Jamie Mcneair-Reese

McNeair-Reese, who earned a master’s degree at NCCU 10 years ago and has worked track camps at NCCU in the past, has returned to Durham. She has spent the past two years as head coach of the Top Speed Athletics Track Club in Graham, North Carolina.

“I wanted to employ an additional approach within the identity of our program and Coach McNeair-Reese joining the staff as our multi’s coach is a vital component of that process,” said Walker. “The multi’s events – decathlon and heptathlon – will service as a new arena for us and not only has Coach McNeair-Reese come highly recommended, but she has proven her success as a coach on every level of the sport. Not all great athletes make great coaches, but she definitely is an exception to the rule. We’re fortunate to have her on our staff.”
McNeair-Reese has over a decade’s worth of coaching experience with the youth, high school and collegiate levels, including as a volunteer assistant coach at Purdue University and as head coach at Eastern Alamance High School.
McNeair-Reese ran track at Purdue University, where she was named to the Purdue Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009. She is a three-time NCAA All-American in the heptathlon and six-time Big Ten Champion in the pentathlon/heptathlon. Post collegiately, McNeair-Reese was a USA Track and Field national and Pan-American Games champion in the heptathlon.
McNeair-Reese is a native of Buffalo, New York, and was raised in Boynton Beach, Florida. She received her bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership from Purdue, and her Master of Education in communication disorders from NCCU. McNeair-Reese is also a certified and practicing speech-language pathologist. She has a 16-year old son, Terry Reese III, and they reside in Alamance County.