2018 NCAA MEN’S OUTDOOR & WOMEN’S INDOOR CHAMPIONS 2015 Accomplishments
Head Coach Petros Kyprianou
l 4 NCAA titles (indoor pentathlon, indoor
2014 Accomplishments
l School record 5 NCAA titles (pentathlon,
2018 USTFCCCA Outdoor National Men’s Head Coach of the Year 2018 USTFCCCA Indoor National/South Region Women’s Head Coach of the Year 2017 USTFCCCA Outdoor National/South Region Women’s Head Coach of the Year 2015 USTFCCCA Outdoor South Region Men’s Assistant Coach of the Year 2015 USTFCCCA Indoor National Women’s Assistant Coach of the Year 2015 USTFCCCA Indoor South Region Men’s Assistant Coach of the Year 2014 USTFCCCA Indoor & Outdoor South Region Women’s Assistant Coach of the Year 2014 USTFCCCA Indoor National Women’s Assistant Coach of the Year 2008 USTFCCCA Indoor West Region Men’s Assistant Coach of the Year EDUCATION • B.S. in Physical Education Aristotle University (Greece), 2001 • M.S. in Exercise Science/Biomechanics University of Nebraska, 2006 COACHING EXPERIENCE • 2002-03, Strength & Conditioning Coach, Apollon F.C. and Paphos (Cyprus) • 2001-05, Assistant Coach (Men’s & Women’s Combined Events), Greek National Team • 2003-05, Assistant Coach, Nebraska-Omaha • 2005-08, Assistant Coach, Boise State • 2008-2014, Assistant Coach, Georgia • 2014-2015, Associate Head Coach, Georgia • 2015-Present, Head Coach, Georgia Petros Kyprianou guided his men’s and women’s track and field teams to national championships in 2018 by scoring in all disciplines (jumps, multievents, sprints, throws, distance) after becoming the
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indoor high jump, decathlon, outdoor heptathlon & outdoor high jump) l 6 SEC titles (indoor heptathlon, indoor high jump, indoor pole vault, decathlon, outdoor heptathlon & outdoor high jump) l 100m hurdles title at USATF Junior Championships l 100m hurdles title at World Junior Championships (record time of 12.89) l 10 NCAA First team All-American certificates l 74.5-NCAA combined points (indoor+Outdoor, both genders) l 95 SEC combined points (indoor+outdoor, both genders) l World Junior Record, American Junior Record (indoor pentathlon) l American Junior Record (100m hurdles) Collegiate/NCAA Championships Record (indoor pentathlon) l 2 SEC Championships Records (pentathlon, indoor high jump) l 4 UGA Records Collegiate/NCAA Championships Record (100mH heptathlon) l Cyprus national record (outdoor high jump) l 2 SEC Female Field Athlete of the Year awards (indoor+outdoor) l USTFCCCA Indoor/Outdoor National Female Field Athlete of the Year l USTFCCCA Indoor National Assistant Coach of the Year award l 2 USTFCCCA South Region Assistant Coach of the Year awards (indoor+outdoor) l USTFCCCA Outdoor South Region Female Field Athlete of the Year award Bulldogs’ 14th head coach in June 2015. Kyprianou led the Lady Bulldogs to a convincing victory at the NCAA Indoor Championships two years ago and then directed the Georgia men to the 2018 NCAA outdoor crown. A native of Limassol, Cyprus/ Greece, he coaches pole vault, jumps, decathlon and heptathlon. The 2020 Bulldog women and men worked themselves up to No. 4 and No. 5 national rankings, respectively, before the indoor season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kyprianou guided 14 individuals to the NCAA Indoor Championships and they were all designated All-Americans following the meet’s cancellation. His teams posted three school records, captured a trio of Southeastern Conference individual titles, including their eighth straight heptathlon championship, and finished the shortened year ranked No. 1 (6,114 points), No. 2 (6,019) and No. 3 (5,994) in the collegiate heptathlon. Jumper Jasmine Moore experienced her first school year under Kyprianou’s tutelage and was a finalist for the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Women’s Field Athlete of the Year, earned the organization’s South Region Women’s Field Athlete of the Year honor, was named the SEC Women’s Freshman Field Athlete of the Year and finished with the country’s top triple jump (13.90 meters/45 feet, 7 ¼ inches) and nation’s fifth-best long jump (6.47m/21-2.75). Kyprianou, whose teams also featured the 2020 SEC Men’s Freshman Runner of the Year and the Men’s
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HJ, outdoor decathlon, outdoor TJ) l CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team recipient l 6 SEC titles (indoor heptathlon, pentathlon, indoor HJ, indoor TJ, decathlon, outdoor TJ) l 3rd in women's TJ at USATF Outdoor Championships l 15 NCAA First team All-American certificates l 93 NCAA combined points (indoor+Outdoor, both genders) l 133.5 SEC combined points (indoor+outdoor, both genders) l 2 American Junior Records (indoor TJ, outdoor TJ) l Collegiate/NCAA Championships Record (indoor pentathlon) l 6 SEC Championships Records (indoor heptathlon, indoor HJ, outdoor TJ, decathlon, decathlon HJ, outdoor heptathlon SP) l 8 UGA Records l Cyprus national record (indoor HJ) l SEC Female Freshman Field Athlete of the Year awards (indoor+outdoor) l SEC Indoor Men's Scholar Athlete of the Year recipient l USTFCCCA Indoor National Women's Assistant Coach of the Year l USTFCCCA Indoor National Women's Field Athlete of the Year recipient l 2 USTFCCCA South Region Assistant Coach of the Year (indoor+outdoor) l USTFCCCA South Region Women's Field Athlete of the Year recipient Freshman Field Athlete of the Year, also worked on the development of 2019 NCAA decathlon champion Johannes Erm, who completed 2020 as the No. 11 performer on the collegiate all-time list in the heptathlon with the world’s No. 4 performance of the year (6,114). During his return to the sport in 2020 following a three-year hiatus, former Bulldog All-American Garrett Scantling, who is one of Georgia’s current volunteer assistants, began working with Kyprianou again and finished with the world’s second-best score in the heptathlon (6,209) in 2020, which is also the eight best all-time U.S. score. Kyprianou’s teams also continued their stellar showing in the classroom in 2020. In addition to have the SEC Women’s Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year, there were CoSIDA Second and Third Team Academic All-Americans and Samantha Drop was named the 2020-21 Joel Eaves Award winner for having the top GPA of any female UGA student-athlete entering her senior season. While both squads were named USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams and 11 team members earned All-Academic Individual honors, the cross country team topped all other UGA men’s quads for the academic year with a 3.30 and the women’s cross country squad (3.55) had the second-best GPA in their category at the institution. In 2019, Kyprianou’s squads registered another pair of top-10 national team finishes, including reaching the podium with a men’s fourth-place finish at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Erm secured the decathlon national championship, which was the Bulldogs’ third title of that kind in the last six years, and UGA finished with 14 scoring First Team All-Americans. Kyprianou’s teams also collected four SEC crowns, including Bulldogs’ seventh indoor heptathlon title in as many years. During the 2019 summer, former Georgia NCAA
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