Tom Wood

Biography

Tom Wood enters his 33rd year as an assistant coach for the NC State Track & Field program, working with the multi-event athletes and throwers. Since he has been at NC State, the Wolfpack's throwers have risen to a high level of prominence in the ACC and at the national level. Wood led Luke Thierfelder and Katie Horne to new program records in javelin throw during the 2025 outdoor season. Thierfelder posted a program best mark of 218’5”, while Horne tossed a distance of 152’8”. Theirfelder went on to finish fifth at the ACC Outdoor Championships and closed out the season in the preliminary round of the NCAA East Regional Championships. During the 2023 season, Wood guided Makala Wright and Timara Chapman to new program records in hammer throw, outdoor heptathlon and indoor pentathlon. Wright posted a program best mark of 191'0.00' in the hammer throw at the UF Tom Jones Memorial. Chapman recorded program bests with 4,094 points in the indoor pentathlon and 5,746 points in the outdoor heptathlon. Chapman went out to win the heptathlon at the ACC Championship and placed in the top-20 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Wood led his athletes to four all-time NC State records broken during the 2016-17 season. Joshua Davis posted program-best marks of 218’ 9” in the hammer throw and 72’ 3.75” in the weight throw, while Lauren Evans tossed a distance of 190’ 7” in the hammer throw. In the men’s heptathlon, Grant Rivers totaled 5,131 points at the ACC Indoor Championships. Wood guided