Norbert Elliott enters his fourth season as assistant coach at Tennessee, heading the sprint, hurdles and horizontal jumps on The Hill.

His athletes have earned 17 All-America certificates, broken three school records, claimed seven SEC individual championships and won two NCAA individual titles.

Last season, Elliott's tutelage of Tennessee s sprinters led to him being named Mideast Region Assistant Sprints Coach of the Year.

In 2007, Elliott directed junior Rubin Williams and freshmen Evander Wells and Kyle Stevenson to a 22-point haul in the 200 at the SEC Outdoor Championships that clinched the team title for Tennessee. The trio combined with Matthieu Pritchett to win the SEC 4x100 relay title, break the Audrey J. Walton Stadium record and clock the fourth-fastest relay time in school history while placing third at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Williams successfully defended his indoor championship, becoming the first sprinter to win the SEC 200 title indoors and outdoors in the same year since Tyson Gay in 2004. Williams finished second in the event at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships, while Wells finished sixth indoors and fifth outdoors.

Stevenson won a gold medal running a leg for Team USA s 4x100 relay at the Pan American Junior Championships following the season. Also last season, the sprinters all recorded provisional-qualifying times in the 60, marking the first time in school history the Vols had four athletes meet the NCAA provisional-qualifying mark in that event.

Elliott's strong 2007 season was not limited to the track. Senior Carjay Lyles improved his personal-best mark in the triple jump by two and a half feet during the championship portion of the schedule, culminating in a seventh-place, All-America finish at the national championships and fifth place on UT s all-time performance list in the event.

Aries Merritt authored one of the best seasons in Tennessee history under the direction of Elliott in 2006. The junior went undefeated in every 55, 60 and 110 hurdles race he finished, recording 18 wins in 18 races. Along the way he broke NCAA meet records in the 60 and 110 hurdles. His time of 13.21 from the NCAA Outdoor Championships is the second-fastest time ever recorded by a collegian in the event. Merritt, who entered the professional ranks after the season with one year of collegiate eligibility remaining, left Tennessee with 14 total facility, meet or school records. He continues to train in Knoxville under Elliott and ended the 2007 season ranked seventh in the U.S. in the 110 hurdles by Track and Field News.

Elliott also has coached the Vols shuttle hurdle relay to two of UT s record 15 Penn Relays titles. The team recorded the fastest time in the event during the 2006 season and helped UT place third in the relay rankings.

In the 2005 indoor season, Elliott tutored three Vols to All-America status in three different events -- Merritt (60 hurdles), Jonathan Wade (60) and Williams (200). Along the way, Merritt broke the school 55 hurdles record with a 7.12 time.

Outdoors, Elliott coached Tennessee s 4x100 relay team to a third-place finish. Despite the fact that only one runner had competed in the event at the NCAA level before, Tennessee s quartet steamed to a 38.83 time, the third-fastest team in school history. Merritt (110 hurdles) and Williams (200) also earned outdoor All-America acclaim. Merritt took the SEC 110 hurdles title in 13.38, the fastest time in the NCAA during 2005.

Elliott earned head coaching experience during his three years at Murray State. However, he also brings knowledge of competition in the hyper-conference, the unrivaled SEC, from a decade of service as a Georgia assistant. Through it all his ability as a respected coach has been evident. Elliott, a native of the Bahamas, also brings a wealth of international coaching experience and a network of global recruiting contacts.

Prior to Tennessee, Elliott spent three years as head coach of the Murray State men's and women's track and field/cross country program.

Elliott also possesses a familiarity with the premier level of track and field competition in the Southeastern Conference, as he served as assistant track coach at Georgia from 1992-2001.

Before taking the assignment at Georgia, Elliott held the post of assistant track coach at Texas-El Paso, his alma mater, from 1989-92.

Elliott holds the reputation of being a well rounded coach. His mentoring of athletes who have produced quality performances in championship meets in events ranging from the sprints to horizontal jumps and hurdles to
relays provides testament to his versatility, a trait historically prized in the Tennessee track and field family.

A native of the Bahamas, Elliott is no stranger to recruiting and developing elite homegrown and foreign talent. Elliott served as coach of the Bahamas National Team at the 2001 World Championships and 1996 Olympics. He has coached Olympic gold and silver medalists in the 4x100-meter relay.

Elliott coached five NCAA champions, 10 SEC champions and 30 All-America selections at Georgia. Athletes he recruited and coached fueled the run to Georgia s first women s conference title in 1995.

One of his star pupils, Nigeria native and Georgia school record holder Bode Osagiobare, topped out at an impressive 10.01 seconds in the 100. Ken Garrett, a Texan who set the Georgia school record in 2001 at 49.76 in the 400 hurdles, peaked at 48.61 in his specialty.

As an assistant coach for Texas-El Paso, Elliott recruited athletes who won five NCAA sprint championships and 15 conference titles.

In his own athletic career Elliott specialized in the triple jump and competed in the 1988 and 92 Olympics. Elliott placed 10th in the triple jump in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He finished ninth in the triple jump at the 1987 world championships in Rome, Italy.

Elliott earned his bachelor s degree in business management from Texas-El Paso in 1987. He added a master s in exercise science also from Texas-El Paso in 1991.

Elliott and his wife, Trudy, have five children: Danielle, 17; Norbert II, 13; Alexander, 11; Dominic, 9 and Adrian, 7.