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Robert “Doc” Raemore, a 34-year track coach at IUP, was recently named the 2007 NCAA Division II Women’s Assistant Track Coach of the Year and the NCAA East Region Assistant Coach of the Year by the United States Track and Field Coaches Association.
“Nothing pleases me more than to have Doc honored with this prestigious award,” said IUP head track and field coach Brian Spickler. “Not only have I had the pleasure of coaching alongside this great man for the past six years, I also had the privilege of being coached by him for my four years at IUP. I am truly grateful for all Doc has given me, the university and the sport of track and field. He is a man well worthy of this great recognition.” Spickler was a two-time All-American and PSAC champion in the decathlon from 1995-98. He also was named the PSAC Meet Most Valuable Athlete and the PSAC Athlete of the Year in 1997. Before coming to IUP, Raemore was the head track coach at Central Catholic High School from 1965-67. Taking a brief break from the track scene, he served as a captain in the U.S. Army in Europe from 1967-71. He then returned to the track as an assistant coach at IUP from 1973 until 1980 and was then named the head coach for five years. Since 1985, Raemore has been IUP’s men’s and women’s sprints and hurdles coach. In his 30-plus years at IUP, Raemore has coached three national champions – Amber Plowden in the 100 meter dash and Derek Brinkley in the 400 intermediate hurdles, both in 2001, and Bob Babiak in the decathlon in 1990 – as well as numerous other All- Americans, national qualifiers, conference champions and even one athlete who went on to be an Olympian. Plowden never lost a race at the PSAC Meet and was a six-time All-American in the 100 and 200 meter dashes. She is the current school record holder in those events as well as the 400 meter relay with Sarah Carver, Kate McCulloch and Melanie Sensenig. Plowden was named the PSAC Most Valuable Track Athlete in 1999, 2000 and 2001. Brinkley was a four-time All-American and PSAC champion in the 400 intermediate hurdles. Rounding out the list of standout athletes Raemore has coached is Al Taylor, a five-time All-American, two-time PSAC champion and the current school record holder in the 110 high hurdles. Close behind Taylor is Jim Wooding, a two-time All-American in the decathlon and a member of the 1984 United States Olympic team. Wooding was also a member of the PSAC champion and school record-holding 1600 meter relay team with Don Freedline, Steve Shunk and Ron Steele. Raemore also coached Mindy Ashcroft, school record holder and 1993 PSAC champion in the 100 high hurdles; Heather Amell, PSAC champion in the 400 intermediate hurdles and the 400 meter run and the 1997 Most Valuable Athlete at the PSAC Meet; and Rosalind Scholfield, conference champion in both the 100 intermediate and 400 high hurdle events and Most Valuable Track Athlete at the 1996 PSAC Meet. Top performers Raemore coached during the 2007 outdoor season include Lauren Fisher, who took second place at the PSAC Meet in the 400 meters, and the eighth place women’s 1600 meter relay team of Fisher, Siarra Cornelius, Abbey Doran and Maria Myers. In 2006, Raemore coached PSAC champion and school record holder Jermaine Clayton in the 100 meter dash. Clayton was named the 2006 PSAC Championship Most Valuable Athlete. During Raemore’s coaching era at IUP, there have been 107 All-American honors, 294 individual conference champions and 10 national champions. Every current school record holder in all sprint and hurdle events were set by athletes Raemore coached.
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A track star himself at
Williamsport High School and Villanova University, Raemore has been coaching
track and field at various levels since 1965. 