Cheyenne Nesbitt serves as Assistant Coach (Jumps & Combined Events) / Director of Operations for Duke University's Track and Field program in Durham, North Carolina.
Cheyenne Nesbitt was hired as an assistant coach (jumps and combined events) and director of operations for the Duke track and field program in July 2026. Nesbitt comes to Durham following two seasons (2024-26) as an assistant coach at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she coached the combined events, hurdles and jumps while assisting with the program's daily operations and recruiting efforts. At Illinois, Nesbitt worked alongside Illini Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Petros Kyprianou and helped mentor several Big Ten and NCAA champions, national and conference medalists and multiple All-America and all-conference performers, including Sophia Beckmon, Kam Garrett, JaiCieonna Gero-Holt, Tacoria Humphrey, Meagan Humphries, Jonathan Kapitolnik, Lucie Kienast, Viktor Morozov, Luke Pelkmans, Rafael Raap, Bara Sajdokova, Melissa Wullschleger and Rose Yeboah.
