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Perry Jenkins Head Coach, Men's Track & Field Seventh Season as Head Coach Ninth Season overall E-mail: pjenkins@buffalo.edu Phone: 716-645-6801 Office: 163 D Alumni

Perry Jenkins is in his ninth year as the men’s and women’s sprint, hurdle and horizontal jumps coach as well as his seventh season overseeing the entire men’s track and field program. Jenkins has high expectations for his student-athletes and in developing athletes with their sights set on becoming the best in the Mid-American Conference and at the NCAA Championships.

Jenkins is a Western New York fixture on the track and field scene. He came to UB with a very successful background in collegiate coaching. Prior to UB, he had a 23-year tenure with Erie Community College where he not only produced over 50 All-Americans, but was also elected NJCAA Coach of the Year several times. Jenkins was also the women’s coach at Buffalo State for two years, concurrent with his duties at ECC. While with the Bulls, he guided UB triple jumper Biaunca McFarland to the NCAA Championships in 2003.

He is also a Master Official with the USATF, and has officiated many national and international meets. Among the most notable of his officiating assignments have been the 1998, 2003 and 2005 NCAA Championships, the 2000 and 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials and the 2005 USATF Junior and Senior Championships. Jenkins also serves as a Past President of the Niagara Association of USATF.

A 1981 graduate of Empire State College, Jenkins holds a degree in recreation leadership/management. He is currently working on his master’s degree in Sports Management.