Thiel College Athletics

A coaching veteran of 15 years, Steve Carr is in his sixth season as head cross country and track and field coach at Thiel College. In his first season as head track and field coach, Carr coached Alex Eaton to a first-place finish at the 2010 NCAA Division III National Championships in the 400-meter dash (46.79). Eaton’s personal best prior to Carr’s training was 47.71. He also coached high-jumper Nic Jones to All-American status in 2014. Over a five-year span, Carr coached five national qualifiers. He also mentored 79 PAC Academic Honor Roll winners.

Prior to arriving in Greenville, Carr spent three seasons at Wheaton (Mass.) College where he served as an assistant coach for the Lyons’ track and 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 student-athletes in addition to coaching two provisional national qualifiers in the shot put and hammer throw.

Before 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. There he coached Meredith Jones to third and fifth place finishes at the NCAA Championships in the pole vault. 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 student-athletes at Lehigh University.

A USA Track and Field (USATF) Level I and II certified coach in both the jumps and throws, Carr is also USTFCCCA certified in endurance, throws, sprints, hurdles and relays. Carr was also invited to the USATF Olympic Training Center in 2009 to study the combined events.

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