Macey Joins Track & Field Staff
October 5, 2022 | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field
BOSTON – Sara Macey has been hired as an assistant coach for the Boston University men's and women's track & field teams as announced by director of track & field and cross country Gabe Sanders. Macey will oversee jumps and multis for the Terriers.
"After conducting a nationwide search for the new leader of our jumps and multis program, it's my honor and pleasure to welcome Sara Macey to the BU Track & Field program," said Sanders. "Sara set herself apart right from the beginning of our process in instantly recognizing the world class vision and mission this program is set on.
Her background as a high level NCAA athlete herself, her national recognition of her rising coaching talent in her appointment to two USATF staffs, and most notably, being a coach that has been a part of a long term championship program vision that has been executed are exactly what this program needs. She's already lived a vision we're building which she recognizes and wants to contribute to that journey. I genuinely believe we have pound-for-pound one of the best young staffs in the NCAA and Sara will be a cornerstone of our program for years to come."
Macey was most recently the assistant coach of jumps and multi events at Cal Poly Pomona. In 2022, she coached the men's and women's teams to the CCAA Conference Championship title, Pomona's first in 24 years, and had both an indoor and outdoor All-American in the Triple Jump. She coached multiple Academic All-Americans (2020, 2019) and boasts a 100% graduation rate with all athletes in her programs dating back to 2017. In 2019, she coached a Conference Athlete of the Year and an All-American in the decathlon. Since her start in 2017, she has overseen 24 medalists across the jumps and multi events at CCAA Conference Championships.
On the national level, Macey served as an assistant coach for USA Track & Field at the Thorpe Cup in 2021 and 2022. Through this experience, she coached the men's and women's teams in the heptathlon and decathlon. She was selected as an assistant coach for the 2020 Thorpe Cup before the event was canceled due to the pandemic.
"I am extremely grateful for this opportunity to coach here at Boston University," Macey said. "I would like to thank Gabe Sanders and the other coaches on staff for putting their trust in me and believing that I can benefit this program to help contribute to the storied Boston University legacy. I believe in Gabe and the vision he has for this program. It is something that I am excited to be a part of and eager to get to work for."
Her first coaching stint took place at Cerritos College where she was an assistant coach of jumps and multi events from 2013-2017. As a student athlete, Macey was on the track & field team at Long Beach State and served as a co-captain in 2011. She qualified for the NCAA Championship in the high jump in 2010 and 2012 and was the 2012 Big West Heptathlon runner-up as a junior. Macey graduated from California State University, Long Beach with a Bachelor of Liberal Arts in human development.
"After conducting a nationwide search for the new leader of our jumps and multis program, it's my honor and pleasure to welcome Sara Macey to the BU Track & Field program," said Sanders. "Sara set herself apart right from the beginning of our process in instantly recognizing the world class vision and mission this program is set on.
Her background as a high level NCAA athlete herself, her national recognition of her rising coaching talent in her appointment to two USATF staffs, and most notably, being a coach that has been a part of a long term championship program vision that has been executed are exactly what this program needs. She's already lived a vision we're building which she recognizes and wants to contribute to that journey. I genuinely believe we have pound-for-pound one of the best young staffs in the NCAA and Sara will be a cornerstone of our program for years to come."
Macey was most recently the assistant coach of jumps and multi events at Cal Poly Pomona. In 2022, she coached the men's and women's teams to the CCAA Conference Championship title, Pomona's first in 24 years, and had both an indoor and outdoor All-American in the Triple Jump. She coached multiple Academic All-Americans (2020, 2019) and boasts a 100% graduation rate with all athletes in her programs dating back to 2017. In 2019, she coached a Conference Athlete of the Year and an All-American in the decathlon. Since her start in 2017, she has overseen 24 medalists across the jumps and multi events at CCAA Conference Championships.
On the national level, Macey served as an assistant coach for USA Track & Field at the Thorpe Cup in 2021 and 2022. Through this experience, she coached the men's and women's teams in the heptathlon and decathlon. She was selected as an assistant coach for the 2020 Thorpe Cup before the event was canceled due to the pandemic.
"I am extremely grateful for this opportunity to coach here at Boston University," Macey said. "I would like to thank Gabe Sanders and the other coaches on staff for putting their trust in me and believing that I can benefit this program to help contribute to the storied Boston University legacy. I believe in Gabe and the vision he has for this program. It is something that I am excited to be a part of and eager to get to work for."
Her first coaching stint took place at Cerritos College where she was an assistant coach of jumps and multi events from 2013-2017. As a student athlete, Macey was on the track & field team at Long Beach State and served as a co-captain in 2011. She qualified for the NCAA Championship in the high jump in 2010 and 2012 and was the 2012 Big West Heptathlon runner-up as a junior. Macey graduated from California State University, Long Beach with a Bachelor of Liberal Arts in human development.
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