Jim Patchell   (2024)

Heber Springs, Arkansas State University

Arkansas State University

• Head Coach/Director Track & Field and Cross Country
• Arkansas State’s all-time winningest coach in program history
• Twenty-two time Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year
• Twenty-nine Sun Belt Conference titles between M&W Cross Country, M&W Indoor and outdoor track & field
• Coached 45 athletes to All-American honors
• Sixty active school records have been set during his tenure
• Head Coach at Campbell University 2003-2011.
• Graduated from Arkansas State in 1992
• Completed a Ph.D. in kinesiology at UA Fayetteville