The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association will create an award in the name of former Tennessee track and field coach Terry Crawford, to honor her “all-around” success.
The Terry Crawford Program of the Year Award will be awarded annually to the most outstanding NCAA Division I women’s cross country and track & field program. The award will honor the institution that has achieved the most success in each academic year based on the institution’s finish at the NCAA Division I championships.
The Greeneville, Tenn., native, in her 17th year of coaching at Cal Poly, spent 10 years at Tennessee (1974-1984) as head coach of track and field and cross country. Her 1981 AIAW championship track and field team was the first women’s sport to win a national team title at UT.
She led UT to its first four women’s SEC outdoor championships (1981-1984) and won the inaugural women’s SEC indoor championship in 1984. Her coaching produced 19 individual AIAW and NCAA national champions and 120 All-American honors.
At Texas (1984-1992), Crawford’s teams won 18 Southwest Conference championships, five NCAA championships including the only Triple Crown in NCAA women’s history in 1986.
The inaugural award will be given at the end of the 2009 outdoor track & field season.
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BillVol writes:
emismom, why did Terry leave us? Guessing it was more money. Any reasons other than that? I think she and Huntsman left at about the same time.
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