Jay Weaver serves as Co-Head Cross Country Coach, Assistant Coach - Distance for University of Oklahoma's Cross Country program in Norman, Oklahoma. Weaver was named Co-Head Cross Country Coach and Assistant Track and Field Coach for distance in January 2024. He previously served as the Director of Operations, Recruitment, and Staff Development for the track and field and cross country programs since January 2022.
He enters his first cross country season as head of the men's distance program this fall. During the track and field season, Weaver's men's distance crew earned five Big 12 All-Conference honors, two qualified for the NCAA West First Rounds and Thobias Cheruiyot broke a school record. Weaver was responsible for the recruitment of two powerhouse additions to the men's distance squad; Thobias Cheruiyot and Dominic Serem. Cheruiyot, who broke the 10,000-meter run school record at the Stanford Invite, also posted a fifth-place finish in the 5,000-meter at the Big 12 Indoor Championship.
