Brandon Campbell, a Cal State Fullerton alum, former Titan dualathlete, and assistant track and field coach, has been hired as anassistant track and field coach at Fullerton effective immediately,Titans' head coach John Elders announced Friday, April 12,2013.
Campbell served as an assistant coach under Elders from 2006-09before taking the same position at Adams State from 2009-13.
"I was extremely disappointed to lose him four years ago, but inthe end it worked out for the best because he was able to grow as acoach and a leader," Elders said. "To have him back now is superexciting, as he'll have a positive impact on this program rightaway.
"It's personally really gratifying for me to hire him as an alumof this program because he is a Titan through and through."
During his time at Adams State, he guided the men's program toits first-ever outdoor track & field national championship inthe spring of 2012.
Under his tutelage, the Adams State women earned a third placefinish at the 2012 NCAA DII Outdoor Track and Field Championshipsand at one point claimed the top spot in the USTFCCCA rankingsduring the season.
During Campbell's time at ASU, Grizzly sprinters earned 45all-American accolades and broke 35 school records.
During his first stint as a Titans' assistant coach, Campbellhelped coach Big West individual champions Johnathan Golden (highjump 2008), Garrett Myers (triple jump 2008) and Laron Brown (highjump 2009). All three were also NCAA qualifiers.
As a student-athlete at Cal State Fullerton, Campbell ran trackand field and played basketball for the Titans. He earnedAll-American honors in the high jump in 2002 and qualified for theNCAA championships in both the long and high jump in 2001 and 2002.He was also a two-time Big West Conference champion in the longjump (1999 and 2001) and high jump (2001 and 2002) and was a memberof the two championship 4X400 meter relay teams (2000 and2001).
While with the Titan basketball program, he averaged 8.3 pointsand 3.4 rebounds per contest in 84 career contests while battling afoot injury.
Campbell graduated from Cal State Fullerton in 2005 with a B.S.in sociology.
