GREENVILLE, Pa. (August 11, 2009) – Steve Carr has been named head track & field coach at Thiel College, Director of Athletics Jack Leipheimer announced Tuesday. A coaching veteran of 13 years, Carr inherits a program that returns many key performers from a team which produced nine All-America selections a season ago.

Carr will also serve as an assistant for the Tomcat cross country program.

“We are very pleased and excited to announce Steve Carr as our new men's andwomen's track & field coach,” said Leipheimer. “Steve's knowledge and experience on the Division III level, his understanding and belief in the Division III philosophy, and his western Pennsylvania background made him a perfect fit for us. I am confident he will be a very positive role model for our student-athletes, and a key contributor to the athletic department and Thiel College.”

Carr arrives in Greenville after three seasons at Wheaton (Mass.) College where he served as an assistant coach for the Lyons' track & field and cross country programs. During his tenure at Wheaton, Carr was responsible for the design and administration of training regimens for the school's pole vaulters, throwers, and cross country athletes in addition to recruiting responsibilities.

“This is an exciting time for Thiel College athletics with the arrival of our new President, Dr. Troy VanAken, and with Coach Leipheimer as our AD,” said Carr. “I'm looking forward to working with them to build a program that is second to none and I'm just raring to go. I'm very excited to join the Thiel College family.”

Prior to his time at Wheaton, Carr was an assistant cross country and track & field coach at Williams (Mass.) College from 2002-04, when he worked primarily with jumpers and pole vaulters. During the 1999-2000 academic year, he served as an assistant at Columbia University in New York. From 1996-99, Carr was an administrative assistant at the University of Tennessee for the men's cross country and track & field teams. In 1995-96, he assisted the field athletes at Lehigh University.

A USA Track & Field (USATF) Level I and II certified coach in jumps and throws, Carr was also a pole vault instructor at Tennessee's camp in 1997.

Carr is a four-time North Coast Athletic Conference pole vault champion and earned his bachelor's degree from Allegheny College in 1995.  He received a master's degree from Tennessee in 1998.