Coastal Carolina University Athletics

Mike Embry, a two sport student-athlete at Eastern Illinois University in football and track & field, was named Coastal Carolina assistant track &field coach in the summer of 2017. Embry will focus on the jumps for the Chanticleer men's and women's track & field programs.

Embry spent the past three years at his alma mater coaching jumps and sprinters as an assistant. He primarily coached the horizontal jumps and sprinters.

In 2017, Embry guided one of his student-athletes to the NCAA West Regional as Angelica Anyaogu competed in the long jump.

Under his instruction in 2016, he aided in helping Brion Portis and Kendall Williams advance to the NCAA West Regional in the long and triple jumps. Both Portis and Williams were ranked in the top 100 nationally in their perspective event.

While at EIU, he was a standout on the track & field team. He finished his EIU career ranked in the top 10 in program history in the 60-meter hurdles and competed in both the long jump and the 4x100 relay events.