Staff Directory

Ricky Argro

Title:
Associate Head Coach (Men's Track & Field, Men's Sprints)
Email:
Phone:
850-228-3199

Ricky Argo enters his 11th season as the men’s sprints and relays coach for the Seminoles and has been instrumental in the Noles’ recent success on the track. Argro has accumulated 71 All-Americans, 43 of those being first-team. On the conference level, Argro has racked 27 ACC Champions as well as seven ACC MVPs.

During the 2026 season, Argo led the men's sprint squad to the program's 15th ACC Indoor Championship title, with the sprinters accounting for 45 of the team's 94 points to secure the trophy. Argro concluded the indoor season with and earning six First-Team All-ACC honors. Under Argo's guidance, Durian Moss was named the ACC Indoor MVP after scoring 18 points. Moss captured the ACC title in the men's 60 meters and finished as the runner-up in the 200 meters.

Argo guided Neo Mosebi to the first sub-10 100-meter performances of his career at the ACC Outdoor Championships. Mosebi ran a wind-aided 9.96 in the preliminary round before successfully defending his title in the final with a wind-legal 9.98. His championship-winning time tied for the sixth-fastest performance in program history and extended the program's six-year winning streak in the event.

Three individual Seminoles advanced to the NCAA East First Round, while the men's 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relay teams also qualified for postseason competition. Argo guided Durian Moss to his first individual appearance at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, while Neo Mosebi competed at the national championship meet for the second consecutive outdoor season. Moss and Mosebi concluded their seasons by earning Second-Team All-America honors.
Argro had a combined total six all-time top 10 performances combined from the indoor and outdoor season.

In 2025, Argro led the men's sprints to a fifth place finish at the Indoor and Outdoor ACC Championship, earning three gold medals and five first team all-members to begin outdoor postseason competition. Under the guidance of Argro he led dual sport star Micahi Danzy to an amazing freshman season after he set a new program, acc and meet record in the men's 400-meters with an NCAA leading time of 44.38. Danzy time ranks the 22nd-fastest time in collegiate history and seventh-fastest time in U20 history. Neo Mosebi also continued the five year winning streak in the men's 100-meters after his winning time of 10.08. The 4x100-meter also placed first for the second consecutive year with a time of 39.05. The Seminoles went on to qualify 12 athletes to the NCAA National Championship, marking the most since the 2022 season. Argro concluded his 10th season with one first and second-team All-American.

Over the past eight seasons, his charges have piled up 43 All-American honors between the indoor and outdoor campaigns highlighted by 14 All-American honors in the 2021 season and 24 ACC champions. The Noles captured their 13th ACC Indoor title in 2022.

In 2024, five FSU sprinters were first or second team All-Americans as was the men’s outdoor 4 x 100 relay team.

Forced to rebuild the roster upon his arrival in 2015, Argro replenished the ranks by landing stars Darryl Haraway, Andre Ewers, Kasaun James, Matherson and Banks and surrounding them with quality complementary pieces through resourceful recruiting and development.

His success with early signees became evident in 2019 when James swept ACC Indoor Championship Track MVP and ACC Indoor Track Performer of the Year honors, while Ewers won his second consecutive ACC Outdoor Championship Track MVP honor. Bryand Rincher’s accolades spanned the 2019 indoor and outdoor seasons, sweeping ACC Freshman of the Year honors. Rincher was the lone Nole to earn first-team All-American honors in both seasons as the only freshman to advance to the NCAA finals in the 60-meter and 100-meter dashes.

Banks added to the list, claiming the 2020 ACC Indoor Freshman of the Year honors.

FSU’s new depth was on display when they charged from sixth place entering the final day of the ACC Indoor Championships to a share of the team title. The Noles qualified a conference-record six men to the 60-meter dash finals and piled up 25 points, and stacked on 29 points in the 200 final with a 1-2-3 finish leading five finalists.

Haraway, the centerpiece to Argro’s first recruiting class, was the 2017 ACC Indoor 60- and 200-meter champion, earning Track MVP honors.

In all, Argro’s men have amassed 42 All-ACC honors, including 20 first-team selections.

The 2019 4x100 relay team of Rincher, Matherson, Michael Timpson and Ewers broke the NCAA Championship record in a runner-up finish at 38.08.

The success further validates Bob Braman’s hiring of Argro, who built his reputation as a high school and private coach in Central Florida since graduating from FSU in 2006. Argro guided Orlando’s First Academy to three consecutive 1A boys state runner-up finishes and the girls to back-to-back top-eight showings, producing 15 state champions.

In addition to that team’s success, Argro also helped develop former Noles sprinter Marvin Bracy, a 2016 Olympian, and his cousin Levonte Whitfield, who starred for the FSU football team. Together they were the top-ranked 100-meter high school runners nationally from 2011-13. Additionally, he coached future NCAA champion and Team USA member Teahna Daniels at First Academy.

Argro’s passion for coaching has roots back to his days at Lyman High School, where he was mentored by Fred Finke and Marcus O’Dell. It was nurtured during his four seasons with the Noles, where he helped qualify two All-American 4×100 relay teams to the NCAA Championship meet, while earning All-ACC honors under Ken Harnden, the man he replaced on the FSU staff. Argro was also a captain of the 2006 National Champion team, which was the first men’s track and field title at Florida State.

Argro and his wife Iona are the proud parents of four daughters – Tamera, Isis, Yahirah and London.