Edrick Floréal

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Edrick Floréal

| current_title = Head coach

| current_team = Texas Mens and Texas Womens

| current_conference = Big 12

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|10|5}}

| birth_place = Gonaïves, Haiti

| alma_mater = Arkansas

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Country|{{CAN}}}}

}}

Edrick Bertholan Floréal (born October 5, 1966) is a track and field coach for the Texas Longhorns men's track and field and women's track and field program and retired long and triple jumper from Canada.

Career

= Athletics career =

Floréal finished fourth in the triple jump at the 1987 Pan American Games. He represented Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. At the 1988 Summer Olympics, he finished 18th in the qualifying round of the Triple Jump; at the 1992 Summer Olympics, he finished 28th in the qualifying round in the Long Jump.[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fl/edrick-floreal-1.html Edrick Floréal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917185839/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fl/edrick-floreal-1.html |date=2011-09-17 }}. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2016-05-30. He is the former Canadian record holder in the long jump and current Canadian record holder in the triple jump, with marks of {{T&Fcalc|8.20}} and {{T&Fcalc|17.29}}.[http://athletics.ca/files/Records/CANADIAN_OUTDOOR_SENIOR_RECORDS_-_MEN.PDF Canadian Outdoor Records Men] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104201419/http://www.athletics.ca/files//Records/CANADIAN_OUTDOOR_SENIOR_RECORDS_-_MEN.PDF |date=2013-11-04 }}. Athletics Canada. Retrieved on 2016-05-30.

Floréal competed collegiately for the University of Arkansas, a school fabled for its jumping prowess. He won the NCAA Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships triple jump in both 1989 and 1990 and at the Outdoor Championships in 1988, 1989 and 1990.{{cite web |url=http://www.hogwired.com/pdf2/103362.pdf?ATCLID=801339&SPSID=30837&SPID=2430&DB_OEM_ID=6100 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-01-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517160500/http://www.hogwired.com/pdf2/103362.pdf?ATCLID=801339&SPSID=30837&SPID=2430&DB_OEM_ID=6100 |archive-date=2011-05-17 }}

= Coaching career =

Floréal was the director of track and field at Stanford Universityhttp://gostanford.cstv.com/sports/c-track/mtt/floreal_edrick00.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527153220/http://gostanford.cstv.com/sports/c-track/mtt/floreal_edrick00.html |date=2008-05-27 }} Stanford University Track and Field Page from 1998 to 2012. He was named the "West Regional Coach of the Year" for the 2010 indoor season by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).{{Cite web |url=http://www.gostanford.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/030910aac.html |title=Edrick Floreal Named Men's West Regional Coach of the Year - Stanford University's Official Athletic Site |access-date=2010-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117222329/http://www.gostanford.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/030910aac.html |archive-date=2012-01-17 |url-status=dead }}

Floréal was signed as the head coach of the University of Kentucky men and women's cross country and track teams on July 9, 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://ky.milesplit.com/articles/89114-stanfords-edrick-floreal-named-head-uk-track-coach|title = Stanford's Edrick Floreal Named Head UK Track Coach}}{{cite web|title=Edrick Floreal|url=http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/c-track/mtt/edrick_floreal_809958.html|publisher=University of Kentucky|access-date=29 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829132207/http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/c-track/mtt/edrick_floreal_809958.html|archive-date=29 August 2013}}

Floréal was named Head Track and Field Coach at the University of Texas in June 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://texassports.com/news/2018/6/13/track-field-cross-country-edrick_floreal-named-head-track-and-field-coach-at-texas.aspx|title=Floréal named Head Track and Field Coach at Texas - University of Texas|website=University of Texas|date=13 June 2018 |language=en|access-date=2018-06-16}} There, he won the men's NCAA Division I Indoor Championship in 2022 and the women's NCAA Division I Outdoor Championship in 2023.{{Cite web |title=DI Men's Track & Field Championship History |url=https://www.ncaa.com/history/trackfield-indoor-men/d1}}{{Cite web |title=Women's Track & Field crowned NCAA Outdoor Champions |date=10 June 2023 |url=https://texassports.com/news/2023/6/10/track-field-cross-country-no-1-texas-women-crowned-ncaa-outdoor-champions.aspx}}

Personal life

Floréal is married to LaVonna Martin-Floreal, the 1992 Olympic silver medalist in the 100-meter hurdles. They have two children, one of whom, E.J., played three seasons for the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team{{cite web|title=24 EJ Floreal|url=http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/ej_floreal_862043.html|publisher=University of Kentucky|access-date=29 October 2013}} before leaving the program in August 2016 to join the University of Kentucky track program full-time.{{cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/17257435/ej-floreal-leave-basketball-run-track-kentucky |title=E.J. Floreal will leave basketball to run track for Kentucky |agency=Associated Press |work=ESPN.com |date=August 9, 2016 |access-date=August 10, 2016}}

International competitions

rowspan=2|1985

|rowspan=2|Universiade

|rowspan=2|Kobe, Japan

|13th (q)

|Long jump

|7.66 m

19th (q)