Damion Drummond

**Damion Drummond** is in his second year as the Lindenwood cross country head coach in 2023.

During his first year at the helm of the cross country teams, Drummond coached the 2022 OVC Cross Country Female Freshman of the Year in Holly Harding. Anders Hekkli placed 22nd in the 8 kilometer race at the OVC Championships, while Maxime Touron finished 41st in the event.

Drummond comes to Lindenwood after spending the last five seasons at University of Maryland Eastern Shore as the head coach. While at Maryland Eastern Shore, he has seen several other team and individual successes, including one NCAA First Round Qualifier (Men's 3000m Steeple Chase) and 10 IC4A/ECAC All-East Team Distinctions.

Prior to his time in Princess Anne, Md. Drummond was the head coach of the men's and women's cross country and track and field programs. During his tenure, he led one NCAA First Round Qualifier, three IC4A/ECAC All-East Team Distinctions and six MEAC All-Conference Honorees.

Drummond also had coaching stops at Lincoln University and Hampton University. While at Lincoln, he led the women's cross country team to the 2014 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) championship, the team's first conference title as a NCAA Div. II program. Drummond was selected as CIAA Coach-of-the-Year for the achievement.

In addition, Lincoln's women's cross country team earned U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCA) All-Academic Team honors for achieving a grade-point-average of 3.0 or higher for the 2014-15 academic year.

Lincoln's track and field/cross country programs also produced two NCAA championship participants, 19 All-CIAA honorees, three individual conference champs, one conference Most Valuable Performer and a World University Games competitor during Drummond's tenure.

At Hampton University, he helped to establish the Pirate programs as, arguably, the best in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference during his three years at the school. During Drummond's tenure at Hampton, the Pirates earned six MEAC women's track and field championships, one women's cross country title and one men's track and field crown.

Drummond, a native of Brooklyn, New York by the way of Jamaica West Indies, originally attended the University of Tennessee from 2001 to 2002, where he was part of SEC title winning teams in both indoor and outdoor track. Following his start as a Volunteer, Drummond transferred to Maryland Eastern Shore where he had an immediate impact on the program. During his time as a student-athlete with the Hawks, Drummond was an All-MEAC middle-distance runner where he set conference championship records in the 800m for both the indoor and outdoor seasons. Additionally, Drummond was part of the school's record setting distance medley team in 2003, a record that stood until 2017.

Since graduating from Maryland Eastern Shore in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in Exercise Science, Drummond has been committed to coaching student-athletes, starting as a graduate and volunteer assistant with the Hawks from 2006-2009. During that time the Hawks excelled in Cross Country, winning three MEAC titles as well as a co-championship for the women's indoor team in 2008.

Following earning his Master's in Rehabilitation Counseling in 2008, Drummond took over nearby Washington High School's track program from 2009-10 where the Jaguars took home two regional titles while on the individual front, he coached a state champion and 12 regional champions.