Brian Clymer joined The College of Wooster as an assistant track and field coach in January 2025. Clymer primarily works with the Fighting Scots’ throwers and plays a key role in recruiting for the entire program.
In his first year leading Wooster’s throwers, Clymer saw every one of his athletes set at least one personal record. Leading the way was Evie Sanford, who won the North Coast Athletic Conference outdoor shot put title and upped the school record to 43 feet, 9.25 inches. Sanford ranked in the top-40 nationally in the event.
Clymer has 20 years of collegiate coaching experience. Prior to Wooster, Clymer spent seven years as Kenyon College’s lead assistant and recruiting coordinator. He coached Sierra DeLeon to national runner-up honors in the 100-meter hurdles in 2014, a fifth-place finish in the 200 meters, and helped lead the Owls to a program-record 16th-place finish at the national championships. Clymer worked closely with the sprints, hurdles, jumps, and multi-event groups, and gained valuable experience in the throws. He helped the Owls to 17 school records and multiple NCAC individual titles in the sprints, triple jump, long jump, and shot put.
Prior to Kenyon, Clymer coached jumps, sprints, and multi-events at Wake Forest University. As a key recruiter, Clymer helped assemble the ninth-best women’s recruiting class in 2012, per Track and Field News, marking the program’s first time earning a top-class ranking. He helped Brent LaRue to All-America honors in the heptathlon and mentored several NCAA and U.S. national qualifying athletes in the triple jump. Under the tutelage of renowned multi-event coach Scott Hall, Clymer was able to work closely with national elite-level athletes who spent time training in Winston-Salem, North Carolina for international competitions. He worked closely with Chris Boyles, a USATF national champion heptathlete, and two-time Olympian Jangy Addy. Clymer accompanied the U.S. national team as an assistant coach to the NACAC Combined Events Championship in the Dominican Republic, where Lela Nelson earned a bronze medal.
Clymer started his career as an assistant at Kent State University. There, he coached the vertical jumpers and worked closely with All-Americans in the pole vault and high jump.
Clymer has extensive experience in the recruiting space, having spent three years as a head recruiting coach at IMG Academy and Next College Student Athlete (NCSA). He supervised the recruiting progress of over 1,500 clients, evaluated and verified information provided by clients to match them with appropriate college programs, and hosted educational recruiting and technical workshops for clients.
Clymer competed as a pole vaulter at Kent State before earning his bachelor’s degree in business administration from High Point University. He furthered his education with a master’s in sports administration from Ohio University. Clymer, and his wife, reside in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, with their two teenage children. Of note, Clymer’s dad, Jim, coached pole vault at the College for four seasons.
