Sept. 25, 2009

OXFORD, Ohio - Drew Towne has been named an assistant coach for the Miami University women’s cross country/track and field teams, head coach Kelly Phillips has announced. Towne will primarily serve as the RedHawks’ sprints, hurdles and jumps coach with the track and field team.

Towne comes to Miami after serving as an assistant coach at Division II Hillsdale College in Michigan for the last four years. While at Hillsdale, Towne worked with both the men’s and women’s track and field programs, focusing on sprints and hurdles. He also helped with recruiting efforts, took care of facility needs, organized track meets and coordinated team travel arrangements.

“Drew brings a lot to our program. He is extremely knowledgeable of his events and he is meticulous in his coaching,” Phillips said. “He has had some fantastic mentors and his excitement about Miami truly makes him the perfect fit for our team and our program. I couldn’t be more excited to have him with us.”

Under Towne’s watch, the Chargers produced five NCAA All-Americans and 19 NCAA National Qualifiers. In addition, he helped develop 45 All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) selections and 14 GLIAC champions and saw eight school records fall under his tutelage.

Towne was a student-athlete at Hillsdale as well, serving as a student-coach simultaneously from 1999-2004. Towne was a team captain his final two years as a Charger and also served on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). He was an all-conference sprinter and also garnered Academic All-GLIAC honors. Towne graduated from Hillsdale in 2004 with a degree in physical education and a minor in mathematics.

From 2004-2005, Towne was a strength and conditioning specialist at a health and fitness center in Kalamazoo, Mich. During his time there, he trained high school and college athletes during their offseason and developed scientifically-based training programs for clients, which he has brought to his college coaching career.

Towne is USATF Level II certified to coach sprints, hurdles, relays and jumps, is a National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) certified strength and conditioning specialist and an NCAA certified recruiter.

Towne has a wife, Mary, who also graduated from Hillsdale.

--MURedHawks.com--

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