Men's Cross Country

With a lengthy list of success, both as a runner and as a coach, Eugene Frazier is in his first year as assistant cross country and track & field coach at Tennessee Tech.
      
He began his coaching career in 1998 as an assistant coach at Kansas City Community College, developing and directing a successful sprint/hurdles/jumps program. He followed with a highly successful run as assistant coach at Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kansas, and was on coach Wayne Angel’s staff at Florida A&M the past two years before making the move to Tennessee Tech.

His responsibilities at both Butler and FAMU included oversight for following of institutional policies, rules and NJCAA or NCAA regulations. He also monitored academic progress of the team’s student-athletes, conducted practices and developed the sprinters, hurdlers and jumpers.
 
In 2007 at Butler, he produced two NJCAA indoor national champions (men’s 600m and 4x400 relay). Riding this momentum into outdoor season the Butler Community College men’s team was able to come away with four Kansas Jayhawk Conference champions (110h, 400ih, 4x100m, 4x800m) while the women won six titles (100h, 400ih, hept, 400m, 4x100m, 4x400m). The 07’ season was capped with the women’s team placing second in the conference. Five women and six men were named NJCAA All American.

The 2008 season was one for the history books. The women started the year off with four indoor KJCC titles (pent, HJ, 60m, 400m) and the first-ever indoor KJCC team title, and finished third at the national meet.

Continuing their winning ways outdoor, the women won six KJCC titles and broke two school records, then won the KJCC team title and placed fourth nationally.

Not to be outdone by the women, the men also made history with one indoor champ (60m) and a second place team finish, highest in school history, and a thirrd place finish nationally. The men followed with outdoor performances that were even better. Winning three KJCC titles (200m, 400ih, Dec), their first-ever KJCC team title, along with a fourth place finish nationally.
   
Frazier was awarded the 2008 NJCAA Women’s Assistant Coach of the Year honor.
   
Throughout his career, Frazier has coached more than 30 All-Americans and 15 National Champions on the Junior College level.
   
Frazier has shown that he is also capable of winning on the Division I level during his short time on the higher stage.  In 2013, he had three individual and one relay team named to the All Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Team. He also had two NCAA first round National Qualifiers (400ih, 400m). In 2014, he had two NCAA first round National Qualifiers (400ih).

Frazier received his bachelor's degree in criminal justice in 1998 from Alabama State University. While an undergraduate, he was named the Alabama State University Most Outstanding Sprinter. At the 1995 Southwest Athletic Conference (SWAC) championships, he was the runnerup in both the 100m and 200m races. The following year, he was the SWAC champion in the 60m, 100m and 4x100-meter events.
   
Continuing his running career, he was a qualifier in the 60m dash for the 2000 and 2003 USATF Indoor Nationals.

He has continued his education in the sport, being USATF Level 1 certified as well as NCAA Recruitment certified.