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Nate Arnold

Nate Arnold

Coaching Experience
• Assistant Coach, The College of William & Mary (2015-17)
• Volunteer Assistant Coach, Duke University (2014-15)
• Graduate Assistant Coach, University of the Cumberlands (2013-14)

Education
• B.A., Liberal Studies, University of Memphis (2013)

 
At Cornell
Nate Arnold, a dynamic young coach with profound knowledge in jumps, was named the men’s and women’s track & field assistant coach at Cornell University in July 2017. With the Big Red, Arnold serves as the jumps coach.
  
Prior to Cornell
Arnold spent three years at William & Mary and Duke prior to his arrival at East Hill and gained outstanding experience in all aspects of assisting Division I programs and earned hands-on experience working with sprinters, jumpers, vaulters and multi-event athletes.
 
In two seasons at William & Mary, Arnold coached one NCAA DI Indoor All-American, two regional qualifiers, two IC4A Champions, two CAA Champions, and three school record holders.
 
While working with the Blue Devil student-athletes in the pole vault and multi-events, three qualified for NCAA East Preliminaries and Megan Clark took second in the pole vault at the NCAA Indoor Championships. His athletes also won ACC titles in the women's pole vault (indoors and outdoors) and the decathlon and had six other place-winners.
 
As a graduate assistant at the University of the Cumberlands, Arnold produced two Mid-South conference champions (men's pole vault, men's javelin) and a total of eight conference medalists as the men's team won the Mid-South title and the women placed second. He was responsible for the jumps and multi-events, and also helped plan and direct the strength program for the sprinters. 
 
While an athlete at the University of Memphis and shortly after graduating, Arnold took coaching internships in Europe. In the summer of 2012, he learned under former Olympian Aleksandrs Obizajevs in Latvia, focusing on the technical and power development of high-level athletes, as well as the psychology of the pole vault. Later that same summer, he worked with Polish professional coach Wiaczeslaw Kaliniczenko on strength and gymnastics-based training styles and techniques for the pole vault. Arnold spent two stints, in the summer of 2013 and winter of 2014, learning under German coach Wolfgang Striezel for the speed development and event techniques for intermediate to advanced-level athletes in the multi-events.
 
Collegiate Career
Arnold was a multiple-time scorer at the Conference USA championships both indoors and outdoors in the pole vault. He qualified for the 2013 NCAA East Preliminaries and cleared a best height of 16-4.
 
Personal
Arnold is a native of Kingman, Kans.