James Goss James Goss enters his third season as the head coach of the Hornet women's indoor and outdoor track and field teams.
Since returning to his alma mater Goss has steadily moved the women's team up in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC), regional and national rankings. In his three years at the helm he has produced three indoor and two outdoor conference champions. In the spring of 2008 he guided Jennie Pernisi to a new conference record in the steeplechase and the conference's rookie of the year honor. In 2007, Mary Mohay earned the ODAC Women's Track Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award. His ladies have garnered 33 indoor and 12 outdoor All-ODAC accolades heading into the 2009 outdoor championships. Since 2006 the women's team has set seven school records and had 45 athletes join the ranks in the schools top five All-Time lists.
Before returning to LC, Goss spent five years as an assistant track and field coach for Emory University (GA), specializing in the sprints and jumps. He founded the Emory Speed & Strength Camp in 2005 and also worked as the director of the event. He graduated with his master's degree in sports administration from Georgia State University in May 2006.
Goss, a 2001 LC graduate, excelled in his four-year career as a Hornet. He was named the 2001 NCAA National Athlete of the Year for outdoor track in 2001 and earned All-American honors 10 times. Goss was the national champion in the long jump, was a five-time South/Southeast Regional Athlete of the Year and a six-time Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Athlete of the Year. Goss lives in Lynchburg with his wife, Mackenzie, and newborn daughter, Brenna Elizabeth.
The Lynchburg women's team has won seven indoor conference titles and eight outdoor crowns in the last 11 years. Nine Hornets have reached All-American status since 1996.
Jesse BaumannJesse Baumann joined Lynchburg College track and field coaching staff in 2006. He comes to LC from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP), where he was a four-year letter winner for the Pointers. Baumann was a six-time NCAA Division III national meet qualifier and a four-time All-American in the 800 meters, the 1500 meters and Distance Medley Relay. He also earned all-conference honors in both cross country and track, along with being voted both cross country and track team captain, and track team MVP. He graduated from UWSP in the spring 2004, with a degree in watershed management. Baumann will assist mainly with the LC distance runners.
Doug Thomasey begins his first year of coaching at Lynchburg College. He will work primarily with the Hornets’ throwers, as well as decathletes. Thomasey returns to Lynchburg College after a three-year absence.
During his time away from Lynchburg, he earned his Masters degree at the University of Florida, and also taught high school mathematics in Gainesville. Thomasey won the 2008 Florida State Decathlon, won the 2006 USA National Championship in the Double Decathlon, and was runner-up in the 2005 World Championship Double Decathlon.
As a Hornet, Thomasey was a double major in mathematics and Spanish, earning the outstanding senior student in both subject areas. Additionally, he earned Lynchburg’s scholar-athlete award as a sophomore and senior. Athletically, he excelled both on the track and in the field, attaining All-American honors twice in the decathlon. With his combined academic and athletic achievements, Thomasey was awarded one of 29 national NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships.
For more information about Lynchburg College Track & Field, please contact head coach James Goss at (434) 544-8557 or by email at goss.j@lynchburg.edu.
