Head Coach Jessi Juarez

Jessi Juarez was hired as BVU head track & field coach in the summer of 2023 and is set to begin her first campaign on campus in 2023-24.

Juarez arrives on campus with 14 years of collegiate coaching experience under her belt. She began her coaching career in 2009 as an assistant track & field coach at Coffeyville Community College. She then became a graduate assistant track & field coach and assistant cross-country coach from 2010-12 at Muskingum University while also spending time at Adrian College from 2012-13.

In 2013, Juarez joined the staff at the University of Wisconsin-Stout and helped coach high jump and sprints. She was instrumental in producing nine conference champions and eight All-Americans over three seasons. She then moved to Roanoke College in 2016 where she focused on pole vault and high jump, producing five all-conference performances, four conference champions and one All-American. 

Since 2021, Juarez has been an assistant coach at Wittenberg University and has produced five all-conference performers and one national qualifier during that span. 

Prior to rejoining the college coaching ranks at Wittenberg, Juarez was a personal trainer from 2018-2020 and developed strength and conditioning plans for high school aged track & field athletes. 

Throughout her coaching career, Juarez has coached over 30 national qualifiers, including three national champions, two national runners-up and 25 All-Americans. At the conference level, she has produced 18 conference champions and 75 all-conference finishers. 

Juarez earned her bachelor's degree in graphic design from Marietta College in 2009. She later earned her master's degree in adult education from Muskingum in 2012.