![]() In addition, he has seen 14 of his athletes make an Olympic team. Four relay teams of have won a prestigious Penn Relay Championship of America title, including the 1985 4x800-meter relay team, which set a Penn Relays record with a time of 7:11.17, and was the number one ranked time in the world.ĭuring his tenure at Penn State, 20 athletes have won a national championship, 218 have achieved All-American status and 11 have been American record-holders. ![]() Groves has coached teams to nine coveted ICAAAA titles, four Central Collegiate titles and eight NCAA Region II cross country team championships. He has compiled a career record of 759-172-2, with an 84.4 winning percentage. Groves has been coaching track and field for over 48 years, 33 of which have been at Penn State. He also served as a member of the site selection committee for the 19 U.S. Additionally, he was the head coach for the 1986 Goodwill Games team in Moscow, Russia and the head coach for the 1989 World Cup team in Barcelona, Spain. In 1992, he had the honor of being an assistant coach of the U.S. ![]() World Championship team and also served as an assistant to the 1993 team. In 1995, Groves served as the head coach for the U.S. He has chaired numerous national committees and has seen extensive experience coaching U.S. Groves has long been a widely respected and integral figure in the United States Track and Field community. He was inducted alongside Clyde Hart of Baylor University, Mel Rosen of Auburn University, Roy Griak of the University of Minnesota, and Barbara Jacket of Prairie View University. The place was packed and a lot of great names in our sport were in attendance." "It was really a much bigger ceremony than I expected. "It was really a great honor and Bill did just a terrific job with his speech," Groves said of the event. One of five honorees from the 2001 class, Groves was introduced by longtime assistant coach Bill Whittaker and presented a large glass trophy at the ceremony held as part of the National Coaches convention in Mobile, Ala. Before a packed house and many of the sport's greatest names, Penn State head coach Harry Groves was inducted into the United States Track Coaches Association's Hall of Fame on Dec. Son of Tex and Sandy Williams.father is a member of the Marshall Hall of Fame after a stellar career for the Thundering Herd in both basketball and baseball.has two siblings, Zivia Kocher (48) and Kim Williams (51).Mobile, Ala. Albans HS when he averaged 22.5 points, 11.5 rebounds, and 5.5 assists per game.was a two-time first team all-state selection.won the Bill Evans Award Winner (AP top player) in ayed in the North/South All-Star game, Derek Anderson Derby Festival, and the Ohio vs. Named the Gatorade West Virginia High School Player of the Year in 2003-04 at St. Played at the University of Kentucky his freshman season.appeared in eight games for the Wildcats, averaged 0.5 points and 0.4 rebounds per contest. Sat out season in compliance with NCAA transfer rules 23).steal in back-to-back road games at Tulsa (March 1) and Tulane (March 5).scored MUs only bench points at Tulane on first career 3-pointer, added a rebound in 13 ayed five minutes of MUs C-USA First Round loss vs Tulane (March 12). 20), added assist.assist in four minutes vs UCF (Feb. 16).went 0-for-1 shooting in 10 minutes vs UTEP (Feb. 9), dished out career-best four assists and tied career-high with four rebounds.went 1-for-4 from FT line vs Pirates.pulled down two rebounds vs Tulane (Feb. 26).played career-high 25 minutes vs East Carolina (Feb. 23), playing eight minutes (0-1 FG).posted career-highs in points (5), FG-FGA (2-for-4), 3FGA (2), rebounds (4) and tied career marks in assists (1) and minutes (17) at Houston (Jan. 19) with shuffled lineup due to Markel Humphreys ayed career-high 17 minutes vs Blazers with rebound, assist.started home states annual rivalry game vs West Virginia (Jan. 9), played eight minutes total.recorded career-high two steals in five minutes off bench vs No. 31).went 3-for-5 from FT line vs Winthrop in 10 minutes of action.started second half of C-USA opener at Rice (Jan. 14) due to injury that required oral surgery.posted assist, steal in four minutes vs West Coast Conference champ San Diego (Dec. 20).dished out an assist at Wright State (Nov. 13).pulled down an offensive rebound in OT win vs East Tenn. Appeared in 25 games with two starts, averaging 8.5 minutes per game.evolved into teams defensive stopper off bench, often guarding opposing teams top scorer.scored on fast-break dunk in MU debut vs Pikeville (Nov.
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