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Duke’s Shawn Wilbourn named ACC Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year

After the Blue Devils won their second consecutive ACC Women’s Outdoor Track and Field title, Shawn Wilbourn took home more hardware.

For the third time in four years, Duke’s Shawn Wilbourn was named the ACC Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year.

Wilbourn, who also won the honor in 2021 and 2023, led the Blue Devils to a second straight conference crown in early May. No ACC women’s outdoor team had won the title in consecutive seasons during the 15-team era.

Lauren Tolbert, one of his track stars, earned First Team All-American honors in the 800-meter race this month as well.

Wilbourn joined the Blue Devils coaching staff back in 2008 but spent more than a decade as the school’s associate head coach. After Norm Ogilvie stepped down as the Director of Track & Field back in the summer of 2020, Wilbourn stepped in as the interim coach before taking the position full-time the following year.

No other Duke track and field coach in school history has earned ACC Coach of the Year honors.