Western Mustangs Sports

Vickie Croley
 
Head Coach, Track and Field
Western University
 
1994-present* (30 years)
 
1994-1995
1995-1996
1996-1997
1997-1998
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-2019
2019-2020 (COVID, no competitive sports season)
2020-2021
2021-2022
2022-2023
2023-2024
 
Education:

• BPE, McMaster University, 1985
• BEd, Western University, 1987
• Coaching Certification: Level 4

 
Experience:

• Past Athletic History: OUA Medalist and CIAU competitor in hurdles, long jump, and relays
• Assistant coach at York University (1989-1993), coaching jumps
• Coach with London-Western Track and Field Club, coaching post-collegiate elite and Western University athletes
• NCCP Learning Facilitator and Evaluator
• Women’s Track and Field Team: Top 3 at OUA Championship 21 times, 2 Championships, Top 3 at USports Championships 7 times, 1 Championship in 2002
• Men’s Track and Field Team: Top 3 at OUA Championship 19 times, 6 times at U SPORTS Championships, 1 U SPORTS Championship in 2012
• Team Canada Coach: Commonwealth Games (2022, 2014), World Student Games (2019, 2005, 1991), NACAC Combined Events Championships (2009), NACAC Track & Field Championships Jumps & Combined Events Coach (2002), and more
• Awards: Ontario Sport Alliance Female Coach of the Year (twice), Petro Canada Coaching Award (three times), CIS Track and Field Coach of the Year (three times), OUA Track and Field Coach of the Year (four times), OUA Women’s Coach of the Year for all sports (twice)
• Inducted into McMaster Sports Hall of Fame and Western University Sports Hall of Fame
• YMCA Women of Excellence in Western Ontario, 2017
• Lead coach of Olympic Bronze medallist Damian Warner, Rio 2016; Hurdles Coach when Damian won Olympic Gold and set an Olympic record, Tokyo 2020

Last Updated: May, 2026