July 24, 2012

LEXINGTON, Ky. – University of Kentucky track and field head coach Edrick Floreal has begun work on his inaugural coaching staff at UK by naming Hakon DeVries, Jason Dunn and Andrew Ninow assistant coaches. DeVries, Dunn and Ninow each join the Wildcats staff after coaching under Floreal at Stanford.

“They are hard workers, we competed against some of the best of the best at Stanford and I know what these guys can do,” Floreal said. “We all get along well and that’s important too. I’ve seen them coach and develop student-athletes, and that’s what their passion is. I want guys around me who want to win championships and develop student-athletes. I am a big believer in mentoring these student-athletes and that’s what they do.”

DeVries, who coached for two years under Floreal at Stanford as a volunteer assistant, will be an assistant track coach at Kentucky working with the distance runners, and will also be an assistant coach on the cross country team. DeVries was a key member of the 2010 Stanford staff that saw seven Cardinal distance runners receive a total of nine All-America honors for the year.