University of Lynchburg

Coach Chris Stovall has joined the University of Lynchburg track and field program as an assistant coach for the 2024-25 season.

Stovall previously served as an assistant track and field coach at Averett University in Danville, Va. While coaching at Averett he trained athletes in all sprints, hurdles and jumps. Stovall helped lead the AU team to over 15 school records in the sprints, jumps and hurdles. Averett bettered their team scoring at the ODAC championships from 4 to 44 points. These points were spread between throws and sprints with Stovall coaching the ODAC champion in the men’s 200M and runner up in the 100M. His season culminated with his first collegiate All American taking 13th place in the 100 M at the NCAA Div III Nationals. 

Before coaching in college Stovall served as the head track and field head coach at Yelm High School in Washington state from 2018-23. In the 2023 season he guided his boys' team to the 2023 WIAA 3A Track and Field Championships with individual state champions in the pole vault, shot put, triple jump and discus. Stovall was awarded the 2023 WIAA Boys Coach of the Year award, as well as the 2023 USTFCCCA Boys coach of the Year for Washington State. Under Stovall as head coach the Yelm HS track team established 13 new school records and had over 164 combined male and female top 20 all-time marks.

Coach Stovall was the founder and club coach for the Yelm Tornado Track Club (PNW Tornados) from 2009-2022. While coaching the Tornado Track Club, he coached 8 All American performers in Shot Put, Discus, Sprints and the Racewalk as well as qualifying over 30 athletes for USATF Junior Olympics and finishing with 3 National champions. Stovall is certified as a USTFCCCA and USATF Level 1 coach with emphasis in HJ, sprints, hurdles and biomechanical development. He is continuing his USATF coaching education in Sprints/Hurdles and his USTFCCCA coaching education in vertical/horizontal jumps and sprints.