James Isaac

Biography

James Isaac is in his second season at Georgia Southern. He coaches the jumps and multi-events and serves as the program's recruiting coordinator. Year one saw the Eagles break four school records and post 15 top-10 performances during the indoor season and 16 top-10 performances during the outdoor campaign. The Eagles finished fifth at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships, their best finish since joining the league prior to the 2014-15 season. Isaac comes to Statesboro from Great Bend, Kansas, where he spent last season at Barton Community College. He helped guide Cougar student-athletes to 18 All-America performances and was named the NJCAA Central Region Indoor Women's Assistant Coach of the Year by the USTFCCCA. On the men's team, Shakwon Coke and Anthony Woods stand out as national champions in the Long Jump with Coke winning the indoor title (7.83m) and Woods winning the outdoor title (7.64m). On the women's team, Nia Robinson was named the USTFCCCA Central Region Women's Field Athlete of the Year after earning five All-America honors. She was national runner up in the indoor long jump (6.19m), indoor triple jump (12.60m) and outdoor high jump (1.77m), and placed third in the outdoor long jump (6.38m) and fifth in the indoor high jump (1.70m). A native of Durham, North Carolina, Isaac was the assistant coach at Hugh M. Cummings High School in Burlington, North Carolina, where he helped the school bring home three state championships and a pair of runner-up finishes. Isaac