Curtis Frye

Curtis Frye(born October 20, 1951, inVass, North Carolina) is the head coach for theUniversity of South CarolinaTrack and Field teams. He served as an assistant coach for the United States women's track and field team at the2004 Summer OlympicsinAthens, Greece.

Fry's coaching specialties are thehurdlingevents, sprints, and relays. These are also his areas of responsibility on the US Women's Olympic team.

Before coming to South Carolina, Frye was an assistant coach atEast Carolina University,theUniversity of Florida,North Carolina State University,and theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

At Florida he coachedDennis Mitchell,who went on to win the bronze medal in the 100 meter dash at the1992 Summer OlympicsinBarcelona.

At North Carolina, he coached athletes such asMarion JonesandAllen Johnson.Johnson still trains with Frye inColumbia, South Carolinaand is a volunteer assistant coach for theGamecocks.

At South Carolina, some of his most successful athletes includeTerrence Trammell,Demetria Washington,Miki and Lisa Barber,Otis Harris,Aleen Bailey,Lashinda Demus,Natasha HastingsandTiffany Ross-Williams.

His teams have consistently finished high in the fourNCAAchampionship events and the women team won the national title in the 2002NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship,the school's first NCAA Championship title. That year he was named the national coach of the year.

Frye also formed theSpeed Elite,a group of high quality athletes like Johnson andMonique Hennagan,that have the goal to compete in and win national and international competitions.

Curtis Frye puts a high value on education and ensures that all of his student athletes graduate from college. Of the almost 200 individuals he has coached at the University of South Carolina, all but one have finished their undergraduate work and earned a degree from the school.

On June 15, 2023, Frye announced that he was retiring, effective June 30 of that year.

Achievements

• 2008 Order of Ikkos medallion
• 2002 Women's NCAA Championship
• 1999 & 2002 Women's OutdoorSECChampionship
• 1999 & 2002 USTCA Women's Outdoor National Coach of the Year
• 1999 USTCA Men's National Indoor Coach of the Year
• 1999 & 2002 SEC Women's Coach of the Year
• In 2002 coached athletes who won 7 NCAA titles and 4 gold and one silver medal at the World Junior Championships. In addition had 2 named National Athlete of the Years and 1 named Men's National Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• 2001 Nike Coach of the Year
• U.S. Men's Head Coach at 2001Goodwill Games
• 1999 Assistant Coach for the US at the World Track and Field Championships
• 1997 USOC Track and Field Coach of the Year
• Assistant coach of 18ACCChampionship Teams
• Coached 6 Olympic medalists
• Coached 25 Olympians (that have won 11 medals)
• Coached over 60 NCAA Champions
• Coached over 415 NCAA All-Americans
• Coached over 100 SEC Champions
• Coached over 75 ACC Champions

Sources

• Fry's Bio at GamecocksOnline.comArchived2009-06-21 at theWayback Machine
• Fry's Bio at USA Track & Field