Coach Goss is the head coach of the Hornet women’s indoor and
outdoor track and field teams. Goss a 2001 LC graduate, excelled
in his four-year career as a Hornet. He was named the 2001
NCAA National Athlete of the Year for outdoor track in 2001
and earned All-American honors 10 times. Goss was the national
champion in the long jump, was a five-time South/Southeast
Regional Athlete of the Year and a six-time Old Dominion
Athletic Conference (ODAC) Athlete of the Year. Goss spent
five years as an Assistant Track& Field coach for Emory
University (GA), specializing in the sprints and jumps. He
co-founded the Emory Speed & Strength Camp in 2005 and also
worked as the director of the event. He graduated with his
master’s degree in sports administration from Georgia State
University in May 2006.

Coach Smith is a faculty member in the School of Health
Science and Human Performance teaching courses in Health and
Physical Education and Exercise Physiology. He also serves as
the strength & conditioning coach for the men's and women's
track & field teams at Lynchburg. He is a certified strength and
conditioning specialist (CSCS) and he holds two credentials
from USA Weightlifting (Certified Sports Performance Coach
and Club Coach). Smith also played baseball and football at
Division I Arizona State University before transferring to
Lynchburg. He graduated from Lynchburg in 1997 (B.S.) and in
1999 (M.Ed.) He is currently pursuing his doctorate from the
University of Virginia in Motor Learning