Dennis Mitchell

https://gozips.com/staff-directory/dennis-mitchell/214 31-time Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year, 16 times men's and 15 times women's. Seven times Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year. 130 All-America honors Six athletes have won 9 NCAA Championships. 3 pole vaulters won 5 national titles 2016 three Zips at the XXXI Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2016 Olympic Bronze Medal 800 2015 World Pole Vault Champion From 2014-19 span, Akron was one of only 10 programs nationally to score in both the men's and women's team competitions at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships. The Zips were the lone non-Power-5 Conference institution included on that list. 2006 the United States head men's track & field coach in the Norwich Union International meet, in Birmingham, England against Russia, China, and Great Britain. 10 years, from the fall of 1985 until at Akron in 1995, as an assistant coach at Texas (six years) and North Carolina (four years). Currently on the USATF Rules Committee 10 years at the Olympic Training Center with the Junior Elite/Emerging Elite Camp.. Name 2013-14 College Pole Vault Coach of the year by USATF pole vault development.