Damion Drummond is entering third year as the Lindenwood head men’s and women’s cross country coach and will continue as assistant women’s track & field coach for the 2024 – 2025 season.
The 2023–2024 season marked the second year participating as a NCAA Division I institution for both cross country and track & field programs and they did not disappoint performing well within the upper half of the Ohio Valley Conference. In addition to the team success, unforeseen reasons also afforded Coach Drummond the opportunity to temporarily lead the programs as Acting Head Track & Field Coach for much of the Indoor and outdoor seasons. Most noteworthy, both men and women track & field programs closed out the season finishing 5th and 6th respectively at the 2024 outdoor Ohio Valley Conference Championships. Coach Drummond successfully supervised 4 individuals to school record performances, managed 9 individuals and 1 relay team to earning OVC All-Conference honors for finishing in the top 3 at the conference meets.
The 2022–2023 was highlighted year one for Lindenwood’s reclassification as a NCAA Division I program. During his first year at the helm of the cross country teams, Drummond coached the 2022 OVC Cross Country Female Freshman of the Year in Holly Harding. Anders Hekkli placed 22nd in the 8 kilometer race at the OVC Championships, while Maxime Touron finished 41st in the event.
Drummond comes to Lindenwood after spending the last five seasons at University of Maryland Eastern Shore as the head coach. While at Maryland Eastern Shore, he has seen several other team and individual successes, including one NCAA First Round Qualifier (Men's 3000m Steeple Chase), 10 IC4A/ECAC All-East Team Distinctions, two 2nd place MEAC team finishes and one MEAC conference record holder in the women’s 5000 meter among other numerous MEAC All-Conference honorees.
Prior to his time in Princess Anne, Maryland. Drummond was the head coach of the men's and women's cross country and track and field programs at Delaware State University. During his tenure, he led one NCAA First Round Qualifier, three IC4A/ECAC All-East Team Distinctions and 10 MEAC All-Conference Honorees.
Drummond also had coaching stops at Lincoln University, Hampton University and Mount Mercy University. While at Lincoln, he led the women's cross country team to the 2014 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) championship, the team's first conference title as a NCAA Div. II program. Drummond was selected as CIAA Coach-of-the-Year for the achievement.
In addition, Lincoln's women's cross country team earned U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCA) All-Academic Team honors for achieving a grade-point-average of 3.0 or higher for the 2014-15 academic year.
Lincoln's track and field/cross country programs also produced two NCAA championship participants, 19 All-CIAA honorees, three individual conference champs, one conference Most Valuable Performer and a World University Games competitor during Drummond's tenure.
At Hampton University, he helped to establish the Pirate programs as, arguably, the best in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference during his three years at the school. During Drummond's tenure at Hampton, the Pirates earned six MEAC women's track and field championships, one women's cross country title and one men's track and field crown. Drummond’s individual coaching highlights included 3 NCAA All-American, 14 NCAA All-American Honorable Mentions, 11 individual MEAC conference champions, 49 All-Conference Honorees and 17 IC4A/ECAC All-East Team honorees.
Drummond’s is no stranger to the Mid-West as his inaugural coaching began in 2010 as an assistant track & field coach at Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Drummond competitive success aided in his ability to motivate his event groups earning them 1 NAIA All-American, 11 NAIA Qualifiers and 14 conference champions (individual & relays combines).
Drummond, a native of Brooklyn, New York by the way of Jamaica West Indies, originally attended the University of Tennessee from 2000 to 2002, where he was part of SEC title winning teams in both indoor and outdoor track. Following his start as a Volunteer, Drummond transferred to Maryland Eastern Shore where he had an immediate impact on the program. During his time as a student-athlete with the Hawks, Drummond was an All-MEAC middle-distance runner where he set conference championship records in the 800m for both the indoor and outdoor seasons. Additionally, Drummond was part of the school's record setting distance medley team in 2003, a record that stood until 2017. Drummond was also a top contender globally as he qualified for the 2004 Olympic Trails in Jamaica and finished with a lifetime best in the 800m.
Since graduating from Maryland Eastern Shore in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in Exercise Science, Drummond has been committed to higher education and coaching student-athletes, starting as a graduate and volunteer assistant with the Hawks from 2006-2009. During that time the Hawks excelled in Cross Country, winning three MEAC titles as well as a co-championship for the women's indoor team in 2008.
Following earning his Master's in Rehabilitation Counseling in 2008, Drummond took over nearby Washington High School's track program from 2009-10 where the Jaguars took home two regional titles while on the individual front, he coached a state champion and 12 regional champions.
