Glenn McAtee Position: Assistant Coach

Glenn McAtee completed his fifth season as an assistant coach with the Clemson women's track & field team in 2006-07. His responsibilities include overseeing the throwers, multi-event athletes, and vertical jumpers.

McAtee coached his student-athletes to great individual success in 2007, led by Della Clark's All-America performance in the weight throw at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Clark was third place at the event, the first All-American coached by McAtee at Clemson. He also led her to All-ACC honors in both the weight throw and hammer throw for the second straight year.

He coached his second ACC pentathlon champion in 2007 in freshman Liane Weber. The native of Germany also earned All-ACC honors in the decathlon and set the school record in both settings in the multi-events under McAtee's guidance. Also in 2007, McAtee coached Linda Buchholz to All-ACC honors in the javelin throw. Freshman Caroline Kennedy earned All-ACC honors with a third-place finish in the pole vault at the league's indoor meet in March. She was sixth at the East Region Championships, just missing an automatic bid to the national meet.

In his five years at Clemson, he has coached a total of 13 All-ACC performers and five NCAA participants. Weber participated in both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships in 2007.

In 2006, McAtee guided the Clemson throwers to an outstanding season. Della Clark earned All-ACC honors in both the indoor weight throw and hammer throw. She, along with freshman Rochelle Kokayko, advanced to the East Region Championships in the hammer. The duo ranked two-three in Clemson history in the hammer throw after the completion of the 2006 season.

Clark and Kokayko also rank among the Lady Tigers' top-five in the weight throw. Also in 2006, McAtee guided Krystal Woods to the East Region Championships in the javelin. He also coached Anni Korhonen, who moved into the top-five in Clemson history in the outdoor high jump. Beth Jordan set the school indoor pole vault record (12'9.5") and also moved into the top-five of the outdoor list.

In 2005, McAtee coached three East Region Qualifiers, an All-ACC honoree, and an NCAA provisional qualifier in the weight throw. The Lady Tiger field event athletes turned in 11 performances that ranked among Clemson's top-five career marks. Sara Young was also named an all-conference performer as she earned runner-up honors in the pole vault at the ACC Outdoor Championships. Krystal Woods competed in the discus throw and javelin throw at regionals. Della Clark moved into second on the Lady Tigers' career list in the hammer throw. Beth Jordan was the fifth Lady Tiger to earn a spot on Clemson's all-time best list, as she cleared 11'11.75" in the pole vault to rank fifth. Indoor, Clark posted an NCAA provisional mark in the weight throw.

McAtee's field event athletes continued making Lady Tiger history during the 2004 season, as 13 new marks were added to Clemson's all-time list. He coached Lauren Nicholson, who ended her Lady Tiger career as Clemson's all-time leader in the pentathlon and second in the heptathlon. He coached Jordan and Young into the Lady Tigers' top five in the pole vault records. Clark made her first mark in the weight throw and hammer throw. She earned All-ACC honors indoor with a third-place finish in the weight throw, then advanced to the East Region Championships in the hammer throw. Woods competed at the East Region Championships in the discus throw. He also coached Katie Pickett to second place in the Lady Tigers' record books in the indoor and outdoor high jump.

In his first season at Clemson, McAtee coached two athletes to the NCAA Outdoor Championships and three All-ACC student-athletes. He helped make Clemson history as Joana Costa, an all-conference and all-region performer, became the school's first pole vaulter to advance to the NCAA Championships. Fellow senior Nicholson, a heptathlete, became the second Lady Tiger to compete in the event at the NCAA Championships. Costa and Nicholson, along with Pickett, each earned All-ACC honors during the 2003 season. Costa placed third at the ACC Outdoor Championships, and Nicholson finished third in the heptathlon to earn the all-conference accolade. Pickett was a two-time All-ACC honoree, placing third at both the indoor and outdoor championships.

McAtee served as associate head coach at Cal State Northridge from July 2001 until he came to Clemson in August 2002. Prior to his promotion to associate head coach, he was an assistant coach with the Matadors from Sept. 1998 to July 2001. Two Matadors earned All-America honors under McAtee, one in the men's shot put, and one in the women's javelin throw. While with the Matadors, McAtee also served as the strength and conditioning coordinator from July 2001 to Aug. 2002. From Sept. of 1998 to July of 2001, McAtee was a lecturer in the Kinesiology Department, specializing in teaching methodology. He began his career at his high school alma mater, Saint Thomas More Collegiate in Burnaby, British Columbia, where he served as the throws coach from February 1988 through June 1994.

A 1996 graduate of Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, BC), McAtee also competed at the University of South Carolina, from which he received his master's degree in physical education in 1998. He was a three-time All-American in the weight and hammer throws at Simon Fraser, then competed at South Carolina for one year where he was named the 1995 team rookie-of-the-year. A member of the Canadian Junior National Team, McAtee competed in the Pan-Am Junior Championships, and represented Canada against USA, Cuba, Mexico and Jamaica in 1990. He was a member of the Canadian Espoir National Team for Canada against Northern Ireland in 1992, and was a silver (1998) and bronze (1997) medalist at the Canadian Track and Field Championships. Also in 1997, McAtee was a finalist and the team co-captain for the Canadian Senior National Team to the Francophone Games.

McAtee is USATF Level III certified in coaching throws, a distinction held by only a handful of coaches in the USA. He is also USATF level II certified in coaching jumps. Beginning in the summer of 2003, McAtee has served as an instructor for USATF Level II throws. McAtee regularly contributes articles in track and field periodicals such as Modern Athlete and Coach, Physical Education Digest, and American Track and Field Long & Strong Throwers Journal.

Glenn and his wife Mandy have two daughters, Caroline (6) and Claire (3). Mandy teaches second grade at Liberty Elementary School and is a cellist in several local orchestras and trios. The McAtees reside in Clemson.