After seven seasons with Cal State Fullerton, Brandit Campbell joined Academy of Art University Track & Field/Cross Country in 2014.
Campbell comes off her third year as the associate head coach with the Titans. The 2013 season was definitely one to remember for Campbell’s crew, beginning with a solid indoor season. Deena Pierce (8.12 in 55-meter hurdles), Katie Wilson (1:25.06 in 600-meter dash), and Ashley Sims (7.11 in 55-meter dash) each broke a school record in their respective events, all at the Run for the Dream Invitational. But as great as the indoor season was, the outdoor campaign is where Campbell’s group really shined. The Titans sent a school-record seven athletes (four sprinters, two hurdlers and one jumper) to the 2013 NCAA Regional Championships.
In Campbell's first season coaching the Titans, she guided two Big West Champions, four All-Big West performers, one All-Big West relay, three NCAA Regional Qualifiers, and three school records.
Campbell came to Fullerton from West Point, where she worked with the men's intermediate hurdles and the women's sprinters, as well as all of the relay teams for two seasons. In Campbell's final season at West Point, she mentored her sprinters to a huge winning streak. Her athletes captured wins in five different sprint events, one jump event, and two relays. In all, Campbell coached nine conference champions, two conference relay champions, 13 ECAC qualifiers, three ECAC relay qualifiers, eight NCAA regional qualifiers, two NCAA relay qualifiers and four school records.
She previously spent a nine-month stint as a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Florida under the tutelage of legendary Head Coach Mike Holloway. She had the great responsibility of working with Holloway’s Olympic Development group; colligate sprinters and hurdlers who finished second at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Campbell, a 2000 graduate from the University of Alabama, earned a bachelor's degree in communication studies with a minor in telecommunication and films. While a member of the Crimson Tide track and field team, she made the dean's list with a 3.89 GPA in 2000, she was a Scholar Athlete honor roll member from the Southeastern Conference in 1999-2000. Campbell was also named MVP for the 1999 and 2000 track season. In her senior year she placed fourth in the 100-meter hurdles in the SEC, 5th in the 100-meter hurdles at the NCAA Championships and qualified for the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100-meter hurdles.
She would go on to become a professional athlete, qualifying for the World Games and in 2001 was ranked fifth in the world in the 55-meter hurdles. In 2011, she received a master's degree in Coaching and Athletics Administration in February from Concordia University in Irvine.
Campbell also attended Barton County Community College in Great Bend, Kansas, for two years, picking up an A.A. degree in applied science in June 1998. She earned NJCAA All-America honors in the 100-meter hurdles, 60-meter hurdles, long jump, triple jump and 4x400 meter relay in the 1998 indoor season. She added NJCAA All-America certificates in the 100-meter hurdles and long jump during the 1998 outdoor season for a total of 13 All-American awards.
Campbell graduated with honors as a scholar athlete in the top three of her class from William Penn Demonstration High School.
