Lincoln Athletics

CYRUS D. JONES
ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS-COUNTRY,
INDOOR AND OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD COACH
(484) 365-8000 ext. 3382 or cjones@lu.lincoln.edu

    Coach Cyrus D. Jones has been the track and field coach at Lincoln University for 32 years. He is one of the most respected and successful track and field coaches in NCAA history, regardless of Division. Jones has guided Lincoln University to 16 national championships (men & women) since 1985.
The women have won four national titles (three outdoor & one indoor). Meanwhile, the men have dominated the Division III landscape by winning 12 national titles (seven outdoor & five indoor)Jones’ teams have consistently been among the Division III elite.
Since the NCAA has conducted championships in 1974, the Lincoln men have finished in the top five during the outdoor championships an astounding 22 times. The Lincoln men also have 11 outdoor runner-up finishes to its credit.
Also serving as the Lincoln athletics director, Jones was named Mid East Region Track Coach of the Year prior to this year’s NCAA Indoor Championship meet (2006). In addition, Jones has been named Division III National Coach of the Year six times (1985, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000). He also served as honorary official during the 2002 Penn Relays and was recently selected as one of the top 100 sports figures in the Philadelphia region of the past 100 years by the Philadelphia Tribune.
Under Jones, Lincoln has produced over 300 All-American Athletes. In addition, Jones has also served as the president of Division III Track and Field coaches association (1991-94). Jones, A 1968 graduate of Florida A & M University, is a tenured professor of Health and Physical Education at Lincoln University.
Among some of the top athletes to run for Cyrus Jones are 800-meter runner Clive Terrelonge, who was inducted into the Division III Track and Field Hall of Fame in May. Terrelonge holds the Division III record in the 800-meter run (1:47.56) at the 1991 outdoor championships. Terrelonge currently is the assistant track coach for the University of Connecticut.
   The seven men’s outdoor titles are the second most in Division III behind Wisconsin-LaCrosse. Jones has guided Lincoln to 22 consecutive top five national finishes   Prior to leading Lincoln to national recognition on the track, Jones helped the Lions cross-country win the 1979 EPAC championship. Jones won the Linback Teaching Award (1982) and the Outstanding Men of America Award (1984). In 1989, Jones’ men’s and women’s cross-country teams won the ESAC league titles. Jones received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003.