2018-19 marks the first year for Coach Anthony Boyer as the Assistant Track and Field Coach. Coach Boyer will work primarily with sprints, hurdles and jumps. Helping also with weights and monitoring the teams academic success.
Prior to Briar Cliff, Coach Boyer spent two seasons at Raytown High School, coaching primarily the sprints and jumps. In two years there he coached a couple of Missouri All-Staters.
Before Raytown, Boyer was the Head Track and Field/Cross Country Coach at Avila. He was tasked with starting the Track program in 2014. Under Boyer, the Avila team grew from nine to 40 athletes within two years. Each Indoor/Outdoor Conference Meet, Avila had a conference Champion. Two Indoor (M400, W Pent.) and four Outdoor (2x W Hepth, WHJ, WLJ). Following the conclusion of the second season, Avila came away with its first ever ASCIS-NAIA All-American in the Women’s High Jump. Sarah Krig jumped 5’8 at the National meet to place 7th. Academically, the Women’s Track team won High Team GPA its first two years of existence. Men’s Cross Country also repeated as High Team GPA winners both years.
Coach Boyer started his professional coaching career with a bang. In his only season at William Woods University, his teams won five American Midwest Conference (AMC) titles. Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Indoor/Outdoor, Men’s Indoor/Outdoor. The team had a 4x4 All-American Indoor and Outdoor squad while also having a runner place 9th Indoor/Outdoor at Nationals. Overall, the team had 17 AMC Conference Champions Men/Women Indoor and Outdoor.
Boyer holds a BS in Business with a minor in Communications/Computer Tech from the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). He competed on the track team at UMKC for five years from 2005-2010. He was a 6x Conference Champion (2x 60H, 2x 4x1, 110H, 400H) 18x Conference Medalist. 2010 Indoor/Outdoor Conference Track Meet MVP for the Summit League. Indoor Co-Track Athlete of Year 2010 Summit League. Holds three school records (300 IN, 110H, 400H), was inducted into the UMKC Hall of Fame in 2017, as well as his High School Hall of Fame. Boyer had a brief stint pro after college training for the 2012 Olympics in the 400H. Trained with Gold Medalist and World Record Holder in the 110H Aries Merrit. Under the guidance and tutelage of Pat Henry, Vince Anderson and 2012 USOC Track Coach of the year in Andreas Behm.
Boyer holds a Level 1 USATF Coaching Certificate and a USATFCCA Strength and Conditioning Certificate.
