Brenton Emanuel

Coach Emanuel was named the 2023 NCAA Division 1 Indoor Track & Field Men's Assistant Coach of the Year (Midwest Region), in his second year as associate head coach at Nebraska, where he coached two Cornhusker athletes to qualify for the 2023 NCAA DI Indoor Championships: Darius Luff and Brithton Senior in the 60-meter hurdles. Luff finished third at the NCAA meet and led Nebraska’s 1-2 with Senior at the Big Ten Indoor Championships. He also guided Nick Bryant to a Big Ten title in the 600 meters with a school record of 1:15.37.

Brenton Emanuel joined the Nebraska track and field staff in July of 2021 and works with the Huskers' sprints, hurdles and relays. In his first season in 2022, Emanuel helped coach the men's 4x400-meter relay team to a stunning upset win at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships. The Huskers entered the meet with the ninth-fastest seed time and came away with the gold medal after a time of 3:09.51. Emanuel also aided in Darius Luff capturing first-team All-America honors in the 60-meter hurdles.

Prior to Nebraska, Emanuel served as the Director of Track and Field for three seasons at Eastern Illinois. He helped the Panthers win the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championships in 2020 and the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships in 2019 and 2021. Emanuel was named the OVC Indoor Track Coach of the Year in 2020 and OVC Outdoor Track Coach of the Year in 2019 and 2021. In the three seasons under Emanuel, EIU had 51 All-Ohio Valley Conference honorees, two OVC Male Track Athlete of the Year recipients and an honorable mention All-American.