Coaching Experience
• Associate Head Coach, Cornell (2019-present)
• Assistant Coach, Cornell (2018-2019)
• Head Coach, Nansemond River High School (2012-Present)
• Assistant Coach, North Carolina A&T (2006-07)
Education
• B.S. in Business Finance, North Carolina A&T, 2007
• M.S. in Recreation and Sports Science, Ohio University, 2014
Honors and Accomplishments
-Two-time recipient of the Virginia High School Girls Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2016
-Milestat Virginia High School Coach of the Year in 2015
-Three-time honoree of the VHSL Class 5A Girls Outdoor Coach of the Year award in 2016, 2017 and 2018
-Three-time recipient of the VHSL Class 5A Girls Indoor Coach of the Year award in 2016, 2017 and 2018
-Coached 47 individual and 15 relay team state champions
Prior to Cornell
Byron entered his first season at Cornell after building a reputation as one of the top sprint and hurdle coaches in the nation at Nansemond River High School in Suffolk, Virginia. A two-time recipient of the USTFCCCA State of Virginia High School Girls Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2016, Byron has helped coach his athletes to a staggering five high school national meet records. Additionally, his athletes hold 11 Virginia state records and they earned 14 national titles, with Nansemond River athletes breaking into the United States all-time top 10 high school lists on eight occasions. In his tenure at Nansemond River, his athletes earned 47 individual and 15 relay state titles, while 153 individual and 31 relay teams earned all-state honors. More than 20 of the athletes he has coached have gone on to the Division I ranks, while 100 percent have gone on to compete at the collegiate level.
In 2010, Byron founded 5 Star Track Program, a youth track and field club designed to promote academic and athletic success. In addition to claiming three AAU National Club Championships in 2010, 2012 and 2014, the program implemented a college prep program that produced a 100 percent high school graduation rate with more than 80 percent going on to pursue higher education. Of the athletes that were part of the year-round training program, 14 won high school state championships, four claimed high school national championships and one set a high school national record.
Byron served as the executive director of the Athletic Bridge Experience, a non-profit with a two-fold focus of helping student-athletes strive for academic and athletic excellence and to increase youth health and fitness for both athletes and non-athletes in the community.
Playing Career
He was a five time all-academic selection at North Carolina A&T. As a collegiate athlete for the Aggies, Byron was a seven time conference champion, two time NCAA qualifier, and a conference record holder.
Personal
Born in Washington, DC to Cyril and Marsha Jones-Byron, he attended Oxon Hill High school in Maryland. In 2002, placed in the state meet in the 200 and 400 and anchored his squad to a national indoor title in the 4x200 relay.
He obtained his master of science in recreation and sports science in 2014 from Ohio University. He graduated cum laude from North Carolina A&T with bachelor of science in business finance.
Last Updated May 27, 2020
