Dentarius Locke is an assistant coach for the University of Pittsburgh track and field and cross country program in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he works with the sprints group after joining the staff in December 2023. Before arriving at Pitt, he served as an assistant coach at Georgia State.
Locke competed collegiately at Tennessee and Florida State. At Tennessee, he earned All-America honors in the indoor 60 meters and outdoor 200 meters as a freshman and was named SEC Freshman of the Year. He later set Florida State records in the 100 meters and 200 meters, earned All-America recognition on the school's 4x400-meter relay, and ran 9.96 in the 100 meters in 2013. After college, he competed as a Nike athlete.
