Michigan Women's Track and Field Head Coaching Records
Red Simmons (left) and Francie Kraker Goodridge at the inaugural Red Simmons Invitational (1983)
(Through 2025Â Outdoor Season)
I N D O O R | O U T D O O R | |||||||
Coach | Years | Seasons | Conference Titles |
Conference Individual Titles* |
National Individual Titles* |
Conference Titles |
Conference Individual Titles* |
National Individual Titles |
Ken "Red" Simmons | 1978-81 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Francie Goodridge | 1982-84 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
James Henry | 1985-2017 | 33 | 8 | 89 | 8 | 8 | 80 | 7 |
Henry/Clayton# | 2018-21 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Kevin Sullivan | 2022-present | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
Totals | 1978-present | 48 | 10 | 116 | 8 | 9 | 107 | 10 |
* Relay victories count once per event, not for each individual competing on that relay
Unofficial conference championships from 1978-81
National titles: AIAW (1978-81), NCAA (1982-present)
# In 2018, the men's and women's programs combined into a single program with both James Henry and Jerry Clayton serving as head coaches of both teams

Kenneth "Red"
Simmons

Francie
Goodridge

James
Henry

Jerry
Clayton

Kevin
Sullivan