Brian Clymer

Biography

Brian Clymer joined The College of Wooster as an assistant track and field coach in January 2025. Clymer primarily works with the Fighting Scots' throwers and plays a key role in recruiting for the entire program. In his first year leading Wooster's throwers, Clymer saw every one of his athletes set at least one personal record. Leading the way was Evie Sanford, who won the North Coast Athletic Conference outdoor shot put title and upped the school record to 43 feet, 9.25 inches. Sanford ranked in the top-40 nationally in the event. Clymer has 20 years of collegiate coaching experience. Prior to Wooster, Clymer spent seven years as Kenyon College's lead assistant and recruiting coordinator. He coached Sierra DeLeon to national runner-up honors in the 100-meter hurdles in 2014, a fifth-place finish in the 200 meters, and helped lead the Owls to a program-record 16th-place finish at the national championships. He helped the Owls to 17 school records and multiple NCAC individual titles in the sprints, triple jump, long jump, and shot put. Prior to Kenyon, Clymer coached jumps, sprints, and multi-events at Wake Forest University. As a key recruiter, Clymer helped assemble the ninth-best women's recruiting class in 2012. He helped Brent LaRue to All-America honors in the heptathlon and mentored several NCAA and U.S. national qualifying athletes in the triple jump. He accompanied the U.S. national team as an assistant coach to the NACAC Combined Events Championship in the Dominic