Teams: Men's Track & Field: Press Releases

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

ETHAN BARRON SELECTED USTFCCA INDOOR COACH OF THE YEAR

MEDFORD -- Establishing himself as one of the best young track & field coaches in the country, Tufts University men's coach Ethan Barron was named Indoor Coach of the Year by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for the second straight season. The award was announced on March 12, prior to the start of the NCAA Championship meet.

This winter, Barron had three male athletes qualify for the NCAA Championships. Senior Dan Marcy (Middletown, NY) was the national runner-up in the triple jump. Barron guided the Jumbos to the New England Division III indoor title, the first for Tufts since 1991. Now in his third season as coach of the Jumbos, including one year as the interim coach, Barron is the recipient of this honor for the second consecutive indoor season.

Barron has received six total Coach of the Year awards in his young career. As cross country and track & field coach at Tufts, he has three USTFCCCA regional honors and three from the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). Last spring (2007), he was voted USTFCCA New England Outdoor Coach of the Year and NESCAC Coach of the Year. He swept the USTFCCCA track & field honors last year, as he was also named New England Region Indoor Coach of the Year in March 2007. During the 2005-06 season as an interim coach, Barron was NESCAC Co-Coach of the Year in Cross Country and the NESCAC Track & Field Coach of the Year for the first time.

A 2001 graduate of Middlebury College, where he was an All-American hurdler and an Academic All-American, Barron was an assistant coach under former Jumbo leader Connie Putnam, Barron was promoted to interim head coach following Putnam's retirement in August 2005. The interim tag was then removed when he was promoted to full-time head coach in June 2006. In addition to this winter's New England Div. III title, he coached Tufts to a tie for first place at last spring's NESCAC Outdoor Championships.

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