Maggie Malone-Hardin

Maggie Malone-Hardin joined the Nebraska track and field coaching staff as a volunteer assistant in 2022-23, assisting in coaching the javelin throwers. 

Malone-Hardin began her coaching career as a volunteer assistant at Texas A&M, where she spent her final two collegiate seasons. The Nebraska native began her collegiate career with the Huskers in 2013, placing third in the javelin at the Big Ten Championships and 10th at the NCAA Championships. Malone-Hardin improved the next season to win the 2014 Big Ten Championships and place fourth at NCAAs.

Before the 2015 season, Malone-Hardin transferred to Texas A&M. The four-time All-American finished fourth at the 2015 SEC Championships and ninth at NCAAs. Malone-Hardin took off during the 2016 season, capturing the SEC title and the NCAA title in a collegiate record mark. She went on to win the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials, becoming the first athlete in American history to win the collegiate and national title in the same year.

A three-time Olympian, Malone-Hardin was a finalist in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, finishing 10th. She placed first at the USA Olympic Trials in both 2016 and 2021 and also earned a spot at the World Championships Qualifier in 2022 and 2023. 

A native of Geneva, Neb., Malone-Hardin graduated from Texas A&M in 2016 before pursuing a master's degree in marketing.