COLUMBUS, Ohio – Gene Smith, Senior Vice President & Wolfe Foundation Endowed Athletic Director, today announced the hiring of Rosalind Joseph as the new Director of Track & Field and Cross Country at Ohio State University.
“I am thrilled to introduce Rosalind Joseph as our new Director of Track & Field and Cross Country,” Smith said. “She has head coaching experience overseeing a dual men’s and women’s program at Southern Illinois, and now she is coming back home to Ohio State. She won six individual Big Ten championships as a Buckeye, graduated from Ohio State and then coached here under Karen Dennis and helped us win six Big Ten team titles.”
Joseph, a Buckeye alumna, returns to Columbus following a four-year run at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale where she served as Director of Track & Field and Cross Country. The Saluki women’s teams captured four runner-up finishes at the Missouri Valley Conference indoor and outdoor track and field championships while the men finished as high as third. A total of 10 Salukis earned All-America honors, seven women and three men.
“Wow – this is a dream come true,” Joseph said. “It is not often one gets to return to their alma mater to lead. Ohio State is a place that has given me so much as a student-athlete and as a young professional, so to come full circle as director is almost unbelievable. Thank you to Mr. Gene Smith and his administration for entrusting me with this role. These are BIG shoes to fill in following Karen Dennis, but so would be the case for anyone in the country. I feel poised and prepared to come back to my second home and take on the task of continuing the tradition of greatness with this historic program.”
Joseph began her time in Carbondale with a record-setting season as the Salukis set six school records, totaled 28 top-10 program performances, won 17 individual conference championships, and had 16 student-athletes qualify for the NCAA outdoor regionals – advancing three to the championships. Joseph guided the first female sprinter since 1986 to All-American honors, the first women’s 4×100 relay in program history to All-American honors and the first male runner since 1992 to All-American honors.
“We are excited to welcome Rosalind back home to Columbus as our new Director of Track & Field and Cross Country,” Jamie Wood, the sport administrator for track & field and cross country, said. “In the wake of such a historic coaching run by…
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