Boo Schexnayder

track and field & speed Expert

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Irving "Boo" Schexnayder is an internationally recognized authority in training design and biomechanics with 44 years of coaching and consulting experience. One of the most successful field-event coaches in NCAA history, he developed 26 NCAA champions and served as Team USA jumps coach at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Boo Schexnayder

Founder, Schexnayder Athletic Consulting · Former LSU Track & Field Coach

Irving "Boo" Schexnayder heads Schexnayder Athletic Consulting (sacspeed.com), consulting for professional teams, NCAA programs and international sports organizations in speed and power development, biomechanics, training design, restoration and rehabilitation. Over an 18-year tenure with LSU Track & Field (1995–2007, returning in 2017–18 as strength coach) he coached the jumps, vaults and combined events, producing 26 NCAA champions and 70+ All-Americans while contributing to 13 NCAA championship teams. Internationally he has coached 18 Olympians and 7 Olympic/World Championship medalists, and served as jumps coach for Team USA at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, with staff roles at the 2003 Pan Am Games and 2006 World Junior Championships. A leading voice in coaching education, he founded the USTFCCCA Track & Field Academy in 2009 and directed it through 2017, chaired the USATF Coaching Education committee nationally, holds USATF Level I–III certifications, the USATF Master Coach designation and NSCA S&C certification, and authored The Complete Guide to Track & Field Conditioning for the Jumps. He was named to the USTFCCCA Coaches Hall of Fame class of 2025.

Founder, Schexnayder Athletic Consulting · Former LSU Track & Field CoachBoo Schexnayder
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