Hicks Named Assistant Coach
Nov. 7, 2005
Coral Gables, Fla. (hurricanesports.com) – Cheree Hicks has been named assistant track and field coach at the University of Miami, head coach Amy Deem announced Monday. Hicks will be responsible for coaching Miami’s throwers.
“We are very pleased to have Cheree (Hicks) join our coaching staff,” says Deem. “She brings a lot of experience in the throws and will help continue the growth of our program.”
Hicks joins the UM staff after spending three seasons at Syracuse University where she coached her student-athletes to eight individual Big East Championships, 17 Big East All-Conference honors and five school-records.
Hicks was instrumental in the development of Johvonne Hernandez who in 2004 set a Big East record and earned All-America honors in the hammer throw, and captured the NCAA East Regional title in the discus.
“I am very excited for this opportunity,” said Hicks. “Coach (Amy) Deem has done a tremendous job building this program and I look forward to helping the Hurricanes achieve even greater levels of success.”
Prior to her stint at Syracuse, Hicks was an assistant coach at Portland State University during the 2002 season.
Hicks, who holds a USATF Level II certification in throws, earned All-American honors in the discus, as well as the indoor and outdoor shot put while competing for Syracuse in 1999 and 2000.
During the 2000 season she finished second in the shot put at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, and was runner-up in both the shot put and discus at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. That season she set a Big East Indoor Championship record in the shot put, and Big East Outdoor Championship records in both the shot put and discus. In addition, she placed fifth in the discus at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials.
Hicks earned her Bachelor of Science degree in public relations from Syracuse in 2000 and ended her Syracuse career as the school-record holder in both the indoor and outdoor shot put and in the discus.
Hicks, a member of the 1997 USA Junior National team, competed her freshman season at California State Northridge where she garnered Academic All-American recognition as well as earning All-American honors in the discus.
