The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Track & Field / Cross Country
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- Assistant Coach
Benjamin Dalton joins the Texas staff as an assistant coach for the 2017-18 season. He comes to The Forty Acres after five years at the University of New Orleans, the last three as the head coach of the Privateers.
Dalton will serve the Longhorns as an assistant coach for sprints, hurdles, relays and the 800 meters where he will work with Associate Head Coach Tonja Buford-Bailey and Assistant Coach Zach Glavash. Dalton will also assist Head Coach Mario Sategna with the multi-event athletes at Texas in the sprints and hurdles.
Under his direction at UNO, the Privateers saw great success in the sprints and hurdles events. Dalton guided his athletes to three appearances at the NCAA Championships final sites and saw his athletes break school records 35 times.
In 2017, Dalton coached Michael Nicholls to a Southland Conference championship in the 110 meter hurdles and the 60 meter hurdles title at the indoor conference championship. Nicholls would qualify for the NCAA Championships and finish in 20th place outdoors for the Privateers.
Dalton also coached Nicholls at the 2016 IAAF World Junior Championships where Nicholls qualified for the final and finished sixth overall.
Prior to coaching at UNO, Dalton was a volunteer assistant for the Longhorns in 2012. He helped with the men’s sprints and hurdles as Texas finished third in the USTFCCCA John McDonnell Program of the Year standings. Dalton helped coach Keiron Stewart finish eighth at the NCAA Championships in the 110 hurdles. Stewart took silver in the 60 meter hurdles at the Big 12 Indoor Championship that year as well.
Dalton also served as a volunteer assistant at LSU from 2009-11 where he aided with the sprint and hurdle groups. In 2010, he was a travel coach for Lolo Jones and she would go on to win gold at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in the 60 meter hurdles.
A native of England, Dalton earned his bachelor of science degree from the University of Bath with a double major in biomechanics and exercise physiology. He also studied abroad at the University of Florida as well. While coaching at LSU, Dalton earned a master’s degree in kinesiology.
THE DALTON FILE
EDUCATION
• B.S., University of Bath (2009)
• M.S., Louisiana State University (2011)
COACHING EXPERIENCE
• University of New Orleans – Head Coach, 2014-2017
• University of New Orleans – Assistant Coach, 2012-2014
• University of Texas – Volunteer Assistant Coach, 2011-12
• Louisiana State University – Volunteer Assistant Coach, 2009-11
• UK Athletics – Assistant Coach, 2008-09
