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20 December 2009

Essex County's Coach Smart Has Caribbean Pipeline

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American coach Michael Smart, the East Orange, New Jersey native and Essex County College (Essex) graduate has been coaching track and field at his alma mater for more than 24 years. In addition to his coaching duties at Essex, Coach Smart has coached teams from the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), St. Vincent & The Grenadines as well as the USA’s 2001 under-25 National Team. He is certified by both the USAT&F (Level 1) and the IAAF. More than 27 of his current and former athletes have represented countries such as Jamaica, Barbados, Grenada, Bahamas and T&T. During his tenure at the helm at Essex, Smart was named National Junior College Coach of the Year an impressive four times and was honored by the NJCAA Region XIX three times. His women’s teams have won the NJCAA National Championship twice (1997, 2000) and placed second nine times. His track program has a 98% graduation rate and over 90%....

20 December 2009

Essex County's Coach Smart Has Caribbean Pipeline

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