Jackie Streete-Thompson joins the Huskers for the 2026-27 season, where she will oversee sprints.
In her six years with the Roadrunners, her student-athletes have broken 10 school records and captured 15 Conference USA championships, while Bashiru Abdullahi and Patrick Prince have earned All-America honors in the 110-meter hurdles. Additionally, the UTSA men have posted five runner-up and six third-place team finishes at the conference meets, while the women finished second at the 2022 C-USA Outdoor and third at four other league meets.
Streete-Thompson came to UTSA after spending the 2016 season as a volunteer assistant coach at Southwestern (Texas) after serving in the same capacity at Missouri in 2014 and 2015.
An accomplished coach, she has mentored student-athletes at five NCAA Division I universities.
Streete-Thompson spent eight successful seasons as an assistant track & field/cross country coach at Florida State. While in Tallahassee, Streete-Thompson helped lead the Seminoles' men's team to three consecutive NCAA Outdoor Championships from 2006-08 and mentored a total of 19 All-Americans. She also helped Florida State recruit a pair of national top-three classes.
Prior to joining the Seminoles, Streete-Thompson was the head horizontal jumps coach and assistant cross country coach at Sacramento State. During her first year, she coached eight Big Sky Conference finalists, including two that earned all-conference accolades.
Prior to her position at Sacramento State, Streete-Thompson served as the assistant coach at Idaho. She helped guide both the men’s and women’s track & field squads to the 2001 Big West Conference Championship. After a successful NCAA finish, the Vandals women ranked 14th in the nation, while the men finished 23rd.
She also spent two years at Missouri as the volunteer assistant in charge of the Tigers' sprinters and hurdlers.
Her coaching career began in 1994 with the Prince George Track & Field Club in British Columbia, where she served as the head junior development coach. After her fifth year with the club, she was recognized in Canada for excellence in coaching.
She ran for the Prince George Track & Field Club and competed nationally for Canada, including a three-medal performance at the Canadian Junior Championships. She was a multiple provincial champion in her native British Columbia.
Streete-Thompson competed collegiately for New Mexico. She earned All-Western Athletic Conference scholar-athlete honors from 1995-98 and graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in exercise science.
In 2002, Streete-Thompson received her master's degree in physical education with a concentration in sport science from Idaho.
Streete-Thompson is a USATF Level 2 Track and Field certified coach.
Jackie is married to UTSA Associate Head Coach Kareem Streete-Thompson and the couple has two children, Janae and Kaiya.
