Coaches
Jayson K. Hayes
Founder/Director of coaching
- USATF Level 1 Certificate
- USATF Certified Official
- Former Volunteer Throwers Coach – Texas Wesleyan University
- Former Licensed Strength and Powerlifting Coach
- Former Olympic Lifter
- Former Offensive Coordinator/ O-Line Coach
- Former Professional Athlete- Football
- Former College Thrower
- Former Accomplished HS Thrower
Coach Janale Hayes
- USATF Certified Official
- USATF Certified Youth Coach
- Coach Hayes has 24 years of coaching and teaching experience at the middle school and high school level
- She has coordinated throwing programs for MISD
- She coached state qualifier throwers
- Her daughter qualified for state in discus and threw shot, discus and hammer at the Div. 1 level
- She is a former college basketball player
- Coach Hayes is certified in CPR and First Aid
Coach Charvis Richmond
- Coaching over 14 years in public schools
- Background of coaching Track and Field and Football at the junior high level
- D1 football player at Northwestern State University
- Accomplished thrower in High School, Discus PR of 177’, Qualifier for Regionals, Texas Relays and State meet
- Accomplished football player in High School, All District at LB and RB, All ETX and All State at RB
- Has been coaching throwers through CoachUp app since 2006 in glide shot put and rotational discuss
Kai Schmidt
Coaching Methodology: Long throws are the result of fine tuning technique to the athlete’s individual characteristics and abilities, not changing athletes to mirror the same technique.
- Grew up and lived in Germany for 20 years
- 15+ years of throwing experience
- Advanced technical knowledge in Discus, ShotPut and Javelin
- Former successful D1 thrower at Abilene Christian University
- Ranked 8th and 18th in the nation in Discus and ShotPut, respectively his Senior year.
Achievements:
- Southland Conference Record Holder – Discus 61.74m (202’6”)
School Record Holder – Indoor ShotPut 19.33m (63’5”) - Most Valuable Player Award 2018 – scoring 28 Points in three events (1. Discus/ 1. ShotPut/ 2. Javelin)
- Two consecutive years named Athlete of the Year in the Southland Conference (2018/2019)
- Placed in the top three at every conference meet and event participated in for 5 consecutive years with multiple conference championships.
