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Updated Oct. 12, 2012
Andre Scott is in his ninth season at Southern Illinois as the jumps coach. In his time with the Salukis, Scott's jumpers have improved on the school records and helped the Salukis win the 2009 Indoor and Outdoor Missouri Valley Conference Championships as well as the women's 2005 MVC Indoor title.
The 2012 season saw continued success from Southern's jumpers, as Kenya Culmer broke two high jump records, Malaikah Love finished her storied SIU career on a high note with three MVC individual championships, and Dougie Palacious was named an honorable mention All-American for the outdoor season after his own MVC crown in the long jump.
The 2011 season was kicked off by Malaikah Love winning the triple jump at the MVC Indoor Championships. Love also received All-MVC recognition in the long jump and triple jump. Maxim Bakana was also named an All-MVC performer in the triple jump for indoor and outdoor season.
Malaikah Love continued her successful season by winning the triple and long jump at the MVC Outdoor Championships. Love, Kenya Culmer and Kasey Oceguera each were named All-MVC honorees for their efforts in the outdoor season. Culmer and Love also each qualified for the NCAA Regionals under Scott's direction.
The 2010 season was another successful year for Scott, who coached Malaikah Love to the MVC indoor championship in the long jump and led two NCAA Regional qualifiers in Love and Kasey Oceguera (high jump). In addition, Maxim Bakana earned all-MVC honors at the conference indoor and outdoor championships.
Love added to her accolades in 2010 by breaking the SIU record in the triple jump with a mark of 42-06.25.
In 2009, Scott led standout long jumper Bianca Stuart to her second all-America honor in as many years. Stuart placed fourth at the indoor NCAA Championships in College Station, Texas. She recorded a leap of 21-02.00 at the NCAA Championships and two weeks earlier she won the MVC Championship with a season-best mark of 21-06.25.
In Stuart's four years under Scott's tutelage, she won seven MVC titles in the long jump, broke the school-record an impressive seven times and still stands as the Missouri Valley Conference's all-time record holder in the event. She also helped the Saluki team in the spring by running a leg on the 4x100m relay and the 100m dash, where her best time was 11.88. Stuart's triple jump of 40-04.00 scored points for the Salukis in 2009.
Malaikah Love broke the SIU outdoor record in the triple jump with a NCAA Regional and Junior National qualifying leap of 41-10.00 in 2009. That same year, Scott also led Maxim Bakana to the NCAA regional's where he placed 14th overall.
In Scott's time at Southern Illinois, he has also coached NCAA Regional Qualifiers Antwon Stapleton in the triple jump (51-08.00), Freddy Rule in the high jump (7-01.50), Kenen Shadd in the triple jump (51-11.00) and Inna Turevsky in the triple jump (41-07.00).
Scott came to Southern Illinois after spending two seasons as the jumps coach at Pittsburgh. There he coached one all-American, two Big East and Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) triple jump champions and four NCAA Regional qualifiers.
Since 2000, Scott has coached seven professional athletes, including his wife, Colleen Scott, a triple and long jumper for Jamaica. Scott has also coached Trecia Smith, the current Jamaican national record holder, who finished fourth at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
Prior to 2000, Scott spent a year as a volunteer coach at his alma mater, Auburn, where he was a seven-time all-American triple jumper and three-time SEC champion as both a jumper and a sprinter.
Scott graduated from Auburn in 1998 with a Bachelor's of Science degree in health promotion. He and his wife reside in Carbondale with their son, Sterling.
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