Dave Cianelli, director of track and field, said, \"Greg Jack has earned this promotion as a result of his tremendous work ethic in building our throws program to a national level. We will continue to seek and develop high level throwers here at Virginia Tech because of Coach Jack.\"
Jack and his throwers are coming off a superb 2004 season, which saw NCAA, conference, school and international improvement. He had several athletes place in the top-five at the NCAA East Regional Championships. Spyridon Jullien\'s second place performance in the hammer throw (231\'11\"; 70.70m) at the NCAA outdoor championships earned him his third All-America honor and is the program\'s highest individual finish in history. Jullien was fourth at the NCAA indoor championships in the 35 lb. weight throw.
His Hokie thrower squad claimed four BIG EAST Conference Championships, two indoor and two outdoor. They also continue to break school records with five last year.
Kristen Callan, one of Jack\'s female throwers, won the hammer throw at the U.S. Junior Championships and set a meet record with a throw of 193\'11\" (59.11m). She represented the U.S at the International Association of Athletics Federation World Junior Championships that was held in Italy this past summer.
With 2004 being an Olympic year, Jack took advantage of the opportunity and was able to serve as a national coach for the country of Trinidad and Tobago. As the national coach, he helped Cleopatra Borel capture her country\'s national championships with a new record, finish tenth in the shot put finials at the Olympics in Athens and earn a top eight ranking by the IAAF. Borel set a personal record of 63\'11\" (19.48m) in the shot put in 2004.
At Tech, Jack has coached a total of four All-Americans, seven NCAA qualifiers, eight conference champions, three conference record holders, eight school record holders, a North America, Central America and Caribbean under-23 Champion and one USA Junior Champion.