Track and Field
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach (Jumps/Pole Vault/Multis)
- Email:
- terry.vanlaningham@siu.edu
- Phone:
- 618-453-7242
- Alma Mater:
- Kansas State, 1993 M.S.
By the Numbers
• 2 Olympians
• 1 Olympic Trials Runner-Up
• 3 NCAA Runner-Ups
• 14 NCAA All-Americans
• 69 NCAA Final and Preliminary qualifiers
• 82 Conference Champions
• 197 All-Conference
• 253 All-Time Top Ten Marks
• 20 Conference MVP’s
• 1 NACAC participant and medalist
• 2 Jr. USA qualifiers
Terry VanLaningham enters his third season with the Saluki track and field program. He primarily coaches the high jump, long jump, triple jump, and multi-events.
This past season was a continuation of success for the Saluki’s jumpers as they claimed one NCAA Runner-Up, two All-American, three MVC championships, nine All-Conference awards, and produced seven All-Time top 10 marks. Senior Kyle Landon once again led the way by claiming the Indoor NCAA Runner-Up position in the high jump clearing a lifetime best 7’5”. He also collected his fifth and sixth All-American accolades and completed a perfect MVC career in the high jump by winning his record setting seventh and eighth conference titles. Along the way he added his first MVC triple jump championship. Lastly, he won all four MVC Conference MVP awards. At the USA Championship’s he completed his Saluki career in uniform by finishing a collegiate best seventh. Sophomore Fraquan Gaines added a Runner-Up finish to the men’s triple jump for an SIU 1-2 sweep of the event. Junior Kezia Martin claimed the indoor MVC triple jump title with a lifetime best 41’8” and finished fifth in the long jump. The future looks bright for the multi-eventers as well as freshman Madison Meyer’s scored 5,003 points while placing sixth in her first MVC Heptathlon.
2016 was an award laden season for VanLaningham’s group. Leading the way under his tutelage was Kyle Landon. Landon capped an excellent year by claiming runner-up honors in the high jump at the U.S. Olympic Trials with a career-best clearance of 7’5”. Along the way he earned All-American honors during both the indoor and outdoor seasons, won two MVC Championships, earned three All-Conference accolades, to go along with two MVC Outstanding Field Athlete awards and three Top-10 all-time marks. In addition, sophomores Kezia Martin and Cal Urycki claimed the MVC titles in the triple jump and heptathlon, respectively. His men and women pole-vaulters claimed runner-up finishes at both MVC Indoor and Outdoor championships, tallying seven all-conference awards. In all, VanLaningham's athletes achieved great success, as the list of accolades they earned are as impressive as the list is long: one USA Olympic Trials runner-up finish, two NCAA All-American honors, seven NCAA finalist and first round qualifiers, four individual conference championships, 11 MVC All-Conference honorees, 12 SIU Top-10 all-time marks, one MVC Meet Record, three MVC Outstanding Field Athletes, two MVC Scholar Athletes of the Week, two USATFCCCA All-Academic Team honors, and one CoSIDA Academic All-American.
Prior to arriving in Carbondale, VanLaningham coached at Sacramento State. The Hornets saw a wealth of success with VanLaningham leading the jumps, pole vault, and multi-event athletes. During his tenure with the Hornets, VanLaningham coached three NCAA All-Americans, two USATF Junior All-American’s, claimed 47 championships, qualified 45 times to the NCAA championship meets, earned 116 all-Big Sky accolades, set 33 school records, recorded 164 all-time top 10 marks, and awarded Big Sky conference MVP seven times. With VanLaningham on the coaching staff, the Hornets won a combined 17 Big Sky team championships and finished second eight times. Prior to joining the staff, the men’s and women’s team had never finished better than fourth place as a team.
Prior to his time with Sacramento State, VanLaningham spent four seasons as a coach with the Wichita State track and field program. With the Shockers, VanLaningham coached seven All-Americans, two NCAA runner-ups, 12 NCAA Regional qualifiers, 27 Missouri Valley Conference champions, 57 MVC All-Conference performers, nine school record holders, 70 all-time top 10 marks, two MVC all-time record holders, six MVC Championship Meet record holders, and seven MVC Most Outstanding Field Athletes.
Before moving to the NCAA coaching ranks, VanLaningham coached at the junior college level for several years. He served as the head coach of the track and field programs at Allen County Community College, Dodge City Community College, and Coffeyville Community College. The Coffeyville Community College program flourished with VanLaningham at the helm, as the women’s team set 33 new school records and improved from 10th place to fourth in the 16-team Regional Championship, while finishing ninth and 11th at the NJCAA National Championship meets his final two seasons. The men’s team was just as good, setting 22 school marks, finished in the top 10 at both Regional and National Championship meets and had 18 athletes named All-Americans.
VanLaningham has a strong history of coaching highly successful athletes. At Wichita State, he coached Randy Lewis, who competed in the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games in the triple jump and set a new Grenadian national record in the same year. In 2002, Ineta Radevica was an NCAA Silver medalist while earning three NCAA All-American accolades and set school records in the triple and long jump. Radevica also competed for the Latvian national team in 2004 and finished fourth in the long jump at the 2012 Olympics.
The Dodge City, Kansas native earned his undergraduate and master’s degree from Kansas State. As an undergraduate at KSU, VanLaningham competed on the track and field team, earning fourth in the decathlon at the Big 8 Championship in 1988 and 1989. While earning his master’s degree in exercise physiology/sport psychology, VanLaningham served as a graduate assistant for the K-State track and field program, writing and developing a psychological skills performance enhancement program.
