Edrick Bertholan Floréal (born October 5, 1966 in Gonaïves, Haiti) is a track and field coach for the Texas Longhorns men's track and field and women's track and field program and retired long and triple jumper from Canada.
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| Title | Head coach | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Texas Mens and Texas Womens | ||||||||||||||
| Conference | Big 12 | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | October 5, 1966 Gonaïves, Haiti | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Arkansas | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAthletics career
editFloréal finished fourth in the triple jump at the 1987 Pan American Games. He represented Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. At the 1988 Summer Olympics, he finished 18th in the qualifying round of the Triple Jump; at the 1992 Summer Olympics, he finished 28th in the qualifying round in the Long Jump.[1] He is the Canadian record holder in the long jump and triple jump, with marks of 8.20 m (26 ft 10+3⁄4 in) and 17.29 m (56 ft 8+1⁄2 in).[2]
Floréal competed collegiately for the University of Arkansas, a school fabled for its jumping prowess. He won the NCAA Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships triple jump in both 1989 and 1990 and at the Outdoor Championships in 1988, 1989 and 1990.[3]
Coaching career
editFloréal was the director of track and field at Stanford University[4] from 1998 to 2012. He was named the "West Regional Coach of the Year" for the 2010 indoor season by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).[5]
Floréal was signed as the head coach of the University of Kentucky men and women's cross country and track teams on July 9, 2012.[6][7]
Floréal was named Head Track and Field Coach at the University of Texas in June 2018.[8] There, he won the men's NCAA Division I Indoor Championship in 2022 and the women's NCAA Division I Outdoor Championship in 2023.[9][10]
Personal life
editFloréal is married to LaVonna Martin-Floreal, the 1992 Olympic silver medalist in the 100-meter hurdles. They have two children, one of whom, E.J., played three seasons for the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team[11] before leaving the program in August 2016 to join the UK track program full-time.[12]
International competitions
editReferences
edit- ^ Edrick Floréal Archived 2011-09-17 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2016-05-30.
- ^ Canadian Outdoor Records Men Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Canada. Retrieved on 2016-05-30.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://gostanford.cstv.com/sports/c-track/mtt/floreal_edrick00.html Archived 2008-05-27 at the Wayback Machine Stanford University Track and Field Page
- ^ "Edrick Floreal Named Men's West Regional Coach of the Year - Stanford University's Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on 2012-01-17. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
- ^ "Stanford's Edrick Floreal Named Head UK Track Coach".
- ^ "Edrick Floreal". University of Kentucky. Archived from the original on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- ^ "Floréal named Head Track and Field Coach at Texas - University of Texas". University of Texas. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
- ^ "DI Men's Track & Field Championship History".
- ^ "Women's Track & Field crowned NCAA Outdoor Champions". 10 June 2023.
- ^ "24 EJ Floreal". University of Kentucky. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- ^ "E.J. Floreal will leave basketball to run track for Kentucky". ESPN.com. Associated Press. August 9, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2016.