- Entering 9th Season at Florida
- 8-time NCAA Division I National Champion at Florida
- 4-time SEC Champion at Florida
Adrain Mann is entering his ninth season as an assistant coach for his alma mater, the University of Florida, in 2024. Mann assists head coach Mike Holloway with the coaching and development of the Gators’ hurdlers and sprinters.
A five-time United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-American hurdler and sprinter for Florida in the 1990s, Mann returned to Gainesville in the summer of 2015 after spending a combined eight seasons coaching at LSU, Clemson, and most recently, Miami (Fla.). Mann coached sprinters and hurdlers at each of his previous stops. Mann holds a Level II coaching certification from United States Track & Field.
Mann, in his own words, has been privileged to gain insight and experience from tremendous head coaches, contributing to multiple record-breaking performances at the NCAA, SEC, and ACC Championships meets—both with the Gators and at his previous stops.
Stark continued her success in the 2023, under Mann's tutelage, as she placed fifth in the 100m hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and was named a USTFCCCA First Team All-American for her performance.
During the 2022 season, Grace Stark set school records indoors in both the 60 meters and 60-meter hurdles. She became the co-collegiate record holder in the 60-meter hurdles when she ran 7.78 to win the NCAA Indoor National Championship.
There were four All-Americans for the Gators during the 2022 Indoor season.
Outdoors, Anna Hall broke the school record in the 400-meter hurdles while Vanessa Watson moved into the top-4 in school history in the event.
Both Hall and Watson were First Team All-Americans in the 400-meter hurdles.
Florida's men scored 36 points in the three sprint events (100m, 200m, 400m) at the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
In his eight seasons with the Gators, alongside Holloway, Mann helped coach UF's sprinters and hurdlers to 15 national titles, set seven collegiate records, 19 SEC titles, and 118 USTFCCCA All-America honors. That figure includes All-America accolades by Gators sprint relays, which have combined to score 27 times and garnered 11 top-three finishes at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships with Mann on staff.
The Gators hold five collegiate records in the hurdles and relays. The men’s 4x100 relay became the first collegiate team to break 38 seconds, and Grant Holloway broke his own 60-meter hurdles record and Renaldo Nehemiah’s 40-year-old 110-meter hurdles record. Grace Stark tied the collegiate record in the 60-meter hurdles at 7.78 while the men's 4x400 relay broke the collegiate record in 2:57.74.
One of the top individual moments of Mann’s time on staff came at the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships, where Eric Futch and TJ Holmes became the second pair of teammates since 1983 to finish 1-2 in the 400 hurdles national title race.
Florida’s Other Notable Achievements Under Mann and Head Coach Mike Holloway
- 2017 IAAF World Championships fifth-place finisher (TJ Holmes)
- 2017 USATF Outdoor Championships gold medalist (Eric Futch)
- 2018 USATF Outdoor Championships silver medalist (Grant Holloway)
- 2017 USATF Outdoor Championships bronze medalist (Holmes)
- 2017 Pan American Junior Championships 400 hurdles gold medalist (Brandee’ Johnson)
- Two sub 48.50-second 400 hurdlers (Eric Futch – 48.18 / TJ Holmes – 48.44)
- Two sub 7.75-second 60 hurdlers (Yanick Hart – 7.71; Cory Poole – 7.73)
- Two 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials semifinalists (Eric Futch; TJ Holmes)
Mann’s Pre-University of Florida Coaching Highlights
In his first eight seasons in the coaching ranks, Mann helped sprinters and hurdlers amass 17 individual national championships, 144 USTFCCCA All-America accolades, and 56 individual conference titles.
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The majority of those achievements were during his time under Dennis Shaver at LSU, which saw its women win NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2008 and 2012, along with six SEC Championships. On the men’s side, the Tigers earned runner-up finishes at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2008 and 2012, and finished in the top four of all but two SEC Championships meets.
- Miami (Fla.) – Mentored Artie Burns and Christian Cook to USTFCCCA All-America honors in the 110-meter hurdles, Cook to an ACC title in the 60-meter hurdles, and Burns to a runner-up finish in the 110-meter hurdles at the ACC Outdoor Championships in 2015.
- Clemson – Coached Tigers sprinters and hurdlers to a total of 26 USTFCCCA All-America honors, two individual national titles, and 15 individual ACC titles. Those accolades helped Clemson’s women sweep the 2013 ACC Indoor and Outdoor Championships.
- LSU – Assisted in the development of a sprints and hurdles corps that won 15 individual national titles, 116 USTFCCCA All-America laurels, and 40 individual SEC crowns. Its men’s or women’s teams never finished lower than sixth at an NCAA Championships meet during Mann’s five seasons in Baton Rouge.
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Coaching History
- Florida – Assistant Men’s and Women’s Coach – Hurdles/Sprints (2016-Present)
- Miami (Fla.) – Assistant Men’s Coach – Hurdles/Sprints (2015)
- Clemson – Assistant Men’s and Women’s Coach – Hurdles/Sprints (2013-14)
- LSU – Volunteer Assistant Coach – Hurdles/Sprints (2008-12)
Personal
Mann graduated from Florida in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in computer science.
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As a Gator, Mann earned consecutive All-America accolades in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1999 and 2000 NCAA Outdoor Championships. He also helped Florida’s 4x400-meter relay earn top-six finishes at the 1998 NCAA Outdoor Championships as well as the 1998 and 2000 NCAA Indoor Championships. Additionally, the 1998 indoor 4x400-meter relay team Mann raced on won an SEC title.
Following a fifth-place finish at the 2000 NCAA Outdoor Championships, Mann competed in the 400-meter hurdles at the United States Olympic Trials.
Mann’s collegiate personal record in the 400-meter hurdles (49.68) is currently the No. 8-ranked time on Florida’s outdoor all-time top 10.
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Prior to his collegiate career with the Gators, Mann was a three-time state champion in the 300-meter hurdles at Wolfson (Fla.) High School. Mann’s efforts also helped Wolfson win the 1996 state championship.
