Track & Field Adds Forrest Donnell To Coaching Staff

MUNCIE, Ind. - - Forrest Donnell, a volunteer assistant at the University of Oklahoma last season, will join the Ball State track & field program as an assistant coach according to head coach Brian Etelman.

"We are incredibly excited to add Forrest Donnell to our coaching staff," Etelman said. "Coach Donnell was highly recommended by some of the NCAA's most accomplished and respected coaches. He is a very well educated jumps and multi-events coach that shares our staff's vision and commitment to building and developing champions. Our entire program, both staff and student-athletes, will benefit tremendously from his expertise and commitment to the jumps and multi-event areas. We look forward to an exciting and competitive 2019-2020 season with Coach Donnell on board."

As a member of the Oklahoma staff, Donnell assisted head coach Jim VanHootegem with one of the nation's top horizontal jumping programs. In fact, Donnell helped coach three Sooners, one female and two males, to second team All-America honors in the triple jump last season. He also worked with the men's 4x100m relay which earned second team All-American honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, as well as with several Big 12 Conference Championship scorers in the horizontal jumps and men's sprints.

"I want to thank Coach Etelman for giving me the opportunity to be part of this staff and work with this young, talented group of student-athletes," Donnell said. "I think this team and this group can be competitive within the MAC, so we will get to work and see where our training takes us."

Prior to joining the Oklahoma staff, Donnell worked for ALTIS in Phoenix, Arizona, where he instructed athletes with world-class coaches in an elite coaching and athletic training environment.

Donnell began his coaching career as an assistant at his alma mater, Lyons High School in Lyons, Colorado, working with the program between 2013 and 2018. During his time on staff, the Lions claimed a total of 16 event championships or runner-up finishes.

A two-time Colorado high school state champion himself in the long jump, Donnell earned his bachelor's degree in integrative physiology from the University of Colorado in 2017.

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Track & Field Adds Forrest Donnell To Coaching Staff

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