Connie Price-Smith serves as Head Coach for University of Mississippi's Track and Field/Cross Country program in University, Mississippi. Four-time Olympian and USA Track & Field Hall of Fame member Connie Price-Smith enters her 11th season in charge of the Ole Miss track & field and cross country programs in 2025-26. Since arriving in Oxford on July 21, 2015, Price-Smith and her staff have led the Rebels to new heights, winning 16 NCAA individual titles (22 champions), 14 NCAA runners-up, 188 First or Second-Team All-Americans, 422 NCAA points, 81 SEC individual champions and a bevy of the best team finishes in program history at both the SEC and NCAA levels.
Eight of the 11 all-time NCAA top-10 track finishes in Ole Miss history have come under Price-Smith: 2025 men's outdoor (T-8th), 2025 men's indoor (T-10th), 2024 women's outdoor (5th), 2024 women's indoor (5th), 2023 women’s indoor (10th), 2022 women’s indoor (T-6th), 2022 men’s indoor (T-10th) and 2021 men’s indoor (10th). Nationally it’s been a similar story, with Ole Miss recording 33 total top-25 team finishes across both the track (19) and cross country (14) seasons.
