Michael Schober

Biography

Kent State track and field alum Michael Schober was named associate head coach in August 2022. Schober, who returns to Golden Flashes' staff following a three-year stint as the associate head coach at Central Michigan, will mentor student-athletes competing in sprints, hurdles and men's long jump. During his time in Mount Pleasant, Schober concentrated on training athletes competing in sprints, hurdles, mid-distance, jumps, and combined events. Schober's first return to Kent came in October 2013 when he was hired as an assistant coach in charge of training the team's sprints, hurdles, mid-distance, jumps and female combined events competitors. He helped the women's team win both the indoor and outdoor conference titles in 2014 and was named the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Men's Assistant Coach of the Year in 2018. In total, Schober coached 30 conference champions, 34 East Preliminary Round qualifiers, nine NCAA Championships qualifiers and five All-Americans over six seasons from 2013-19. His first full-time gig began in August 2012 as an assistant coach at Mount Union, concentrating on developing student-athletes competing in jumps, hurdles and combined events. In addition to helping the Purple Raiders capture four Ohio Athletic Conference team championships, Schober mentored individuals who totaled one national title, seven All-America honors, 10 conference titles and eight program records during his lone season in Alliance. He was named the Men's Great Lakes Region Div