cross country teams to SAC Championship titles and NCAA DII Southeast Regional Titles. Following the Regional Championship, the Royals who ranked as high as sixth nationally in the men’s poll and 24th in the women’s went on to compete at the NCAA Championships with the men finishing ninth and the women earning 10th place. Scott’s efforts at the helm earned the head coach SAC Coach of the Year on the both the men’s and women’s side. Daniel Wallis was named SAC Runner of Year, SAC Men’s Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and the SAC Presidents Award recipient, while Lucie Noall was named SAC Women's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Additionally, Anthony Raftis was named an all-American.
During the track and field season, the Royals captured SAC Championships in men’s and women’s indoor track and field and in men’s outdoor track and field. The Royals also had successful track and field post seasons as the men grabbed their highest finishes in program history at both the indoor and outdoor national championships. Queens took 13th at the indoor championships walking away with three all-Americans (Seb Anthony, Daniel Wallis, Felix Wammetsberger) and a national title in the men’s mile. At the outdoor championship, three all-American honors were earned by distance runners (Daniel Wallis, Felix Wammetsberger) as the men took 14th place. Additionally, Scott was named USTFCCCA Southeast Region Assistant Coach of the Year during the indoor season.
In his one year leading the Cobras, Scott coached the first cross country all-American in school history, the first indoor track and field all-American in school history, and the NCAA Division II record holder in the women's 800 meters during the outdoor season. Last season under Scott’s direction, Coker produced 34 new school records during the indoor season, 27 new school records during the outdoor season, and three NCAA qualifying marks during the outdoor season.
Prior to his time with Coker, Scott led the program at his alma mater Ashland University for two years, where in 2017 his team finished as the national runner-up in indoor track and field and took third-place nationally in outdoor track and field. Previously, Scott also spent two years as an assistant at Michigan Technological University.
Scott graduated from Ashland with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Psychology. As a student-athlete he was three times named an all-American, twice in the 800 meters and once in the 4x400-meter relay.
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