STARKVILLE — Mississippi State track and field announced Wednesday the addition of two assistant coaches to the coaching staff in Vanitta Kinard and Trent Zelden.
Kinard, who most recently coached at South Carolina, comes to Starkville with over two decades of coaching experience at the collegiate level and with the U.S. Olympic Team.
She’s made stops in the Southeastern Conference, Big Ten and Big 12, among other collegiate conferences.
“What she brings to the table is a high level of recruiting pedigree, a lot of knowledge about the SEC and what it takes to be successful in the conference, and she brings in her professional experiences that she can relay down to our student-athletes,” head coach Chris Woods said in Wednesday’s press release.
She will be assisting with sprint and jump athletes.
Zelden, a spring graduate of Mississippi State, competed in the javelin, hammer throw and weight throw events during his time in Starkville.
He will be assisting athletes in the throws events in his new role with the team.
“Trent adds a sense of youthfulness to the staff,” Woods said. “He’s a Mississippi State alumnus as well, so he knows the program inside and out. I know that Trent is going to do everything in his power to make this the absolute best track and field program in the country.”
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