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LINCOLN, Neb. - Nebraska track and field head coach Gary Pepin was named Big Ten Men's Indoor Coach of the Year for the second straight year, the conference office announced on Tuesday after a vote by the league's coaches.
It marks the 26th conference coach-of-the-year honor for Pepin since 1997, when the Huskers started competing in the Big 12. Pepin led the Husker men to a dominating win at the Big Ten Indoor Championships over the weekend. The Huskers totaled 116 points, 43 more than the runner-up, to give Pepin his 71st overall conference team title and 31st indoors.
Pepin once again assembled a talented all-around roster, as 24 of the 32 Husker men scored at least a point, and Nebraska scored in 12 of the 18 events.
Coaching the jumps specifically, Pepin helped guide sophomores Landon Bartel and Kaiwan Culmer to Big Ten titles in the high jump and triple jump, respectively. In total, the men's jumpers combined for 33 of the Huskers' 116 team points.
The honor marks Pepin's fourth selection as Big Ten Coach of the Year since the Huskers moved to the conference in 2011-12.
The Big Ten also announced its sportsmanship award honorees. The student-athletes chosen are individuals who have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. In addition, the student-athletes must be in good academic standing and have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting. The Nebraska men's honoree was Landon Bartel and women's honoree was Tierra Williams.
MEN
Track Athlete of the Year
Izaiah Brown, Rutgers
Field Athlete of the Year
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi, Purdue
Freshman of the Year
Izaiah Brown, Rutgers
Track Athlete of the Championships
Izaiah Brown, Rutgers
Field Athlete of the Championships
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi, Purdue
Coach of the Year
Gary Pepin, Nebraska
WOMEN
Track Athlete of the Year
Erin Finn, Michigan
Field Athlete of the Year
Kelsey Card, Wisconsin
Freshman of the Year
Janae’ Moffitt, Purdue
Track Athlete of the Championships
Devynne Charlton, Purdue
Field Athlete of the Championships
Kelsey Card, Wisconsin
Coach of the Year
James Henry, Michigan