Andrew Dubs is in his third season as the throws coach forHarvard in 2014-15.
In 2013, Dubs’ throwing corps enjoyed a stellar campaignin his first season with Harvard. Between the men’s andwomen’s groups, five student-athletes claimed All-Ivy Leagueaccolades with Adabelle Ekechukwu (’14) being named‘Most Outstanding Field Performer of the Meet’ at theIndoor Ivy League Heptagonal Championships.
Ekechukwu would go onto garner indoor All-America honors in theweight throw, breaking the school and Ivy League records in theprocess, and leading the women’s indoor team to its first Ivychampionship since 2000.
On February 9, 2013 at the H-Y-P Tri Meet, Ekechukwu became thefirst women in Ivy League Conference history to surpass the 20mbarrier with her first round throw of 20.03m, later improving to20.11m in round three. Two weeks later, at the ConferenceChampionships, she improved that mark while shattering the meetrecord by 7 feet, with a throw of 20.83m (68-4.25).
As a group, the throwers tallied three individual titles at theIndoor Ivy League Championships: Ekechukwu (Women’s WeightThrow), Dustin Brode ’14 (Men’s Shot Put), and BenGlauser ’15 (Men’s Weight Throw), with all threestudent-athletes achieving lifetimes best in the process. Outdoors,Brode broke a 44-year old school record in the Shot Put at the IvyLeague Championships with a throw of 18.20m (59-8.5), whilegarnering a trio of All-Ivy accolades (Shot Put, Discus, Hammer) inhis junior season. He later went on to improve his own schoolrecord at the NCAA East Preliminary round with a toss of 18.45m(60-6.5) en route to qualifying for the NCAA Championships where heearned All-America honors. In all, the throwers saw greatsuccess during the 2013 season, totaling 86 points at the IvyLeague Championships, Indoor and Outdoors.
Prior to his arrival in Cambridge, Dubs spent two seasons at theUniversity of North Carolina as the director of operations for thetrack & field program. In 2011-12, after one year at the helmcoaching the throwers, the Tar Heels saw great improvements. The group had an outstanding year culminating in each throwereither having a PR or placing higher than seeded at the ACCChampionships. Dubs coached seniors, Emory Parsons (Discus,176-5, 53.78m) and Kwabena Keene (Shot Put, 58-11 ½,17.97m), to new lifetime bests and first team All-ACC honors byeach placing third in their respective events. The throwsgroup as a whole combined for: three ACC Scorers, two first teamAll-ACC Honors, and two NCAA qualifiers. The throwsrecruiting class was among the nation's elite in 2012, with thewomen's class consisting of No. 1-ranked U.S. Hammer, Weight Throw,and Shot Put throwers, while also signing one of the top Discusthrowers on the men's side.
Dubs began his collegiate coaching career at Auburn Universitywhere he was working as a Volunteer Assistant Coach from 2010-11for the Tigers under Head Coach Ralph Spry and throws coach JerryClayton. At Auburn, Dubs assisted Clayton with standout Auburnthrowers Eric Werskey (NCAA shot put All-America), Stephen Saenz(NCAA shot put All-America and NCAA discus qualifier) and MarcusPopenfoose (NCAA qualifier in the shot put and discus). He alsohelped the Tigers with team administration in meet management,compliance, team travel and recruiting. While at Auburn, Dubs alsoearned his master's degree in Higher Education and SportManagement.
Prior to Auburn, Dubs coached at his High School alma mater,Council Rock South in Holland, Pa., during the 2009-2010 season. Aformer standout thrower for the University of Connecticut, Dubs wasa three-time NCAA qualifier and four-time Big East Champion in theshot put for the Huskies. He was also an All-Big East ConferenceSelection eight times in the shot put and twice in the discus.
Dubs, a native of Holland, Pa., earned a bachelor's inKinesiology: Coaching and Administration from UConn in 2009. Duringhis time with the Huskies, Dubs served in a year-long coachinginternship under Head Coach Greg Roy. He worked with team travel,budgeting, equipment and was President of the Student AthleteAdvisory Committee (SAAC).
