The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
UAB Track & Field Adds Kiamesha Otey To Coaching Staff
9/16/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
Sept. 16, 2010
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. --- Kiamesha Otey will join the UAB track and field staff as an assistant coach, as announced by interim head coach Kurt Thomas Thursday. Otey, a three-time All-American at the University of Virginia, will primarily work with the jumpers and multi-event athletes.
"We are extremely excited to have Kiamesha a part of our staff," Thomas said. "She had a great athletic career at Virginia and brings a wealth of experience to our athletes. She is very bright and works hard, and that's the type of coach we need leading our athletes and recruiting future Blazers."
The New Kent, Va., native has been a professional athlete since 2003 and most recently participated in the 2004 and 2008 Olympic trials. Following a successful athletic career at Virginia from 1999-2003, Otey served as a volunteer assistant coach for the Cavaliers from 2003-04.
While at Virginia, Otey was a six-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference performer and a two-time ACC champion in the long jump. She holds the current ACC outdoor long jump record (6.54 meters/21-5.50) and the Virginia indoor 60-meter record (7.37). She ranks second in school history in the 100-meter, 200-meter and long jump events.
In 2003, Otey became a USA Indoor Track & Field champion in the indoor long jump with a leap of 6.33 meters (20-9.25).
Otey graduated from Virginia in 2003 with a degree in sociology. A New Kent High School alum, she still holds six school records, three state records and won the state championship in 1999.
"Our jumps and multi-event groups are in great hands with Coach Otey, and I look forward to working with her this year," Thomas said.
