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Cary Ossiff

Women's Track & Field Jeff Weiss, Senior Associate Director of Athletics/Media Relations

Ossiff Named Assistant Track Coach

DETROIT -- Wayne State University head cross country and track & field coach Grant Lofdahl has selected Cary Ossiff as an assistant coach in charge of throws.

"We're very pleased to have added someone with Cary's rich background of experience in track and field to our coaching staff," commented Lofdahl.  "He has had great success working with student-athletes at multiple levels, and he brings a patient, analytical approach to the throwing events.  From shot put and discus to hammer, weight, and javelin, we're confident that he is the coach who will take our throwers to the next level."

Ossiff is a 2010 graduate of WSU with a bachelor's degree in Exercise Science, then served as a strength and conditioning coach intern at the University of Toledo.

Before embarking on a two-year stint as a graduate assistant coach at Defiance College, he spent some time at Marygrove College as an assistant coach for the track & field, and cross country programs.

While at Defiance, Ossiff worked with hurdlers, sprinters, throwers and multi-event athletes. The student-athletes Ossiff worked with produced an impressive 14 school records, 12 NCAA Division III national qualifiers, 11 conference championships, four NCAA Division III All-Americans, one national runner-up, and one D-III National Champion (Hammer Throw).  He earned his Master's Degree in Education with a concentration in coaching from Defiance in May of 2013.

Ossiff was the head track and field coach for the Marygrove College Mustangs in 2015.  In 2017, he served as an assistant track coach at Summit Academy in Romulus.

The Allen Park native, coached at Annapolis High School in Dearborn Heights spending the first five years (2000-04) as an assistant track coach, before serving as the head coach the next four seasons (2004-08).  Ossiff also spent two years (2008-10) as an assistant track coach at Canton Salem High School.

He and his wife, Jennifer, are the parents of four children, Peyton, Cruz, Harper, and Lennox.

TRANSACTIONS:  Wayne State (Mich.) named Cary Ossiff assistant track coach in charge of throws.

 
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