Ibrahim Kabia

Biography

The 2023-24 season marked the sixth season Ibrahim Kabia has been a part of the Gopher track and field program as an assistant coach. Kabia coaches the men's sprints, hurdles, long jump and triple jump while assisting Director of Track & Field Matt Bingle in coaching the same events on the women's side. In his first six seasons coaching the Gophers, Kabia’s student-athletes have exponentially improved. Under Kabia's direction the 'U' has broken six school records in the events that he directly coaches. Those include: Charles Godfred - Outdoor Long Jump; Sammie "Trey" Houston - Indoor Triple Jump 16.18m; Devin Augustine - 100m 10.02; Devin Augustine - 200m 20.36; 4x100m Relay, 38.70; Michael Buchanan - 110m hurdles 13.66. In 2024 Kabia coached his first Olympian in Devin Augustine, who qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics for the 100m as a member of the nation of Trinidad & Tobago. Kabia's crew has amassed six Big Ten titles, including two at both the 2023 and 2024 Big Ten Championships in Bloomington, Ind., and Ann Arbor, Mich. He's directly coached five individual All-Big Ten athletes to four honors as well as two All-Big Ten relay teams. Kabia directly recruited and coached the Big Ten's 2024 Track Athlete of the Championships, Devin Augustine. Augustine for the second straight season posted a Big Ten Championship record time, his wind-legal time of 10.05 in the 100m came in 2024 after he helped the 4x100m relay team of Carlon Hosten, Kion Benjamin and Finn Schirmer in 202