CONWAY - Coastal Carolina Director of Track and Field, Sandy Fowler has announced the hiring of former UTA track and field sprinter Karl Goodman as assistant coach, working primarily with sprinters. 

Goodman spent the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons with his alma mater working as a graduate assistant coach directly under Associate Head Coach Jordan Durham and Assistant Coach Tyrone Edgar. Goodman helped guide the Mavericks to a 2019 Sun Belt Indoor Track and Field Championship and helped guide the  4x100-meter and the 4x400-meter teams to berths into the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. In 2019, the Mavs 4x100 squad broke the school record with a time of 39.23 which was previously set in 2014 (39.55).

As a collegian, Goodman spent his last three seasons in Arlington and in 2017, the former Maverick helped earn his teammates a spot in the 2017 NCAA Track and Field Championships as they competed in 4x400 meters. Additionally, the native of Wendover, England was a three-time Sun Belt Championship finalist in the 400 meters and ultimately helped the 2017 Mavericks to indoor and outdoor league titles, as the program capped off its second-ever league "triple crown."

Goodman spent his first two seasons with Division II Mount Olive.  The former Trojan sprinter completed his career as an All-American in the distance medley relay, and  finished top ten all-time in two outside track events and one indoor event. Goodman helped Mount Olive to two triple crowns in two years. In 2014, Goodman set the school's all-time mark in the indoor 400-meter event with a time of 49.42.

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