Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboy Cross Country & Track
- Title:
- Assistant Coach - Throws
- Email:
- lucais.mackay@okstate.edu
- Phone:
- (405) 744-5537
MacKay comes to OSU from Southeastern Louisiana, where he coached the men’s and women’s throwers for two seasons of indoor and outdoor competition. Just two years removed from international competition, MacKay has coached 10 Lions throwers to All-Southland honors at the conference meet, and six athletes to the NCAA preliminary rounds.
Before his days at Southeastern Louisiana, MacKay coached Division-III champion and record-holder Eric Flores to a hammer throw title, as well as the women’s hammer throw runner-up while at California Lutheran University. During his time at CLU, MacKay was awarded the D-III Outdoor Women’s Track and Field Assistant Coach of the Year Award and had 11 throwers win conference titles in just two seasons.
In 2003, MacKay took home the NCAA hammer throw title for the University of Georgia. He was a six-time All-American and eight-time All-SEC thrower as a Bulldog.
MacKay joins an OSU program that has had recent success in the throws competitions at the conference, NCAA and international levels.
This summer, Cowboy senior and six-time Big 12 Champion Nick Miller won the Sainsbury British Championships title in the hammer throw and finished 11th in the hammer throw at the IAAF World Championships. Chase Ealey earned an All-America honor in the indoor shot put and set a shot put school record at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships where she earned her seventh All-Big 12 honor.
After originally attending the University of Southern California on a football scholarship, MacKay transferred to Georgia to focus on throwing. He then graduated from Georgia in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science in Sociology and in 2012 received a Master of Arts in Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia University, Irvine.
MacKay, the son of a track and field coach, graduated Hughson High in California as the top-ranked discus thrower in the United States.
