Sacramento State

Eric Dudley enters his first year at Sacramento State where he will guide the Hornet pole vaulters, high jumpers, and consult with the multis in the throwing events.  In addition, he will serve as the home meet coordinator.
 
Dudley came to Sacramento State from High Point University where he was the Associate Head Coach and led HPU student-athletes to 11 NCAA first round appearances, 11 individual conference championships, and 47 school records. Dudley oversaw the vaulters, high jumpers, throwers, and combined event athletes.?

Under Dudley’s direction, the team's vaulters won both the men’s and women’s Big South pole vault titles in 2014 and 2015 — setting a men’s conference meet record at the 2015 indoor championships in the process.  HPU jumpers also set school records in the men’s and women’s pole vault, women’s high jump, men’s decathlon and indoor heptathlon.  

In addition to being an accomplished jumps coach, Dudley is also a USTFCCCA Certified Throws Specialist. High Point throwers set school records in the javelin, shot put, discus, hammer, and weight throw under Dudley’s direction.??

Dudley graduated summa cum laude in mechanical engineering with a minor in mathematics from the Honors College of Washington State in 2003. He also earned a master's degree in kinesiology with an emphasis in biomechanics and motor control from tIllinois. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) since 2011.??

Dudley finished his own running career in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials. Initially a recruited walk-on, he finished his collegiate career as a two time NCAA Div. I All-American and a two time Academic All-American. Dudley won the Pac-10 title in the 400-meter hurdles in 2001.??

He is married to Sacramento State assistant coach Amber Larsen, a former hurdler herself, and the two welcomed a daughter, Charlotte, in 2011.