Oregon associate director of track and field Dan Steele was named the Pacific-10 Conference men’s track and field coach of the year Monday, an award voted on by conference coaches.
Steele led the Oregon men to the Pac-10 men’s team title this season, their second consecutive championship and fourth in six years.
It is the second straight year an Oregon coach won the award, after Vin Lananna won it last year. It is also the third such award for the Oregon program in four years.
In 2005, the award went to the entire Oregon coaching staff, of which Steele was a member.
Arizona State’s Greg Kraft won women’s track and field coach of the year, and Sun Devil heptathlete Jacquelyn Johnson was honored as the conference’s field athlete of the year. Cal’s Alysia Johnson was the track athlete of the year.
USC athletes won both men’s awards. Sprinter Lionel Larry was the track athlete of the year, and Corey White was the field athlete of the year.
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