Mr. Abbott worked for the United States Olympic
Committee's Coaching Division in 1999 and has coached 15
All-Americans and 35 conference champions in his collegiate
coaching career. In 5 years at Sacramento State, Abbott has
transformed the Hornet distance running program to help elevate
Sacramento State into one of the premier NCAA Division I track and
field programs in the country, as they have won 12 conference team
championships in the past 5 years. He was named Big Sky Conference
Coach of the Year in 2008 and has three times been nominated as
USTFCCCA Regional Coach of the Year. He published numerous articles
based on his research and work with the USOC and helped develop
coaching education and ethics programs for United States Olympic
coaches. Abbott has also served as a guest speaker at many coaching
clinics and symposiums, including presenting to the national track
and field coaching body at the USTFCCCA National Convention in
2011.
Mr. Abbott graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. from UCLA in
2000, where he twice served as captain of the UCLA cross country
teams. He earned his M.A. in Sport Management from the University
of San Francisco graduating with distinction in 2007. Abbott lives
in Sacramento, CA with his wife and three children.
