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Track and Field
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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Track and Field
Langley, Jerel
Jerel Langley
- Title:
- Assistant Coach - Vertical Jumps, Combined Events
- Email:
- jlangley1@ou.edu
Jerel Langley enters his ninth season at OU in charge of the pole vault and combined events, while also coaching the high jump (2016-24) and men’s hurdles (2017-19). In eight years at OU, his athletes have achieved two national titles, 17 NCAA First Team All-America honors, 10 Second Team All-America honors, six honorable mention honors, two indoor All-America distinctions in 2020, 16 individual conference championships and 10 school records.
Career Coaching Numbers:
2 Olympians
2 NCAA National Champions
1 European U23 Championship Medalist
1 Commonwealth Games Medalist
1 World Championship Competitor
47 NCAA All-American Honors
16 Big 12 Champions
3 Big XII Freshman of the Year
2 Big XII Meet Records
28 Total Conference Champions
2 USTFCCCA Midwest Region Field AOY
2 Individual Country National Records
4 Individual Country National Champions
10 OU School Records
1 Midwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year Honor
Langley has mentored Vernon Turner to a 2024 Paris Olympics appearance, a national championship, six First Team All-America honors, two school records and the No. 4 high jump in the NCAA All-Time indoors and the No. 1 jump in NCAA history for a freshman.
Pippi Lotta Enok claimed her first national title in the heptathlon during the 2023 season. She set a school record of 6,165 which sits as the 17th-best performance in NCAA history. That summer, Langley had the opportunity to coach Enok to a bronze medal in the heptathlon for her native country, Estonia, at the European U23 Championships.
Three of his athletes have been named Big 12 Freshman of the Year, Vernon Turner in 2018, Lavinja Jurgens in 2020 indoors and Olivia Lueking 2022 outdoors. During the 2022 indoor season, Turner and Lueking were named the USTFCCCA Midwest Region Field Athletes of the Year. His men’s HJ group claimed the 2022 No.1 event squad ranking at the conclusion of the outdoor season.
Seven student-athletes have claimed 16 Big 12 titles, Turner (high jump x5), Lueking (pole vault x3), Kristo Simulask (heptathlon x2, decathlon x2), Jurgens (HJ), Bryce Douglas (60-meter hurdles), Enok (pentathlon) and Sydney King (PV). His athletes have also excelled in the classroom, collecting 21 USTFCCCA All-Academic honors and 39 Big 12 First-Team and six Second-Team All-Academic honors. Everette Favor was also named the 2017 Big 12 Scholar Athlete of the Year while also making an appearance in his first national championship in the pole vault. Langley has coached 34 NCAA West Prelim qualifiers in events ranging from the pole vault, high jump, 110-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles, long jump and javelin. He also serves as recruiting coordinator and helped bring together a 2017 Men’s recruiting class that was ranked No. 8 in the country by Track and Field News.
The 2023-24 season was highlighted by another dominant year by Olivia Lueking. Langley coached the junior to a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships and eighth place at the outdoor championships. Adding two First Team-All America honors to her resume, Lueking also earned All-Conference honors when she finished runner-up in the pole vault at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship. Mid-year transfer from Stephen F. Austin, Angel Richmore, made an immediate impact for Langley’s combined events group when she finished second in the pentathlon at the Big 12 Indoor Championship. Richmore would go on to finish seventh at the NCAA Indoor Championships and fifth place at the outdoor championships, collecting two First Team All-America honors.
During the summer of 2024, Langley assisted current and former student-athletes at national and international competitions. Langley traveled to Paris to coach alumnus Vernon Turner, representing the United States in his Olympic debut, and Estonia where Enok claimed the heptathlon national title. He also aided Lueking at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Eugene, Ore., in her attempts to qualify for Paris.
In 2022-23, Langley’s student-athletes combined for one of the most dominant seasons achieved by a vertical jumps and multis group of his career. Across the indoor and outdoor season, four student athletes collected one national title, three NCAA silver medals, six Big 12 individual championships, five First Team All-America honors and six school records. In her first year under the guidance of Langley, Enok claimed the heptathlon national title, posting a school-record 6,165 points, also earning third place at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the pentathlon with a school record. She was the Big 12 Indoor Championship pentathlon champion and runner-up in both the long jump and javelin at the outdoor championship. Graduate Vernon Turner concluded his illustrious career with the Big 12 indoor and outdoor high jump titles and claimed a silver medal at the NCAA indoor and outdoor championships. Olivia Lueking (pole vault) and Kristo Simulask (combined events) also united for three Big 12 titles, three All-America honors and three school records. Simulask set the Big 12 meet record in the heptathlon during the indoor championship. Langley’s efforts during the 2023 season earned him the USTFCCCA Midwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year honor.
During the 2022 season, Freshman Olivia Lueking rewrote record books in the women’s pole vault. Lueking claimed two Big 12 titles while breaking the Big 12 Indoor Championship record and both OU’s indoor and outdoor school records. Meagan Gray also achieved NCAA First Team All-America status in the pole vault under Langley’s tutelage during the 2019 outdoor season. Langley has coached 31 NCAA West Preliminary Round qualifiers in events ranging from the pole vault, high jump, 110-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles.
Langley spent time prior to OU at the University of Miami where he served as an assistant coach for the Hurricanes for three years. His student-athletes earned eight All-America honors, with four in the women’s pole vault and one in the women’s high jump. Three athletes achieved Second Team All-America Honors in the pole vault, high jump and triple jump with two more Honorable Mentions in the high jump and triple jump. He was part of a coaching staff that led Miami to the 2016 ACC Indoor Conference women’s team championship. Langley’s athletes took home three ACC titles, Alysha Newman (pole vault), Dakota Dailey-Harris (high jump) and Andreas Christodoulou (decathlon). Newman, Dailey-Harris and JP Friday also helped break seven school records at the U. His 11 NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifiers also helped garner nine First Team All-ACC selections (PV, HJ, LJ, decathlon) and eight Second Team All-ACC Selections (LJ, TJ, HJ). He also had athletes compete at the U.S. and Canadian Olympic Trials.
While at Miami and Eastern Michigan, Langley mentored 2016 Olympian in the women’s pole vault, Alysha Newman. Newman’s achievements included four Canadian national records (indoor, outdoor, junior and senior), five time All-America honors, ACC outdoor record holder, Pan-Am junior champion and record holder and Commonwealth Games bronze medalist.
During his time at Eastern Michigan, Langley worked with the women’s throws, pole vault and combined events his first two years on the staff. He took on the oversight of all field events in 2013. He was a part of a staff that produced the 2011 MAC Indoor Team Champions. Langley coached two NCAA Second Team All-Americans during his time at EMU. His women brought home four MAC Championships (pole vault x3, pentathlon) and five MAC silver medals (pole vault x2, high jump x2, hammer throw). Five school records were broken in his tenure at EMU (indoor and outdoor pole vault, indoor shot put, weight and hammer throw). Six total NCAA East Regional qualifiers saw action in the pole vault, high jump and hammer throw. One athlete participated in the 2013 USATF Championships in the high jump, while another was the 2012 U23 National Champion in the hammer throw for Spain. Two women were selected USTFCCCA All-Academic, four Academic All-MAC and 12 Academic All-MAC Honorable Mention.
Langley’s first coaching stint was as a graduate assistant coach at Kennesaw State, working with pole vault, javelin and combined event athletes. The KSU men captured the 2010 Atlantic Sun indoor and outdoor team titles. Langley’s athletes set 12 school records, earned five Atlantic Sun Conference Championship titles, six Second Team All-Conference selections and four Third Team All-Conference selections. Langley served as the recruiting coordinator in his time at KSU, where he also earned his Master’s Degree in Applied Exercise and Health Science.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in sports management in 2008 from Gardner-Webb University. As a student-athlete, Langley was part of a team that won the 2006 Atlantic Sun Outdoor men’s team championship. Langley earned All-East region honors in the javelin in 2008 and was named to the 2008 USTFCCCA All-Academic team. He was a two-time NCAA East Region finalist, a two-time East regional qualifier and earned All-Atlantic Sun Conference honors four times. He held the Atlantic Sun conference record in the javelin and was a three-time Atlantic Sun All-Academic honoree.
The Cumming, Georgia, native is married to former teammate, Ashley, and they have a son, Jaxon, and a daughter, Aubrey.
Career Coaching Numbers:
2 Olympians
2 NCAA National Champions
1 European U23 Championship Medalist
1 Commonwealth Games Medalist
1 World Championship Competitor
47 NCAA All-American Honors
16 Big 12 Champions
3 Big XII Freshman of the Year
2 Big XII Meet Records
28 Total Conference Champions
2 USTFCCCA Midwest Region Field AOY
2 Individual Country National Records
4 Individual Country National Champions
10 OU School Records
1 Midwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year Honor
Langley has mentored Vernon Turner to a 2024 Paris Olympics appearance, a national championship, six First Team All-America honors, two school records and the No. 4 high jump in the NCAA All-Time indoors and the No. 1 jump in NCAA history for a freshman.
Pippi Lotta Enok claimed her first national title in the heptathlon during the 2023 season. She set a school record of 6,165 which sits as the 17th-best performance in NCAA history. That summer, Langley had the opportunity to coach Enok to a bronze medal in the heptathlon for her native country, Estonia, at the European U23 Championships.
Three of his athletes have been named Big 12 Freshman of the Year, Vernon Turner in 2018, Lavinja Jurgens in 2020 indoors and Olivia Lueking 2022 outdoors. During the 2022 indoor season, Turner and Lueking were named the USTFCCCA Midwest Region Field Athletes of the Year. His men’s HJ group claimed the 2022 No.1 event squad ranking at the conclusion of the outdoor season.
Seven student-athletes have claimed 16 Big 12 titles, Turner (high jump x5), Lueking (pole vault x3), Kristo Simulask (heptathlon x2, decathlon x2), Jurgens (HJ), Bryce Douglas (60-meter hurdles), Enok (pentathlon) and Sydney King (PV). His athletes have also excelled in the classroom, collecting 21 USTFCCCA All-Academic honors and 39 Big 12 First-Team and six Second-Team All-Academic honors. Everette Favor was also named the 2017 Big 12 Scholar Athlete of the Year while also making an appearance in his first national championship in the pole vault. Langley has coached 34 NCAA West Prelim qualifiers in events ranging from the pole vault, high jump, 110-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles, long jump and javelin. He also serves as recruiting coordinator and helped bring together a 2017 Men’s recruiting class that was ranked No. 8 in the country by Track and Field News.
The 2023-24 season was highlighted by another dominant year by Olivia Lueking. Langley coached the junior to a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships and eighth place at the outdoor championships. Adding two First Team-All America honors to her resume, Lueking also earned All-Conference honors when she finished runner-up in the pole vault at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship. Mid-year transfer from Stephen F. Austin, Angel Richmore, made an immediate impact for Langley’s combined events group when she finished second in the pentathlon at the Big 12 Indoor Championship. Richmore would go on to finish seventh at the NCAA Indoor Championships and fifth place at the outdoor championships, collecting two First Team All-America honors.
During the summer of 2024, Langley assisted current and former student-athletes at national and international competitions. Langley traveled to Paris to coach alumnus Vernon Turner, representing the United States in his Olympic debut, and Estonia where Enok claimed the heptathlon national title. He also aided Lueking at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Eugene, Ore., in her attempts to qualify for Paris.
In 2022-23, Langley’s student-athletes combined for one of the most dominant seasons achieved by a vertical jumps and multis group of his career. Across the indoor and outdoor season, four student athletes collected one national title, three NCAA silver medals, six Big 12 individual championships, five First Team All-America honors and six school records. In her first year under the guidance of Langley, Enok claimed the heptathlon national title, posting a school-record 6,165 points, also earning third place at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the pentathlon with a school record. She was the Big 12 Indoor Championship pentathlon champion and runner-up in both the long jump and javelin at the outdoor championship. Graduate Vernon Turner concluded his illustrious career with the Big 12 indoor and outdoor high jump titles and claimed a silver medal at the NCAA indoor and outdoor championships. Olivia Lueking (pole vault) and Kristo Simulask (combined events) also united for three Big 12 titles, three All-America honors and three school records. Simulask set the Big 12 meet record in the heptathlon during the indoor championship. Langley’s efforts during the 2023 season earned him the USTFCCCA Midwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year honor.
During the 2022 season, Freshman Olivia Lueking rewrote record books in the women’s pole vault. Lueking claimed two Big 12 titles while breaking the Big 12 Indoor Championship record and both OU’s indoor and outdoor school records. Meagan Gray also achieved NCAA First Team All-America status in the pole vault under Langley’s tutelage during the 2019 outdoor season. Langley has coached 31 NCAA West Preliminary Round qualifiers in events ranging from the pole vault, high jump, 110-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles.
Langley spent time prior to OU at the University of Miami where he served as an assistant coach for the Hurricanes for three years. His student-athletes earned eight All-America honors, with four in the women’s pole vault and one in the women’s high jump. Three athletes achieved Second Team All-America Honors in the pole vault, high jump and triple jump with two more Honorable Mentions in the high jump and triple jump. He was part of a coaching staff that led Miami to the 2016 ACC Indoor Conference women’s team championship. Langley’s athletes took home three ACC titles, Alysha Newman (pole vault), Dakota Dailey-Harris (high jump) and Andreas Christodoulou (decathlon). Newman, Dailey-Harris and JP Friday also helped break seven school records at the U. His 11 NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifiers also helped garner nine First Team All-ACC selections (PV, HJ, LJ, decathlon) and eight Second Team All-ACC Selections (LJ, TJ, HJ). He also had athletes compete at the U.S. and Canadian Olympic Trials.
While at Miami and Eastern Michigan, Langley mentored 2016 Olympian in the women’s pole vault, Alysha Newman. Newman’s achievements included four Canadian national records (indoor, outdoor, junior and senior), five time All-America honors, ACC outdoor record holder, Pan-Am junior champion and record holder and Commonwealth Games bronze medalist.
During his time at Eastern Michigan, Langley worked with the women’s throws, pole vault and combined events his first two years on the staff. He took on the oversight of all field events in 2013. He was a part of a staff that produced the 2011 MAC Indoor Team Champions. Langley coached two NCAA Second Team All-Americans during his time at EMU. His women brought home four MAC Championships (pole vault x3, pentathlon) and five MAC silver medals (pole vault x2, high jump x2, hammer throw). Five school records were broken in his tenure at EMU (indoor and outdoor pole vault, indoor shot put, weight and hammer throw). Six total NCAA East Regional qualifiers saw action in the pole vault, high jump and hammer throw. One athlete participated in the 2013 USATF Championships in the high jump, while another was the 2012 U23 National Champion in the hammer throw for Spain. Two women were selected USTFCCCA All-Academic, four Academic All-MAC and 12 Academic All-MAC Honorable Mention.
Langley’s first coaching stint was as a graduate assistant coach at Kennesaw State, working with pole vault, javelin and combined event athletes. The KSU men captured the 2010 Atlantic Sun indoor and outdoor team titles. Langley’s athletes set 12 school records, earned five Atlantic Sun Conference Championship titles, six Second Team All-Conference selections and four Third Team All-Conference selections. Langley served as the recruiting coordinator in his time at KSU, where he also earned his Master’s Degree in Applied Exercise and Health Science.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in sports management in 2008 from Gardner-Webb University. As a student-athlete, Langley was part of a team that won the 2006 Atlantic Sun Outdoor men’s team championship. Langley earned All-East region honors in the javelin in 2008 and was named to the 2008 USTFCCCA All-Academic team. He was a two-time NCAA East Region finalist, a two-time East regional qualifier and earned All-Atlantic Sun Conference honors four times. He held the Atlantic Sun conference record in the javelin and was a three-time Atlantic Sun All-Academic honoree.
The Cumming, Georgia, native is married to former teammate, Ashley, and they have a son, Jaxon, and a daughter, Aubrey.
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