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BooneDana Boone enters her first year as a Green Wave assistant coach. She will coach both men and women in the sprints, hurdles and jumps. Boone comes to Tulane after serving three years as an assistant for Middle Tennessee State.
While at MTSU, Boone coached 22 Ohio Valley Conference champions, five NCAA qualifiers and one All-American. Boone guided several athletes to new MTSU records. MTSU captured three Ohio Valley Conference Championships during her time there. She coached the female outstanding performer at the 1996 OVC Indoor Championship as well as the male outstanding performer at the 1997 OVC Outdoor Championship.
Prior to coaching at MTSU, Boone was an assistant at the University of South Carolina for one year. She coached the sprints, hurdles and jumps for the Gamecocks. Boone coached several athletes to new school records. During her tenure, South Carolina saw its highest conference finish since joining the Southeastern Conference.
Boone attended the University of Virginia, where she was a six-time All-American. While at Virginia, she garnered seven Atlantic Coast Conference Individual Championships, in the long jump and triple jump. In 1991, Boone set the ACC record in the long jump and the triple jump. In 1990, she was the national runner-up in the long jump at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
The Springfield, Va., native has national and international success. Boone was a finalist in the 1992 Olympic trials in both the long jump and triple jump. In 1992, she was the runner-up in the Indoor National in both events. Boone also captured the long jump title at the 1992 United States vs. Great Britain Indoor Meet.
Boone was a two-time All-American in high school. She was ranked the No. 1 in the triple jump coming out of high school by Track and Field News.
Boone graduated in 1991 from Virginia with a B.A. in communications. In 1995, she received her Master of Science in physical education from Middle Tennessee State.