Saint Augustine's University

Sandy Chapman is in his eighth season as head men's and women's cross country coach and his 25rd season as the assistant men's and women's track & field coach at Saint Augustine's University.

Chapman has played a valuable role in the success of the storied SAU track & field and cross country programs. He has helped legendary Head Coach George Williams lead SAU to 21 NCAA Division II men's and women's national championships and 68 CIAA men's and women's crowns combined during his tenure.

In 2019, Chapman was the winner of the USTFCCCA Atlantic Region Men's and Women's Indoor Assistant Coach of the Year awards. He also was the USTFCCCA Atlantic Region Women's Indoor Assistant Coach of the Year in 2018.

In 2017, Chapman was named NCAA Division II National Men's Outdoor Track and Field Assistant Coach of the Year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) after helping guide the Falcons to their fifth straight national men's title.

Chapman has won the USTFCCCA National Assistant Coach of the Year award twice since the inception of the honor in 2013, the year he collected his first award. He helps Williams with the sprinters, jumpers, hurdlers and middle-distance runners and those student-athletes scored all of the Falcons' 58 points including wins in the 400 hurdles and the 4x400 relay in 2017.

Chapman also was selected the 2017 NCAA Division II Atlantic Region Men's Outdoor Assistant Coach of the Year. He earned regional recognition after helping the Falcons gain top-ranking in eight events in the Atlantic Region. Chapman also helped the Falcons with the  CIAA outdoor title in April and the CIAA indoor championship in February.

Chapman helped Williams spark the Falcons to the 2015 and 2016 NCAA Division II men's outdoor championships. Saint Augustine's University also took the CIAA men's indoor and outdoor titles both years and the CIAA women's indoor crown in 2015.

In 2014, Chapman assisted Williams in leading the Falcons to the NCAA Division II men's indoor and outdoor crowns. They also won the CIAA men's outdoor title, the CIAA men's and women's indoor championships and the CIAA men's and women's cross country crowns.

In 2013, Chapman helped guide SAU to the NCAA Division II men's indoor and outdoor track & field titles. He also helped direct SAU to the CIAA men's and women's cross country titles, the CIAA men's and women's indoor track & field crowns and the CIAA men's outdoor track & field championship.

For his efforts that season, Chapman was named the 2013 Division II national outdoor men's track & field assistant coach of the year by U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). He also was named the top men's coaching assistant in the Atlantic Region by the same organization.

In 2012, Chapman was named Atlantic Region men's assistant indoor coach of the year by USTFCCCA after helping SAU earn a top Division II men's ranking and CIAA indoor men's title. Eight student-athletes and one relay team earned NCAA automatic qualifying marks under the direction of Williams and Chapman.

Before becoming a stellar coach, Chapman ran cross country and track & field under Coach Williams at SAU from 1985 to 1987. His specialty events were the 800 and 1600 meter runs. Chapman earned All-America honors at the 1986 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships after placing fourth in the 800.

A Washington, D.C. native, Chapman was a cross country and track standout at Springarn High School. He was an honorable mention All-American and an All-State runner in both sports. He won all but two races in cross country during his prep career. Chapman won individual state track & field titles in the 800 and two-mile runs.