Adrain Mann Joins @MiamiTrack Coaching Staff
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – University of Miami director of track and field and cross country Amy Deem announced the addition of Adrain Mann to her coaching staff.
“Adrain has worked with some of the best sprint coaches in the country,” Deem said. “He will be a wonderful teacher and motivator to our student-athletes, as well as provide stability for the men’s sprints program.”
A former All-American in college, Mann will coach men’s sprints and hurdles at Miami. He joins the Canes after spending the previous two years at Clemson, where he assisted with day-to-day operations relating to the Tigers’ track & field program
“I would like to thank Deputy Director of Athletics Tony Hernandez and Director of track & field/cross country Amy Deem for the opportunity to become a member of the Hurricane family,” Mann said. “Coach Deem is a great leader and mentor and I look forward to working with her and her staff to continue moving the program in the right direction.”
At Clemson, Mann was instrumental in helping Clemson athletes combine to record six All-America honors and nine All-ACC performances during the 2014 season.
In 2013, Mann assisted coach Tim Hall while Clemson won ACC Indoor and Outdoor Championships in women’s track & field. Sprinters and hurdlers won 11 individual ACC titles, and Mann had a positive impact on their training throughout the season. He guided Brianna Rollins to a pair of NCAA Championships and collegiate records in the high hurdles. On the men’s side, he also coached Spencer Adams to a pair of ACC titles and bronze medals at the NCAA Championships in the hurdles.
Mann had a positive effect on sophomore hurdler Keni Harrison in his first year at Clemson. She was named the ACC’s Most Valuable Track Performer at the league outdoor meet. Harrison went on to break the Clemson record in the 400 hurdles and earn first-team All-America status in three different outdoor events.
Before his two years at Clemson, Mann spent five seasons as a volunteer assistant under Dennis Shaver at LSU. During that stretch, LSU won a pair of NCAA Championships in women’s outdoor track & field – 2008 and 2012. In five indoor and outdoor seasons with Mann as a volunteer, the Tigers finished no worse than sixth at an NCAA national meet. The LSU men’s program also finished no worse than sixth, with runner-up NCAA finishes in 2008 and 2012.
Mann was a five-time All-American hurdler at the University of Florida from 1996-2000. He earned a pair of individual All-America honors in the 400 hurdles, finishing as high as fifth at the 2000 outdoor meet. He still ranks sixth on the school’s all-time performance list in the 400 hurdles with a personal best 49.68 at the 2000 Reebok Invitational in Atlanta, Ga. In 2000, his performance helped the Gators to a fourth-place team finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Durham, N.C. He went on to compete in the 400 hurdles in the U.S. Olympic Trials that year.
He was also a member of three All-America 4×400 relays with the Gators, including both seasons in 1998. He helped the 4×4 to an SEC Championship during the 1998 indoor season as well. He earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Florida in 2001.
Mann holds a Level II coaching certification from USA Track & Field. He is married to Melissa DeLeon, the national record-holder in the 800 meters from Trinidad & Tobago. They have twin girls, Adoria and Queen, born March 25, 2014.
“We are excited to have Coach Mann, his wife Melissa and their twin girls join us as a part of the UM family,” Deem said.
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