Marietta Athletics

Taking the reigns in January 2004 Stanley has been building the Track & Field/Cross Country teams into a nationally prominent program.  Over the course of his tenure the Marietta track & field program has earned 57 All-OAC performances, 14 OAC champions, 12 NCAA national qualifiers and 4 All-Americans.  In addition to the track & field accolades Marietta harriers have earned 5 All-OAC awards in cross country. 

In 2009 Stanley earned his first Great Lakes Regional Women’s Coach of the Year honors for Indoor Track & Field and earned the same recognition for Outdoor Track and Field. At the 2009 Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Outdoor Track & Field Championship both the men and women maintained their placement in the OAC, finishing sixth and fifth respectively. Jayshon Irvin became the first Pioneer to receive an individual award at the OAC Championship since the program was reinstated. He earned Most Outstanding Sprinter of the Meet for his first place finishes in the 100m and 200m Dashes. Sixteen other athletes, including relay teams, earned All-OAC outdoor honors. Stanley’s program also tallied 12 All-OAC performances at the 2009 Indoor Track and Field Championship, where Marietta’s women placed their best in program history in fourth and the men placed sixth, tying their best finish.

In addition to the track & field program’s strong performance within the OAC, Marietta had 9 different NCAA qualifying performances for the men’s and women’s team.  Three athletes earned the opportunity to represent Marietta at the national level. Two Pioneers competed at the 2009 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship, which was hosted at home in Don Drumm Stadium. Freshman Jayshon Irvin and sophomore Zach Gay both received All-American honors at the outdoor event. Irvin placed sixth in the 100m Dash, while Gay placed eighth in the High Jump. Senior Brian Pallini also earned All-American honors with his eighth place finish in the Weight Throw at the 2009 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championship.

In the fall of 2008, the men and women’s cross country teams ran to a seventh and fifth place finish, respectively, at the OAC Championship, hosted by Marietta at the Broughton Nature and Wildlife Education Area. Individually, junior Randi Robertson placed third in the women’s race, the second best finish for a Pioneer woman in school history. Jennifer Emmert also received All-OAC honors for her 17^th place finish in the race.  The teams went on to their best finishes in program’s history at the Great Lakes Regional Championship where the women finished 12^th of 34 teams and the men finished 23^rd of 34 teams.  Marietta’s women also earned USTFCCCA Women’s All-Academic Cross Country Team honors for the seventh straight year in 2008.

Stanley came to Marietta from Bluffton College, where he served as the head men and women's track and cross country coach since 2001. During his time at Bluffton, a member of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference, the Beavers had four individual HCAC champions in 2002 and the freshman of the year in the HCAC in 2003. In addition, his women's cross country team earned Academic All-American status in 2001 and 2002, and his men's cross country team earned the honor in 2002.

Stanley received his bachelor's of business administration from Tiffin University in 1999 and his master's in education from Bowling Green State University in 2002. Although focusing mainly on distance events, he qualified to the indoor NAIA national championship meet in Lincoln, Neb., where he participated on the 4x400 meter relay team representing the Tiffin University Dragons. Stanley remained at Tiffin as a graduate assistant coach for two years following his graduation. During his time at Tiffin, Stanley coached numerous student-athletes to the NAIA national championships.

Stanley lives in Marietta.