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Sacramento State

Carl Caughell

Carl Caughell

  • Title
    Associate Head Coach - Jumps/Multis
  • Email
    carl.caughell@csus.edu
  • Year
    6th Year
  • Alma Mater
    SUNY Fredonia, '12

Carl Caughell was hired as Sacramento State's assistant coach for jumps in November of 2018.

“Our program is very privileged to land a quality coach in Carl Caughell,” Director of Track & Field Kenny McDaniel sad. “One of Carl’s greatest gifts is his capacity to teach technique in the vertical and horizontal events. He also has a natural ability to draw people to him which will be huge in recruiting for our program. Carl is a comprehensive coach who understands all the intricacies of the jumps and multi events. He will bring an extensive training system to our program which will enhance our student-athletes’ performances.”

At Sacramento State

2025 Season

  • Miles Grant earned second team All-America honors after tying for 16th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the high jump.
  • Grant became the first Hornet to advance to the meet in the high jump after tying for the top mark at the NCAA West First Round.
  • He repeated as both the Big Sky Indoor and Outdoor champion in the event.
  • Grant moved into second place and was just the second Hornet to clear seven feet indoors with a best of 7-02.50. His outdoor best of 7-01.50 is tied for third place in the school top 10.
  • Tamia Ramos was also a Big Sky champion after winning the women's triple jump at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships. Ramos moved into ninth place in school history with a best of 40-09.75. She also moved into seventh in program history indoors with an identical distance.
  • Ramos tied the school indoor record of 20-00.50 in the long jump.
  • Audrey McElmurry finished in second place at the Big Sky Indoor and Outdoor Championships to earn all-Big Sky honors. McElmurry left Sacramento State ranked sixth indoors (40-11.50).
  • Two Hornet women moved into the top 10 in school history in the high jump. Jessi Barry, who had never competed in the event prior to the season, tied for fourth place indoors after clearing 5-07.75 and Abby Sheets tied fro seventh at 5-07.25. During the outdoor season, Barry tied for fifth with a best of 5-08.75.
  • Freshman Eli Kaltreider moved into a tie for eighth place in the men's indoor high jump in program history with a clearance of 6-08.75. Kaltreider finished third at the Big Sky Indoor Championships to earn all-Big Sky honors and was sixth outdoors.
  • Kellan Quinley made an immediate impact in his first season. Quinley's best indoor triple jump of 48-11.50 ranks sixth in school history and he's fifth outdoors with a long of 50-04.75.
  • Eliana Coburn finished third in the pentathlon at the Big Sky Indoor Championships and was fourth in heptathlon outdoors. Coburn set her PR and moved into third place in school history with 3,729 points in the pentathlon. She finished her career ranked sixth in the heptathlon with 5,068 points.
  • Jack Charlton earned all-Big Sky accolades after finishing in third place at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships. Charlton set his career best with 6,470 points to move into ninth place in program history.

2024 Season

  • Tamia Ramos earned all-Big Sky honors after placing second at the Big Sky Indoor Championships in the long jump.
  • The Hornet women dominated the triple jump at the conference indoor meet, claiming four of the top nine marks. Alexia Croffet was named all-Big Sky after placing third with a best of 40-03.25 which tied her for 10th in school history. R’kai Davis was fourth, Jayla Flowers fifth and Audrey McElmurry ninth.
  • Earlier in the year, Ramos had a triple jump of 40-03.25 which placed her in sole possession of 10th place until it was matched by Croffet.
  • Mile Grant was the Big Sky Champion at the indoor meet after clearing 6-09.75 to match his PR.
  • Mason Mitchell placed fourth in the long jump and John Gibbs finished in fifth place in the triple jump.
  • Caughell also coached the team’s multi athletes and had Jack Charlton finish fourth and John Gibbs fifth in the heptathlon and Eliana Coburn place fifth in the pentathlon at the Big Sky Indoor Championships.
  • Outdoors, Tamia Ramos moved into 10th place in school history with a triple jump of 19-03.50. Ramos went on to place sixth at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships where she was joined by fellow scorer R’kai Davis (t-7th).
  • Once again, the Hornets had four of the top nine finishers in the women’s triple jump. Croffet was third, Ramos fifth, Davis sixth and McElmurry ninth. Croffet had wind-legal jump of 41-02.25 at the meet to move into sixth place in school history.
  • Miles Grant defended his indoor title by winning the Big Sky Outdoor Championships and also qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary. Grant cleared 7-00.25 to win the Causeway Classic Dual and move into a tie for seventh in school history. He was the first Hornet to clear seven feet since 2011.
  • John Gibbs advanced to the NCAA West Preliminary in the triple jump and also earned all-Big Sky honors after placing second. Gibbs set his PR at the conference meet with a best of 50-04.50 which ranks fifth all-time at Sacramento State.
  • Mason Mtichell finished fourth at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships in the long jump and missed the school top 10 by a quarter inch.

2023 Season

  • Coached Jayla Flowers to a Big Sky Indoor Championship in the women's triple jump and a third place finish in the event at the outdoor championships to earn all-Big Sky honors.
  • Had four women in the finals of the outdoor triple jump.
  • Helped Eliana Coburn to the title in the pentathlon at the Big Sky Indoor Championships. Coburn became the first Big Sky pentathlon winner in school history and moved into fifth place in school history in the event.
  • Coburn returned in the spring to place second in the heptathlon at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships. Her point total set a career best and moved her into eighth place all-time at Sacramento State.
  • John Gibbs cracked the top 10 in school history in the indoor and outdoor triple jumps. Gibbs finished fourth at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships and ranks 10th in the Hornet record book. Indoors, he owns the sixth-longest triple jump at Sacramento State.
  • Izzi Leonard placed fourth at the Big Sky Indoor Championships in the high jump and tied for the seventh best clearance in school history. She also tied the 10th best mark at Sacramento State during the outdoor season.
  • Mason Mitchell, who was a USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree, placed third at the Big Sky Indoor Championships in the long jump. His effort moved him into sixth place on the school top 10 list.
  • Kasee Aczon finished fourth in the long jump at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships.
  • Alexia Croffet was fourth at the Big Sky Indoor and Outdoor Championships in the triple jump.

2022 Season

  • Alexia Croffet earned all-Big Sky honors in the triple jump after placing second at the conference outdoor meet. She was also fourt at the Big Sky Indoor Championships and moved into eighth place in school history in the event.
  • Miles Grant finished fourth in the high jump at the Big Sky Indoor Championships and was tied for fourth all-time at Sacramento State. Grant was also a USTFCCCA All-Academic selection
  • Eliana Coburn finished fifth in the heptathlon at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships. Her mark ranked ninth all-time in school history.
  • Had five student-athletes in his event groups earn Big Sky all-academic honors.
     

2021 Season

  • Team did not compete during the indoor season due to COVID-19.
  • Alexia Croffet and John Gibbs each scored for the team in the triple jump at the outdoor championships. Croffet was sixth for the women while Gibbs was eighth in the men's competition.

2020 Season

  • Coached Brittany Patterson to a victory in the triple jump and a second place finish in the long jump at the Big Sky Indoor Championships.
  • Patterson posted the sixth best long jump (19-03.50) and the fourth-best triple jump (41-02.50) in school history.
  • Andrew Fowler tied the fifth best indoor high jump in program indoor history after clearing 16-01.25. Fowler also scored 4,898 points in the heptathlon which placed him sixth in the Hornet record book.
  • The outdoor season was canceled due to COVID-19.

2019 Season

  • Helped coach the Hornet women to team titles at the Big Sky Indoor and Outdoor Championships.
  • Led Brittany Patterson to individual titles in the triple jump and both conference meets.
  • Patterson was also second in the long jump at the outdoor meet.
  • Emilia Del Hoyo was third in the pentathlon and long jump at the Big Sky Indoor Championships.
  • Andrew Fowler finished second in the pole vault at the conference indoor meet.
  • Coached his athletes to 12 school top 10 marks.
  • During the indoor season Shelby Dozier (5-07.25) and Jade Cany (5-07.00) moved into sixth and seventh in the women's high jump, Tessa Davis tied for 10th in the pole vault (11-08.00), and Del Hoyo set the school record in the pentathlon (3,815). The men were led by Ryan Tennant who long jumed 23-11.00 and triple jumped 48-06.00 which ranked ninth all-time at Sacramento State in both events, Jevin Kitchen who cleared 6-09.75 in the high jump which ranks fourth in program history and Andrew Stitch who scored 4,833 which ranked sixth in the heptathlon.
  • During the outdoor season, Cany (5-08.50) and Dozier (5-08.00) ranked fith and tied for seventh, respectively, all time in the record book, Patterson moved into third in the long jump (20-00.50) and fourth in the triple jump (41-06.50), and Del Hoyo scored 5,062 points in the heptathlon to claim the sixth-highest total all-time by a Hornet. Adrienne Jackson cracked the top 10 for the men with an outdoor triple jump of 48-11.00 which placed him eighth in program history. Frederic Wagner V also moved into eighth at Sacramento State with 6,503 points in the decathlon.

Prior to Sacramento State

Nicholls State (2017-18)

  • Served as an assistant coach at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, La., from Sept. 2017-Nov. 2018.
  • With the Colonels, he was responsible for all recruiting in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas. He also oversaw home meet management and monitored the team’s academic progress.

Northern Arizona (2015-17)

  • Was a volunteer assistant coach where he worked closely with Kenny McDaniel who was the Lumberjacks’ sprints coach at the time.
  • At NAU, he was part of the team which won the 2016 NCAA Div. I Men’s Cross Country Championship and also helped 11 student-athletes qualify for nationals.

University of Mary (2013-15)

  • Was a graduate assistant at the University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D..
  • Coached jumps, multis and hurdles and guided nine individuals to the NCAA Div. II National Championships.

Athletic Accomplishments

  • As a student-athlete at SUNY Fredonia, he was the SUNY Athletic Conference champion in the 110-hurdles in 2011 and a three-time all-league selection.

Personal

  • Eearned his bacehlor’s degree in adolescence education in 2012 and later added a master’s in curriculum, instruction and assessment from Mary in 2015.
  • Also obtained his USTFCCCA strength & conditioning certification in 2017.

Caughell By The Numbers

NCAA DI
11 - NCAA Individual National Qualifiers
2 - NCAA Relay National Qualifiers
4 - USTFCCCA Honorable Mentions
8 - Big Sky Conference Team Championships
18 - Big Sky Conference Individual/Relay Champions
54 - Big Sky Conference All-Conference Individuals/Relays Honorees
   
NCAA DII
9 - NCAA Individual National Qualifiers
2 - USTFCCCA Academic All American Awards
1 - NCAA First-Team All-American Honors
3 - NSIC Conference Team Championships
2 - NSIC Conference Individual Champion
14 - NSIC Conference All-Academic Individual Honors
19 - NSIC Conference All-Conference Team Individuals Honorees

What Others Are Saying

Gabe Sanders, Stanford Assistant Coach
“I’ve had the opportunity to work with Coach Caughell on a number of occasions in recent summers and without a doubt he ‘get’s it.’ He gets what is means to be a teacher, a mentor, a worker, and a pupil all in one. He impresses me not only with his knowledge of the sport but how well he communicates and relates to athletes from every background and level. He absolutely has the ability, background, knowledge and ethic to take any young person as far as they want to go in the sport and will be a valuable asset to not only his staff but the entire university. Congratulations to Carl and I look forward to continued ascension in the sport!"

Mike Thorson, Former University of Mary Head Coach
"Carl Caughell is an outstanding young coach who will do some amazing things for the Hornet track and field program. He has a passion and loyalty second to none. He is one of the new breed of young coaches who has shown he can combine science and practical knowledge to lead  young men and women to success. An outstanding hire for Sacramento State."

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