Alex Carradine - Cross Country/Track & Field Director (2nd season) - Men's Track and Field Coaches

Alex Carradine

Title:
Cross Country/Track & Field Director (2nd season)
Email:
alex.carradine@pfw.edu
Phone:
(260) 481-5464

Alex Carradine was named the Purdue Fort Wayne Cross Country/Track and Field Director in August 2019.

He was elevated to the position after serving as an assistant coach in 2018-19. He was crucial to the resumption of men’s track and field in 2019-20, helping recruit 27 student-athletes to the men’s track and field roster. The women's program also saw tremendous growth on the track. The Mastodon women broke 11 school records and rewrote the books with 21 all-time top-10 performances. In addition to athletic success, he helped recruit 20 women to the 2019-20 roster.

Under Carradine, the Mastodons men's track & field program set 18 new indoor records, and 16 new outdoor records. The women's track & field team set 15 new indoor records and eight outdoor records. The Mastodons also captured their first individual title since 2010 when Katie Clark won the 400-meter dash at the 2022 Horizon League Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

Previously, Carradine spent three years at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He worked with the jumps and multi-event student-athletes.

He has coached one NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier, one Colonial Athletic Association Men's Track & Field Athlete-of-the-Year (Moe Holmes), six CAA individual champions (two in 2018), 17 All-CAA individual track & field performances (five in 2018) and 25 UNCW all-time top-10 performances (7 in 2017).

Carradine guided junior Courtney Cefalo to a first place in finish in the long jump at the 2018 CAA outdoor championships. Cefalo became the first Seahawk to win the CAA Women's Long Jump title since the meet began in 1990. Her mark of 19-6.25 ranks second in UNCW school history. At the same championships sophomore Dylan Wood placed first in the men's high jump and freshman Sarah Timberlake placed second in the women's high jump competition. Senior Caleb Mathis earned bronze medals in the men's long and triple jump events.

Holmes, a rising senior in 2017-18, racked up 36 points at the 2017 CAA Track & Field Championships, winning the Long Jump, Triple Jump and High Jump titles and placing third in the 110 Hurdles.

In 2015-16, Carradine coached Trey Jones to a CAA title in the Triple Jump and an NCAA East Preliminary Round qualification in the Long Jump. Jones' mark of 24-11.25 ranks third all-time in the school's history. In addition, four student-athletes earned All-CAA honors and 12 broke into UNCW's top-10 list.

Carradine competed in the long jump and high jump at UNCW for four seasons before earning his Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science in May of 2011. He moved on to Texas A&M, where he served as a volunteer strength and conditioning coach for the Aggies and completed his Master’s Degree in Exercise Physiology in College Station in 2013.

Carradine then accepted his first full-time coaching position as assistant women’s track and field coach at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Mich. He coached two NCAA Division II All-Americans and eight All-Midwest Region honorees. Ten school records were set and Carradine demonstrated an ability to recruit student-athletes to one of the coldest regions of the country.

Carradine holds several certifications through the USTFCCCA: technical, jumps specialist, combined event specialist, strength and conditioning, sports pyschology, injury management, and is pursuing a masters endorsement in combined events. Carradine is also a level I certified coach through USATF.