After leading both Ohio State track and field teams to Big Ten titles this spring, Karen Dennis decided it was time to conclude her career and pass the program onto new leadership.
Since Karen Dennis was promoted to director of track and field and cross country at Ohio State in 2014, one of her biggest goals had been for Ohio State’s men’s and women’s track and field teams to both win Big Ten championships at the same time.for their respective genders at the 2022 Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Dennis considers that, the first time any Big Ten school swept both outdoor titles since Wisconsin in 1997, to be a highlight of her 45-year coaching career.
Accomplishing that goal made it easier for Dennis to make the decision she informed her team of just 29 days later, on Monday, when sheFollowing 20 years at Ohio State in which Dennis rose from being an assistant coach for the women’s team to leading the entire track and field program, she decided it was time to pass the baton and allow a younger coach to take the helm.
“I think it's just important to know when to stop, and I think this is the time when I feel like the program's healthy; I feel like our young coaches that are here now, they're capable.” “I feel good about the new coach that's gonna come in,” Dennis said. “I think that the cupboard’s not bare. There's somewhat of a legacy that they can build on. And I think that that's what each and every one of us as coaches here at The Ohio State University has done. You take the program and you elevate the program, and I don't expect that to change.”
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