Terry Van LaninghamTitle: Dir. of Track & FIeld/Cross Country Experience: 3rd Year Alma Mater: Kansas State, '90 Email:tlvanlan@csus.edu Bio: Terry VanLaningham begins his fifth year as a member of the Hornet coaching staff. VanLaningham will continue to coach the Hornet jumpers, pole vaulters and multi-event athletes, while also coordinating recruiting. He also manages and directs all aspects of home competitions. Some of these components include scheduling of events, competition and warm-up facility site management, officials, and results.
In his four years with the program, VanLaningham has coached two NCAA and one USATF Junior All-Americans. His student-athletes have also won 15 Big Sky titles, qualified twice for the indoor NCAA National Championships, qualified for the outdoor NCAA West Regional Championships 16 times, earned 36 all-Big Sky awards, produced 68 all-time top five marks, and have set 20 school records.
VanLaningham saw his athletes continue their development in 2008 with a record-breaking year. The season was highlighted by Daniel Imlach qualifying for both the indoor and outdoor NCAA Championships. He was joined at the indoor championships by Raphael McFarlane who earned All-America honors in the long jump. McFarlane was also named the Big Sky Track and Field Athlete of the Meet at the indoor championships after finishing first in the 60, 200 and long jump and helping the Hornets to their second straight team title. In all, VanLaningham coached six Big Sky champions during the year and had three student-athletes qualify for the USATF National Junior Championships.
He also guided Imlach (indoor and outdoor), Ericka Violett (indoor) and Lizzy Norvell (outdoor) to school records in the pole vault.
In 2007, Hornet jumpers and multi-eventers garnered six conference championships, nine all-conference accolades, competed in five events at the outdoor NCAA West Regional, one qualified and competed at the USATF National Junior Championships, produced 18 all-time top five marks, and set six school records. He guided Imlach to both the indoor and outdoor conference pole vault titles while provisionally qualifying for the indoor NCAA Championships. His Hornet jumpers also won three of the four possible conference long jump titles. In addition, he coached Emilio Hernandez to a three-foot personal best in the triple jump which qualified him for the USATF Junior National Championships.
In 2006, he helped guide Roshena Duree to an NCAA provisional qualifying mark in the heptathlon. Duree also became the first Hornet to be named Women’s Field Athlete of the Meet at the Big Sky Championships. Later that summer, Carly Whitney was named Jr. USATF All-American in the heptathlon.
In 2005, VanLaningham coached Brandon Parker to NCAA All-America honors in the long jump. Parker also won an unprecedented third straight Big Sky outdoor long jump title and captured the Big Sky indoor crown for the second consecutive year.
VanLaningham came to Sacramento State after four seasons with the track and field program at Wichita State where he was responsible for home meet management, coordination of recruiting, and working with the Shocker jumpers and multi-event competitors.
During his four seasons at Wichita State he coached seven All-Americans, two NCAA runner-ups, 12 regional qualifiers, 27 Missouri Valley Conference champions, 57 all-MVC performers, nine school record holders, 70 all-time top 10 marks, two MVC record holders, six MVC Championship meet record holders, and seven MVC Most Outstanding Field Performers.
In 2003-04, Wichita State had five jumpers and multi-event athletes compete at the NCAA National Championship meets, won six conference championships, claimed 22 all-conference honors and set two school records. VanLaningham continued to coach former WSU standout Randy Lewis to a Grenadian national record and a 2004 Olympic Games berth with a jump of 56-10.75. Lewis finished the year as the 13th best triple jumper in the world. Ineta Radevica, whom VanLaningham coached in 2002, also competed in the 2004 Olympic Games in the long jump and triple jump. VanLaningham also coached two athletes to USA national rankings: Paul Speer in the decathlon (26th) and indoor heptathlon (16th) and Koya Webb in the heptathlon (37th).
In 2002-03, VanLaningham’s athletes earned two NCAA All-America certificates, won five conference championships, earned 10 all-conference honors and established two school records.
During the 2001-02 season, five of VanLaningham’s athletes were named All-America, including two individual NCAA second-place finishes. He also coached 20 All-MVC recipients, including 11 MVC individual champions. There were seven school records set in the jumps and multi-events, two MVC records, four MVC Championship meet records and three MVC Most Outstanding Field Performers awards.
In 2000-01, VanLaningham coached five conference champions and five all-conference performers. He guided Heidi Yost, who was named the MVC Most Outstanding Field Performer, at both the indoor and outdoor championship meets.
Prior to moving to WSU, VanLaningham was in charge of the men’s and women’s track and field program at Allen County Community College. He has also served as the head women’s track and field and cross country coach at Dodge City Community College and as the head track and field/cross country coach at Coffeyville Community College for three years (1992-95). While at CCC, his women athletes established 33 school records and improved from 10th place to fourth in the 16-team Regional Championship. His last two years, the women finished ninth and 11th at the National Championship meet.
Under VanLaningham’s tutelage, the men’s squad at CCC established 22 school marks, finished in the top 10 at both Regional and National Championship meets and had 18 All-Americans.
VanLaningham earned his master’s degree in kinesiology from Kansas State in 1993. While attending graduate school at KSU, VanLaningham served as a graduate assistant for the Wildcat track and field program. He developed and wrote a psychological skills performance enhancement program for athletes. He is USA Track and Field Coaching; Level 1 and Level 2 certified.
As an undergraduate at KSU, he competed on the track and field team, finishing fourth in the decathlon at the Big 8 Championship in 1988 and 1989. He also placed 13th at the USA National Pentathlon Championship meet in 1989.
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