Dillard University Bleu Devils Hires IWU's Derek Gay as Head Track & Field Coach

HEAD COACH DEREK GAY
DILLARD UNIVERSITY
TRACK & FIELD AND CROSS COUNTRY

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana -- Following a lengthy nationwide search, Dillard University Athletics has hired Indiana Wesleyan University's Derek Gay as its head track & field and cross country coach. Gay will replace longtime Bleu Devils coach Bobby Williams, who announced his resignation prior to the start of the cross country season.

Gay brings a wealth of experience to the job, formerly serving as assistant track & field coach for sprints, men's & women's 400 and 400-hurdles and heptathalon, as well as strength and conditioning coordinator for distance athletes for the Wildcats. A 2011 graduate of Indiana Wesleyan (Marion, Indiana), Gay competed in the high jumps and intermediate hurdles. Gay was instrumental in the team's overall success during his active years, with the Wildcats' men's track and field team winning the Crossroads League Championship in both 2010 and 2011, and the men's and women's cross country teams wining in 2010.

Dillard's new track & field and cross country coach will have large shoes to fill. Head Coach Williams, a graduate of the University of New Orleans who competed for the Privateers, in 2012 brought the Bleu Devils their first GCAC men's track & field championship since 2010. Williams also produced a number of NAIA All-Americans under his leadership, including the widely successful 2012 men's 1600-meter relay team and women's 400-meter relay teams, which placed 4th and 8th in the nation, respectively.

Gay will assume his duties as Bleu Devils coach in January.

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