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Peter Koumlelis Joins Yale Staff as Assistant Coach
Story Links NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Peter Koumlelis, a former UConn thrower who recently revitalized the Villanova throwing program, has joined the Yale staff as an assistant coach for men’s and women’s track and field. Courtney Jaworski, Yale’s Mark T. Young ’68 Director of Cross Country and Track and Field, announced […]
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Peter Koumlelis, a former UConn thrower who recently revitalized the Villanova throwing program, has joined the Yale staff as an assistant coach for men’s and women’s track and field. Courtney Jaworski, Yale’s Mark T. Young ’68 Director of Cross Country and Track and Field, announced the hiring today.
Koumlelis spent the past seven seasons at Villanova, where he helped his athletes break the school records in every women’s throwing event, and the men’s hammer throw, multiple times. He coached two Big East Scholar-Athlete Excellence Award winners, 12 individual Big East champions, 13 NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifiers and 34 All-Big East performers.
At the 2024 Outdoor Big East Championships, Koumlelis coached the men’s Outstanding Field Performer – Tristan Bolinsky, who became just the second men’s thrower in conference history to be a double winner in the shot put and the hammer in the same year.
At the 2022 Indoor Big East Championships, Koumlelis coached the first thrower in Villanova history to be named the women’s Outstanding Field Performer – Sade Meeks. Meeks won the shot put and placed second in the weight throw.
Koumlelis joined the Villanova staff in 2019 after spending eight seasons in a similar role at UMBC, where his athletes won 25 individual America East titles and earned six All-America honors. Koumlelis was a part of four Coaching Staff of the Year honors at the America East Championships (2013 and 2014 men’s outdoor; 2013 and 2015 women’s indoor).
Prior to UMBC, Koumlelis worked at Hartford from 2008-11 and at Springfield College from 2004-08. At Hartford he coached his athletes to 14 school records, and at Springfield he coached three All-Americans.
Koumlelis competed in the weight throw indoors and the hammer outdoors at Connecticut. He earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2003. He went on to earn his Master of Education, Psychology, Athletic Counseling from Springfield College in 2006.
Koumlelis joins a Yale staff under Jaworski that also includes Kyle Basista, Laura Broderick, Jeff Forino and Max Frye.