Giles McDonnell serves as Assistant Coach - Sprints/ Hurdles/ Relays for Oklahoma State University's Track and Field program in Stillwater, Oklahoma. McDonnell is in his ninth year as an assistant track and field coach at Oklahoma State, working primarily with sprints & hurdles at OSU. McDonnell came to OSU after spending a year at Utah State.
Before his time in Utah, he spent four seasons as the long sprints and hurdles coach at Texas State and two seasons at his alma mater, New Mexico as an assistant coach, where he coached the sprints, hurdles, relays and jumps. McDonnell quickly had a major impact on development of sprinters at Oklahoma State as the athletes under his tutelage have rewritten the OSU record books and accomplished numerous program firsts. Aaliyah Birmingham became the first sprinter at OSU to win a Big 12 individual title and saw the first woman’s 4x4 qualify to the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Ashton Hicks became only the 2nd male sprinter at OSU to win a Big 12 title.
