Michael Eskind

Biography

Michael Eskind is in his seventh year as the Associate Head Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at the University of North Carolina. Eskind directly oversees the development of student-athletes in the jumps, pole vault and combined events. Under Eskind’s guidance, his athletes have rewritten the Carolina record books and left their mark on the conference championship level as well. Anna Keefer set the school record (21-6) in the women’s long jump in 2022. Keefer won her second ACC that same year in the long jump. Keefer also earned back-to-back All-America honors in the long jump from 2021-22. The second Carolina athlete to take the top spot was Alex Potts, who has the record (14-1.75) for the women’s indoor pole vault in 2022. Eskind’s women’s pole vaulters have five spots in the record book. In the multi-events, Eskind’s athletes Max Stakun-Pickering and Sam Corley are second and third all-time, and both finished 3rd and fourth at the ACC Championships in 2025. Eskind has found success developing his athletes early and often. In her first year at Carolina, Evie Culbreath has already moved into the top ten of the pentathlon in tenth. Maddey Kelly is fourth all-time outdoors and tenth all-time indoors for the pole vault. In his first indoor season with the Tar Heels, Eskind coached five jumpers to All-ACC honors. Seniors Brianna Isles and Isa Paschall each set personal bests in the men’s and women’s triple jump at the ACC Indoor Championships while freshman Sydney Banks and seni