Elizabeth Allen - Track & Field/XC Coach - University of North Texas Athletics

Elizabeth Allen

Title:
Assistant Coach

Elizabeth Allen joins the North Texas track and field program as an assistant coach. Allen will work primarily with the sprinters and hurdlers as well as assist with administrative duties for the program.

Allen has spent the previous three years at Tennessee State University, where she aided in the development of the sprint, hurdle, pole vault, and combined events program during her tenure. While at TSU, she guided her athletes to 12 Ohio Valley Conference Championship wins, nine runner-up performances, 24 all-conference accolades, five NCAA East Preliminary qualifiers, two USATF junior national qualifiers and a NCAA national qualifier. She coached three different Ohio Valley Conference indoor 55 meter hurdle champions (Arthur Combest, Jason Griffin, and Amber Hughes), two outdoor 400 meter hurdle champions Arthur Combest and Clairwin Dameus), an outdoor 100 meter hurdle champion (Amber Hughes), and an indoor pentathlon/outdoor heptathlon champion (Clairwin Dameus).

Allen also mentored runner-up performances in the 200 meter dash (Amber Hughes), 110 meter hurdles (Arthur Combest), 55 meter hurdles (Clairwin Dameus) and 400m hurdles (Jahleel Michael). Several of her athletes garnered all-conference accolades in sprints (Clairwin Dameus), hurdles (Emanuel Thornton), combined events (Tamarron Key) and earned spots on the 4x100 and 4x400 meter championship relay teams.

The Tennessee State University Tigerbelles won an indoor championship in 2014, and earned a runner-up performance in 2013. Freshman Amber Hughes garnered indoor/outdoor freshman of the year honors; while Clairwin Dameus earned indoor/outdoor athlete of the championship honors by aiding in scoring 54 points in the outdoor championship meet. The women also set the Ohio Valley Conference indoor/outdoor 4x400 meter relay and 4x100 meter relay records in 2014.

Allen began her coaching career as a track and field coach at the University School of Nashville from 2009 to 2011 where she tutored 11 athletes to the Tennessee All-State track and field team. While there, she was a part of the success of state champions in nine events, a USATF Junior National qualifier and a Gatorade Player of the year recipient. Allen also mentored athletes to the re-setting of 13 new school records. A stand-out student athlete, Allen was a four-year member of the Belmont University women's track and field team. She is the record holder in the 100-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles, the 4x100m relay and the 4x400m relay. She earned 19 all-conference honors while at Belmont University.

During her career, she was a five-time Atlantic Sun Conference Champion in the 4x100-meter relay, 4x400-meter relay and 400-meter hurdles. In 2006, she competed at the USATF Junior National Meet in the 400-meter hurdles and was a five-time NCAA Regional Meet qualifier in the 4x100-meter relay, 4x400-meter relay and the 400-meter hurdles. In addition, Allen received Academic All-Conference honors three years in a row. Allen graduated from Belmont with a bachelor's degree in exercise science in 2009 before obtaining a master of sport administration in 2011. She currently holds a Level II USATF certifications in sprints, hurdles and relays and is a member of USATF and USTFCCCA associations.

Elizabeth and her husband, Anthony, have a daughter, Lia.