powell - University of Penn Athletics

The James P. Tuppany Head Coach of Men’s Track and Field — Charlie PowellCHARLIEPOWELL16th seasonCharlie Powellhas madeUniversity ofPennsylvaniatrack and fielda force to bereckoned withsince takingthe helm 16years ago.Under his tutelage,the programhas producedover100 individualHeptagonalgold medallistsand 22Heptagonalrelay championshipteams. Six student-athletes holdHeps records and the team has won fiveHeptagonal titles and five Ivy Leaguechampionships (1984, 1995, 1997, 2001and 2002) and finished second at IC4As in1998 and 11th at NCAAs in 2003. He hasalso helped numerous athletes reach All-Ivy, All-East and All-America status, including2003 NCAA Champions Sam Burleyand Brian Chaput.In fact, last year alone Powell coachedfour NCAA participants, four All-Americans, two national champions, oneacademic All-American, nine All-East andnine All-Ivy honorees.In 2001-02, Powell was selected theMondo Mid-Atlantic Coach of the Year byhis peers of the United States TrackCoaches Association for his track tutelage.He led his team to back-to-back OutdoorHeptagonal and Ivy League titles and alsoguided Sam Burley in becoming the thirdfastestAmerican in the 800m during 2002,ultimately earning a place on Team USAfor the 2003 IAAF World Championships.Not only does Powell lead the men'strack and field program at Penn, but helends a hand at the Penn Relays, the oldestand largest track and field carnival in theworld, as the distance events coordinator.Before succeeding Irv Mondschein ashead coach at Penn, Powell served as hisassistant and was head cross countrycoach for five seasons. As Mondschein'sassistant, he helped the Quakers win theHeps Indoor title in 1984, as well as led 10individuals to Heps titles.Prior to coming to Penn, Powell was anassistant coach for Western KentuckyUniversity's track and field program from1976 to 1979. At Western Kentucky, hehelped produce four NCAA All-Americansand three sub-four minute milers, as wellas five conference team champions andtwo Top-20 team finishes at the NCAACross Country Championships.In 1979, he became the head coach atthe University of Delaware, where he produced12 individual conference champions,earned one ECC team championship andguided 17 athletes to school records.Powell graduated magna cum laudefrom Western Kentucky University, wherehe also earned his master's degree. Hequalified for the NCAAs in both the hurdlesand decathlon and prior to enrollingat WKU, he was a letterwinner in bothfootball and track and a dean's list studentat Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VirginiaTech).Powell was named the 800m eventcoordinator for the USATF OlympicDevelopment Committee and travels inEurope with a group of America's bestmid-distance runners each summer. He isalso a member of the NCAA CrossCountry Coaches Association executivecommittee and served as the NCAADivision I District II representative.He currently resides in Wilmington,Del., with his wife Susan, and their sonShane and daughter Kayla.www.pennathletics.comTHEPOWELLFILEEXPERIENCE16th Season as Head Coach(21st year at Penn)ACCOLADESMondo Mid-Atlantic Coach ofthe Year, 2001-02Coached two NCAAChampions, 2003Coached 10 All-Americans,1995-2003HEPTAGONAL TITLES1984, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002ALMA MATERWestern Kentucky, ‘76FAMILYWife, Susan;Children, Shane and Kayla