Dan Lefever serves as Assistant Coach (Vertical Jumps/Multi-Events) for University of California, Berkeley's Track & Field program in Berkeley. The Cal source profile describes Lefever's current role and recent program context, including that 2024 Pole Vault Summit College Coach of the Year Dan Lefever enters his seventh year coaching the Bears vertical jumps and multi-event groups in 2025-26. In the 2025 season, the men’s outdoor pole vault (13th) and men’s outdoor high jump (20th) groups finished the year with national top-25 rankings, while pole vaulter Tyler Burns was ranked seventh indoors and heptathlete Seth Johnson 13th; both athletes also earned Second-Team All-America honors in the indoor season.
The same profile adds background on Lefever's coaching path, team results, and player-development record. In 2024, both Lefever’s women’s (8th) and men’s (13th) outdoor pole vault groups, as well as his men’s outdoor high jump (11th) and indoor heptathlon groups (6th), were ranked among the national top-25 squads. Lefever’s squad reached new heights in the 2023 season, establishing themselves as one of the most respected groups in the conference. The 2022 track & field season was a breakout year for several of Lefever’s athletes, including junior Hakim McMorris, who competed at the NCAA Outdoor Championships after a campaign that established him as the nation’s No. 9 decathlete. For the ICDB record, that background gives readers a fuller picture of the experience Dan Lefever brings to the Track & Field staff.
