Mary Wood - Track & Field Coach - University of Louisville Athletic

Mary Wood

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
mary@GoCards.com
Phone:
852-0109

Mary Wood
Title: Assistant Coach/Pole Vault, Combined Events
Coaching Responsibilities: Pole Vault, Combined Events
Education: Bachelor’s Degree (Eastern Illinois University, 2005); Master of Art (Gardner-Webb University, 2009)
Year at Louisville: First
Hometown: Lincoln, Ill.

ATHLETIC CAREER
Eastern Illinois University Track and Field Varsity Athlete: 2000-2005
Former Eastern Illinois University indoor and outdoor pole vault record holder
Eastern Illinois University team captain
Three-time Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) indoor champion
Five-time OVC runner-up
Eight-time OVC All-Conference performer

COACHING CAREER
2022-present: Louisville (assistant coach)
2021-2022: University of Illinois (assistant coach)
2017-2021: Illinois State University (associate head coach)
2014-2017: Illinois State University (assistant coach)
2012-2014: Gardner-Webb University (associate head coach)
2009-2012: Gardner-Webb University (first assistant coach)
2008-2009: Gardner-Webb University (second assistant coach)
2007-2008: Gardner-Webb University (graduate assistant)

COACHING HIGHLIGHTS
LOUISVILLE
• Guided Aliyah Welter (women's pole vault) and Paul Kallenberg (men's decathlon) to berths at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships, while Welter also qualified for the 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships in the pole vault.
• Kallenberg won his first ACC title, recording the highest point total at the 2023 ACC Outdoor Championships in the men's decathlon. He also set a new program record in the men's heptathlon during the indoor season, while finishing as the conference runner-up in the event.
• Welter finished second in the conference during the outdoor season and third during the indoor season in the women's pole vault.
• Helped five athletes earn qualfiying marks to the 2023 NCAA East Region Preliminaries.

ILLINOIS
• Served as the coach for men’s and women’s pole vault, as well as men’s combined events
• Helped Tori Thomas to qualify for the NCAA West Preliminaries in the pole vault
• Thomas also finished third in the pole vault at the Big Ten Championships in a mark of 4.23m, good for second in program history
• Along with Thomas, had two athletes score points at the Big Ten Championships
• Coached Aiden Ouimet to program record in the decathlon (7,348 points)

ILLINOIS STATE
• Served as the coach for both men’s and women’s pole vault and horizontal jumps
• Has coached 18 Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) champions
• Helped guide team to 11 MVC championships (seven indoor, four outdoor)
• Saw 42 athletes honored as MVC All-Conference performers
• Guided 14 athletes to NCAA Division I Preliminary Round qualifications
• Coached squad to five Illinois State University records (men’s indoor pole vault, men’s outdoor pole vault, women’s indoor long jump, women’s outdoor long jump, women’s outdoor pole vault)
• Coached five USA Junior National qualifiers

GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY
• Served as the coach of the men’s and women’s horizontal jumps, pole vault, combined events, sprints, and hurdles
• Coached 10 Big South Conference champions
• Coached 47 Big South All-Conference performers
• Helped pole vault Tyler Craig to win Big South Freshman of the Year in 2014
• Prior to the Runnin’ Bulldogs’ move to the Big South, coached three Atlantic Sun Conference champions
• Assisted in setting five Gardner-Webb university records (women’s indoor pole vault, women’s outdoor pole vault, men’s 110m hurdles, men’s heptathlon, and men’s decathlon)
• Guided six Atlantic Sun All-Conference performers

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS
LOUISVILLE
Outdoor
2023 - Paul Kallenberg (Decathlon)

ALL-AMERICANS
LOUISVILLE
Indoor
2023 - Aliyah Welter (Pole Vault)

Outdoor
2023 - Paul Kallenberg (Decathlon)
2023 - Aliyah Welter (Pole Vault)