Florida combines men's and women's programs

[rainbowgirl28]

Does anyone know what this means for the pole vaulters? Will they combine or be separate, and if they combine, which coach do they get?

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Mike Holloway Named Head Men's And Women's Track & Field Coach
Tuesday June 19, 2007
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Mike Holloway is the first track & field coach in school history to oversee both programs.
Gainesville, FL
University of Florida Athletics Director Jeremy Foley announced on Tuesday that head men’s track & field coach Mike Holloway will take on the same role with the Gator women’s program and assume the title of head men’s and women’s track & field coach.

Holloway becomes the first track & field coach in school history to oversee both programs, and the ninth head coach of a Florida women’s track & field program that dates back to 1973. He will also oversee the UF cross country program, while Jeff Pigg remains the head coach for both men’s and women’s cross country.

Holloway, who was named Florida’s men’s track and field coach in June of 2002 after serving as an assistant at UF since 1995, is one of the premier sprint coaches in today’s track and field world and has developed Florida into one of the nation’s top sprint programs. He has coached athletes to 12 NCAA titles in the last nine years, and 14 school records in the indoor and outdoor events of 400 meters or less have been set under his watch.

Florida made the decision to combine the track and field programs after an examination revealed that 13 of the last 16 NCAA indoor and outdoor titles were won by combined programs. Holloway will join head swimming and diving coach Gregg Troy as members of the UF coaching staff that oversee combined programs.

“When we set out to find a coach to lead our women’s program, we knew that we already had a special candidate right here in Gainesville with Mike Holloway,â€Â

[vaultmd]

If the vault coaches are working for free, probably nothing changes. I don't know what the situation is out there.