Track: Mahfouz New Track Coach

Courtesy: RaginCajuns.com http://www.ragincajuns.com Mahfouz spent the 2007-08 season as a coach for the men’s and women’s track and field programs working with the javelin, sprints and hurdles. While coaching at UL, Mahfouz helped three Ragin’ Cajuns qualify for the 2008 NCAA Division I Mideast Outdoor Track and Field Regional.

LAFAYETTE- Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns named Charlie Mahfouz the new head track coach.  His hiring is pending approval by the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors.
 
Mahfouz will begin his new post effective July 1, 2008.
Mahfouz spent the 2007-08 season as a coach for the men’s and women’s track and field programs working with the javelin, sprints and hurdles.  While coaching at UL, Mahfouz helped three Ragin’ Cajuns qualify for the 2008 NCAA Division I Mideast Outdoor Track and Field Regional.
Roderick Houston qualified in both the 100 and 200 meters.  Stacey Fuller and Taryn Simmons each qualified in the 400-meter hurdles.
Mahfouz helped Fuller clock a 52.47 in the 400-meter hurdles at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships to be crowned conference champion.
Simmons, a true freshman, posted a time of 1:00.20 in the 400-meter hurdles at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships to set a new school record.
“Coach Charlie Mahfouz brings a wealth of knowledge and success to our track program,” said UL athletic director David Walker. 
“He is committed to ensuring that our student-athletes succeed not only in track and field but also in the classroom.  We must build our track program with student-athletes that can be academically successful and Coach Mahfouz is committed to that challenge. 
“We are very excited that Coach Mahfouz has agreed to return to his alma mater and lead our track program.”
Mahfouz is a 1975 University of Louisiana graduate with a B.A. in Science & Education.  His ties to Cajuns track date back to the Charles Lancon era, as Mahfouz credits the Cajuns coaching legend, as well as Leon Johnson, with his success in coaching.
Prior to UL, Mahfouz coached in the state of Louisiana for 18 years. During his high school coaching career, Mahfouz won six Louisiana state championships.
He began his career as the head track coach at Eunice High School from 1983-92. Mahfouz led the Bobcats to five St. Landry Parish and district championships, while capturing three regional and Class 3A state titles in 1990, 1991 and 1992.
After spending nine years in Eunice, Mahfouz headed east to Opelousas High where he guided the Tigers to a St. Landry Parish championship in each of his nine seasons. His squads also captured six district and five regional crowns.
In his inaugural season at OHS, his Tigers squad finished as the Class 4A runner-up in 1994. His program would later capture three straight state championships from 1998-2000.
Mahfouz coached Ubeja Anderson, a high school All-American in the 110-meter hurdles. He is the state composite record holder with a time of 13.75 in the 110-meter discipline. He later became the national indoor champion in the 55-meter hurdles.
In addition to Anderson, Mahfouz also coached Tommy Fay and Jacques Prudhomme. Fay, a four-year letterwinner at UL from 1993-96, won the 110-meter hurdle state championship during his prep career at Eunice High.
Like Fay, Prudhomme, the 800-meter state champion at Eunice, was a four-year letterwinner at UL from 1993-96.