Florida State University Athletics
Women's Track and Field
- Title:
- Assistant Coach (Multi/Jumps)
- Email:
- tc24x@fsu.edu
Cawley enters his second year overseeing the jumps andmulti groups, joining the Seminoles after spending the last ten seasons as the Director of track and field and cross country at University of Idaho. He brings 25 years of coaching experience. In his career he has coached 79 Conference Championships, 63 School Records, 45 NCAA Championship Qualifiers, 24 USA Championship Qualifiers and 12 All-Americans, an Olympic Bronze medalist and a World Championship Silver Medalist.
In addition to his collegiate experience, Cawley has vast experience on the international and professional realm, including coaching Janay DeLoach to an Olympic Bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. DeLoach has accumulated nine top three USA championship finishes in the long jump, hurdles and multis. Under the guidance of Cawley, Deloach has held several top 10 world rankings in her career, including a World Championship Silver medal and Olympic Bronze medal
Cawley has served on numerous Team USA coaching staff, working closely with the top athletes in the world. Cawley has worked with top athletes in the World at all levels, serving as the jumps coach for Team USA at the 2014 U-20 World Junior Outdoor Championships, 2017 IAAF World Outdoor Championships, 2018 NACAC Championships, and 2019 Pan-Am Championships. He served as the Team USA head coach for the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
During his first season, Cawley boasted three three top five finishes combined from the Indoor and Outdoor ACC conference championships. Under the guidance of Cawley, Kyvon Tatham was named the ACC Men’s Field Outdoor MVP for his efforts. Tatham won both the indoor and outdoor triple jump at the conference meet, before placing third in the event at the NCAA Outdoor National Championships marking the highest postseason finish of his career. Tatham also made his way on both the indoor and outdoor FSU all-time top 10 list.
While the Director at Idaho, Cawley oversaw 59 NCAA Championship Qualifiers, 32 Conference Champions, 18 School Records, and 5 Division I All-Americans.
Prior to Idaho, Cawley spent 11 seasons at Colorado State University where he spent time coaching jumps, multis, pole vault, sprints, hurdles and relays. While at CSU, Cawley coached nine All-American performances, 23 NCAA Championship qualifiers, 17 conference champions and 33 school records.
Before his stint at Colorado State, Cawley was an assistant at Wisconsin-Milwaukee. During his time with the Panther’s Cawley oversaw sprints, hurdles, jumps, pole vault, javelin, hammer. In two seasons, Cawley coached 43 conference champions and 21 school records.
Caley began his coaching career as a volunteer coach at Colorado School of Mines in 1991. He spent 11 seasons responsible for the multi-events, horizontal jumps and pole vault. Cawley coached 23 NCAA Championship qualifiers and 17 conference championships.
He was a graduate assistant from 1999-2000 at West Virigina, before being hired at Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
During his stint at Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Cawley oversaw the sprints, hurdles and multis group. He coached 43 conference champions and 21 school records.
Cawley earned his degree in art education from the University of Wyoming, where he competed in jumps and was on the 4x100-meter relay team. He earned All-American honors in 1998 in the long jump and competed in the triple jump at the NCAA Championships. In 2008, he finished in the top ten at the USA Indoor Championships in the triple jump.
