Frank Hyland begins his third season as head coach of the Virginia State University men’s and women’s cross country and track and field teams.
He won his 2nd CIAA Men’s Outdoor Track & Field championship in 2024 and his team was Runner-up for the CIAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. The women were able to finish Fourth at the CIAA Championships with the Women’s Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field teams in 2024. He was named the 2024 Men’s Outdoor Track & Field “Coach of the Year”
A native of Trinidad & Tobago, Hyland earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Barber-Scotia College in Concord, NC and Master of Science in Sport Management from Benedict College.
As head coach for cross country and track and field for the Tigers, he develops the program from the ground up by recruiting the right men and women and by setting policies and procedures, as well as the programming that will define the character of the elite student-athlete.
His motto is: “You’ve got to do what you have to do, to do what you want to do! And there should be no excuses, just results.”
He has coached 24 conference championship teams in the NAIA as the former coach of Voorhees College, Denmark, SC during his 9-year run, and he is the first coach in the SIAC to defeat Morehouse College in the Men’s cross-country championships and to also produced 3 individual champions at the NCAA South Regional Championships in 2007 with Emmanuel Kirwa, Dessie Demlew in 2014 and Matthew Chesum in 2019.
He has coached, 11 Men’s Individual SIAC Cross Country champions, 9 Women’s Individual SIAC Cross Country Champions and 144 individual champions in Men’s and Women’s Track and Field. He has also produced 12 Women’s and 10 Men’s NCAA Division II All-Americans since 2005. He coached the Schools very 1st NCAA Male and Female USTFCCCA National Cross Country All-Americans this year in Mathew Chesum and Stellah Kiptui in 2019. He also coached the schools very first NCAA Division II NATIONAL CHAMPION in the school’s history Shemar Miller. He won the Men’s Triple Jump at the 2021 NCAA National Championships.
During his 2nd year at VSU he coached 2 x All-American in the Long Jump Markus White the freshman from Heritage Hs, Lynchburg, VA. Markus finished 2nd in the NCAA Div II Indoor National Championships in and 8th at the Outdoor Championships.
Coach Hyland was presented with the Key to the City of Columbia, SC from Mayor Rickenmann in 2022.
He was also named the
2012 NCAA South Region Women’s Indoor “Coach of the Year”
2012 NCAA South Region Outdoor “Coach of the Year”
2013 NCAA South Region Women’s Indoor “Coach of the Year”
2014 NCAA South Region Women’s Indoor “Coach of the Year”
2014 NCAA South Region Women’s Outdoor “Coach of the Year”
2015 NCAA South Region Men’s Indoor “Coach of the Year”
2022 NCAA South Region Women’s Outdoor “Coach of the year”
2008 SIAC Men’s Cross Country” Coach of the Year”
2015 SIAC Men’s Cross Country” Coach of the Year”
2019 SIAC Men’s Cross Country” Coach of the Year”
2021 SIAC Men’s Cross Country ” Coach of the Year”
2016 SIAC Men’s Track & Field ” Coach of the Year”
2019 SIAC Men’s Track & Field ” Coach of the Year”
2022 SIAC Men’s Track & Field ” Coach of the Year”
2013 SIAC Women’s Cross Country” Coach of the Year”
2014 SIAC Women’s Cross Country” Coach of the Year”
2022 SIAC Women’s Cross Country “ Coach of the Year”
2013 SIAC Women’s Track & Field ” Coach of the Year”
2015 SIAC Women’s Track & Field ” Coach of the Year”
2017 SIAC Women’s Track & Field ” Coach of the Year”
2018 SIAC Women’s Track & Field ” Coach of the Year”
2019 SIAC Women’s Track & Field ” Coach of the Year”
2022 SIAC Women’s Track & Field ” Coach of the Year”
2023 CIAA Men’s Outdoor Track & Field “Coach of the Year”
2024 CIAA Men’s Outdoor Track & Field “Coach of the Year”
Significant Accomplishments:
• Over 29 years of experience as a Head Coach and in sports administration
• Significant experience in Violence Prevention Training as Prevention Specialist
NCAA Division II Accomplishments:
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Championships Titles:
Women:
Cross Country Outdoor Track & Field
2013 (1st SIAC Championship) 2013 (1st SIAC Championship)
2014 2015
2022 2017
2018
2019
2022
Men:
Cross Country Outdoor Track & Field
2008 (1st SIAC Championship) 2016 (1st SIAC Championship)
2015 2019
2019 2022
2021
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Championships Titles:
Women:
Cross Country Indoor Track & Field Outdoor Track & Field
Men:
Cross Country Indoor Track & Field Outdoor Track & Field
2023
2024
NAIA Accomplishments:
• Coached 16 NAIA All-Americans
1. EIAC Regular Season Championship in Volleyball, Barber Scotia College, 1993
2. EIAC Championship in Men’s Cross Country, Voorhees College,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004
3. EIAC Championship in Women’s Cross Country, Voorhees College, 1997, 1998,2000,2004
4. EIAC Championship in Men’s Track Voorhees College 1997, 1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004.
5. EIAC Championship in Women’s Track, Voorhees College, 1998,1999
6. SIAC Championship in Men’s Cross Country, Benedict College, 2008
• EIAC Coach of the Year Honors, Cross Country 1996-2004
• NAIA Southeast Region Coach of the Year, Track & Field 1999, 2000, 2001,
• NAIA Region 14 Coach of the Year , Track & Field 2003
A good presenter, Hyland is an active member of the prestigious Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. and a active member USTFCCCA, and served as a volunteer counselor with the BC Summer Sports Fun Camp. He is a certified Coach by the USATF Level 1 and Level 2 Programs in the areas of Sprints/Hurdles/ Relays and also has his Strength and Conditioning certification.
A native of Trinidad & Tobago, Hyland earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Barber-Scotia College in Concord, NC and Master of Science in Sport Management.
He is married to Wendy Hyland, and they have three children, Daven Jones, Olivia Hyland and Frank “CJ” Hyland Jr.
