JONESBORO, Ark. (3/5/20) – After leading Arkansas State to its first sweep of the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships since 1998 and the first in league history since 2010, Head Coach Jim Patchell followed suit by sweeping the Men's and Women's Coach of the Year honors.
The end-of-season awards are voted on by the league's head coaches. Thursday's honor marks the eighth and ninth SBC Coach of the Year honors for Patchell. It marks the third coach of the year award for A-State in the 2019-20 cross country/track and field calendar with Jesse Duvall being named the Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year after guiding the Red Wolves to a conference title in November.