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Beaumont, Texas
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Rice University
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Assistant Coach
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Lacee' Carmon-Johnson joins the Thundering Herd track and field team as a volunteer coach this season, and will assist in the sprints, hurdles, and jumping events. She spent the last two years as an assistant coach at Stephen F. Austin State University, where she primarily worked with the men's and women's horizontal jumpers, sprinters, and hurdlers.
At SFA, Carmon-Johnson coached 3 Southland Conference champions, the 2010 SLC indoor field event athlete of the year, the 2010 SLC indoor high point scorer, and 1 school record holder. Carmon-Johnson saw the men's team win its first ever SLC championship in 2011, and helped the women's team attain 5 conference championships, including the 2011 triple crown. She also worked as the team academic liaison as the women's team twice garnered the USTFCCCA All-Academic award. In the process she also earned her Masters of Education in Kinesiology.
Before SFA, Carmon-Johnson worked as an assistant coach at Smith College, where she had 11 athletes earn New England Division III and ECAC championship qualifying marks in the sprints, hurdles, and jumping events.
A native of Beaumont, Texas, Carmon-Johnson completed her undergraduate degree at Rice University, where she was a four-year letter winner, a member of 4 conference championship teams, an Arthur Ashe Sports Scholar, a Western Conference Athletic Conference Scholar Athlete, and a three-time member of the Conference-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Carmon-Johnson earned her USA Track and Field Level One Coaching Certificate in 2008. In pursuit of her doctoral degree, she currently serves as Assistant Professor in the Marshall University School of Kinesiology.
She currently resides in Huntington with her husband, Willie, who serves as an Assistant Coach for the Thundering Herd track and field and cross country teams.
Stephen F. Austin State University (2009-2011)
3 - Southland Conference Champions
4 - Southland Conference Runner-up
10 - All Conference Athletes
28 - Southland Conference Scorers
5 - National qualifiers
1 - Southland Field event athlete of the year
1 - School Record holder
2 - USA Junior National Qualifiers
