Marietta Camp Director

Derek Stanley
Head Coach, Marietta College

Derek Stanley, a native of Pataskala, Ohio, begins his fifth season as Marietta College's head track & field and cross country coach.

Stanley guided three athletes to individual titles at the 2007 OAC Outdoor Championships. Sophomore Derek Carpenter and senior Rachel Forman won the hammer throw, while freshman Zach Gay took home the high jump title. In addition, freshman Danielle Altenhof earned All-OAC honors after taking second in the discus. A pair of Pioneers—junior Breanne Kosar in the high jump and sophomore Jessi Larrison in the 800m run—were earned All-OAC honors.

In 2006, Stanley had four runners, including Larrison, who won the 800m title, earn All-OAC honors at the Outdoor Championships, which was hosted at Don Drum Stadium. Marietta's women took seventh, while the men finished eighth at the meet. During indoor, Larrison earned All-OAC in the 500m dash, taking third overall.

In 2005, Stanley guided senior All-American Chris Taylor to an eighth-place finish in the high jump at the NCAA D-III Indoor Track and Field Championship. He is the first Pioneer in recent history to qualify for the NCAAs.

Stanley came to Marietta from Bluffton College, where he served as the head men and women's track/cross country coach since 2001. During his time at Bluffton, a member of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference, he expanded the squad size from six to 26 female athletes and 15 to 32 male athletes. Stanley coached four individual HCAC champions in 2002 and the freshman of the year in the HCAC in 2003.

In addition, Stanley's women's cross country team earned Academic All-American status in 2001 and 2002, and his men's cross country team earned the honor in 2002.

Stanley received his bachelor's of business administration from Tiffin University in 1999 and his master's in education from Bowling Green State University in 2002.

Stanley remained at Tiffin as a coach for two years following his graduation. During his time at Tiffin, Stanley coached numerous NAIA national qualifiers in indoor and outdoor track & field. He also played an integral part in expanding the roster size from 15 to 40 runners.

During high school at Pataskala Watkins Memorial, Stanley was a two-time state qualifier and went on to establish numerous school records at Tiffin University. He also qualified to the indoor NAIA national championship meet in Lincoln, Neb., where he participated on the 4x400 meter relay team.