Tiffin University

Gray Horn enters his first year with the Tiffin University track and field program in 2025-26.

Horn most recently coached from 2022-24 at Mississippi State. He coached vertical jumps and multis. Horn, a 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials bronze medalist in the decathlon, was also an assistant coach for the Wake Forest track and field team from 2019-22. He coached the Demon Deacons in the sprints, jumps, hurdles and multi-events while helping guide Anna Bush (heptathlon), Emma Soderstrom (high jump) and Tony Jones (High Jump) to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship, earning All-American Honorable Mentions. 

Prior to his time at Wake, he served as the head track and field coach at UC Santa Barbara. In two years at UCSB, Horn was instrumental in guiding student-athlete Hope Bender to her first-ever NCAA Division I Championships appearance, where she finished 12th in both the 2018 indoor pentathlon and outdoor heptathlon, earning two NCAA Second-Team All-American honors. Bender went on to place 5th at the 2018 U.S. Indoor Championships. She saw additional success in 2019, earning two NCAA First-Team All-American honors after finishing 6th in the pentathlon and 4th in the heptathlon at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships while concluding her collegiate career with personal best scores of 4262 and 5955 points, respectively. She was a 2019 NCAA finalist in the outdoor long jump as well.

Before UCSB, Horn spent three seasons at Tiffin University from 2014 through 2017 as the sprints, hurdles and multi-events coach. Under Horn's tutelage, 16 student-athletes earned 43 First-Team All-American citations, helping TU win back-to-back Division II team titles at the 2016 and 2017 NCAA Indoor Championships (the first NCAA titles in program and school history). This included Lamar Hargrove, who won three NCAA DII titles and set an NCAA DII record in the 200m, and 2017 NCAA DII long jump champion Marquise Corbett. For his work, Horn earned recognition as the 2016 USTFCCCA Division II National Assistant Coach of the Year (Indoor) and the 2016 Midwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year (Indoor and Outdoor).

A native of Waynesfield, Ohio, Horn began his coaching career in 2012 at Ashland University, where he mentored student-athletes to eight NCAA Division II All-American honors over two years.

Horn's extensive athletic resume is highlighted by a 3rd place finish in the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials decathlon and a national title in the heptathlon at the 2014 U.S. Indoor Track & Field Championships. He was also a bronze medalist in the multi-events at the 2013 Pan-American Cup.  

A 2012 graduate of the University of Florida with a BA in Anthropology, Horn was a major contributor to four NCAA Track & Field team championship titles for the Gators (2010 Indoor, 2011 Indoor, 2012 Indoor and Outdoor), serving as team captain his senior year. Under Florida Head Coach Mike Holloway, Horn was a 4-time NCAA All-American, 5-time SEC champion (the most SEC wins ever by a multi-event athlete), and school record holder in both the decathlon and heptathlon. In 2012, Horn was named USTFCCCA Division I Field Athlete of the Year for the South Region.