Head coach Norbert Elliott named Latrese Moffitt the track & field volunteer coach overseeing high jumps September 6, 2018.
“We are fortunate to have someone like Coach Moffitt join us. She brings tremendous experience, not only as a high jump coach, but also as a character builder for our student-athletes,” Elliott said.
Moffitt coached at the collegiate, high school and junior high levels for the past 27 years. She coached student-athletes to 13 individual national championships, seven individual conference champions -including a Big Ten Conference Champion, four high school state champions and two state runner ups. Internationally, she has coached a world silver medalist, was appointed to the 2014 USA Track & Field Youth Olympic Games team coaching staff in Nanjing, China as well as the coaching staff for the International Children’s Games in South Korea.
From 1995-2001, Moffitt served at Bethel College (Ind.) as the Assistant to the V.P. for Student Development where she also established both the men and women’s track and field programs as the head track coach. She was then recruited by Indiana Wesleyan University where she worked as assistant jumps coach from 2001-2017, as a certified life coach and chaplain.
Moffitt owns the national high school high jump record at 6'2 ¾" and was the California state high school high jump champion. The six-time NAIA High Jump National Champion competed internationally for several years and was the Junior Pan America Games silver medalist, two-time Japanese International Champion and the two-time Olympic Sports Festival high jump champion as well as an alternate for the United States Olympic teams in 1984 and 1988.
In addition to her duties as volunteer assistant coach, Moffitt is the Interim Headmaster at The Kings Academy. Moffitt is married to former Greenbay Dr. Michael J. Moffitt, Sr. and has two children: Michael J. Moffitt, Jr., who was a two-time national high jump champion, and a daughter, Janae’ Nicole Moffitt who competes in the high jump event for Purdue track & field.
“We are fortunate to have someone like Coach Moffitt join us. She brings tremendous experience, not only as a high jump coach, but also as a character builder for our student-athletes,” Elliott said.
Moffitt coached at the collegiate, high school and junior high levels for the past 27 years. She coached student-athletes to 13 individual national championships, seven individual conference champions -including a Big Ten Conference Champion, four high school state champions and two state runner ups. Internationally, she has coached a world silver medalist, was appointed to the 2014 USA Track & Field Youth Olympic Games team coaching staff in Nanjing, China as well as the coaching staff for the International Children’s Games in South Korea.
From 1995-2001, Moffitt served at Bethel College (Ind.) as the Assistant to the V.P. for Student Development where she also established both the men and women’s track and field programs as the head track coach. She was then recruited by Indiana Wesleyan University where she worked as assistant jumps coach from 2001-2017, as a certified life coach and chaplain.
Moffitt owns the national high school high jump record at 6'2 ¾" and was the California state high school high jump champion. The six-time NAIA High Jump National Champion competed internationally for several years and was the Junior Pan America Games silver medalist, two-time Japanese International Champion and the two-time Olympic Sports Festival high jump champion as well as an alternate for the United States Olympic teams in 1984 and 1988.
In addition to her duties as volunteer assistant coach, Moffitt is the Interim Headmaster at The Kings Academy. Moffitt is married to former Greenbay Dr. Michael J. Moffitt, Sr. and has two children: Michael J. Moffitt, Jr., who was a two-time national high jump champion, and a daughter, Janae’ Nicole Moffitt who competes in the high jump event for Purdue track & field.