June 26, 2010
NEW ORLEANS - For the second consecutive year Texas A&M head coach Pat Henry was named National Men's & Women's Head Coach of the Year for the outdoor track and field season.
United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) awarded the national coaching honor following a vote by the coaches. Henry guided Texas A&M to a second sweep of national team titles during the recent NCAA Championships held in Eugene, Oregon.
While the Aggie women enjoyed a 15-point victory over host Oregon by scoring 72 points at Hayward Field, the A&M men needed a victory in the final event, the 4 x 400 relay, to secure the team title by one point over Florida, 55-54.
It marked the first win for the Aggies in the 4 x 400 relay, where they set a school record of 3:00.89, since 1989. Texas A&M had been runner-up in the event the past three years. They picked up points in seven different events.
The Aggie women enjoyed victories in the 200 meters and 4 x 100 relay in Eugene as they scored in eight different events. The point total of 72 points was the most since 2002 when South Carolina had 82.
Texas A&M became only the second school to claim double-team national crowns in consecutive years on the Division I level. Henry coached the LSU teams that accomplished the same double-double titles in 1989-1990.
During the 2010 season the Aggies were named the Outstanding Team at the Texas Relays as they accumulated nine victories on the final day with four relay titles. At the Penn Relays a pair of collegiate records were set by the A&M women while the Aggies totaled four relay victories on the weekend.
While the women won a fourth consecutive Big 12 Outdoor team title, the men finished third, just eight points behind the team champion. The Aggie men sprint and relay points totaled 73 of the 110 scored by A&M.
Texas A&M became the first team in Big 12 history to win nine of the 10 sprint events during the conference meet. The Aggies won the women's 100, 200, 400, 4x1 and 4x4 while the A&M men were winners in the 100, 200, 400 and 4x4 while placing second in the 4x1.