BRIAN DOYLE

ASSISTANT COACH

UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

Brian Doyle joined the men’s track & field and cross country staff as an assistant coach in August of 2021.

Since joining the Rams, Doyle has been a part of four straight Atlantic 10 Track & Field Championship titles, and three New England Championship crowns. Rhody won its first New England Cross Country Championship since 1952 this fall and under Doyle's guidance, Ben Fleischer became the individual champion and earned USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week honors.

  • Doyle comes to the Rams from Davidson, where he was the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator in 2021. He spent six years with the Wildcats and was responsible for recruiting all event areas for both the men’s and women’s programs. Doyle coached the sprinters and assisted the head coach with middle- and long-distance runners.

    While at Davidson, Doyle coached athletes who set 25 combined school records in the 600, 800, 1,000, mile, 3,000, 5,000 and the 4x800. He also coached 44 more school records in the 60, 100, 200, 400, 500, 600, 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 events. Davidson had six NCAA East Preliminary qualifiers in the 5,000 and 1,000 events during Doyle’s time.

    As a student-athlete, Doyle began his career at Northeastern, where he earned All-CAA honors in both cross country and track & field. He was voted by his teammates as the lone captain for the track & field program.

    He finished his career with two years at Providence College, also serving as a team captain for the Friars. While at PC, Doyle led the Friars to a pair of top-20 finishes at the NCAA Cross Country championship, including a 13th-place finish in 2014. He was an All-Northeast Region selection in cross country in 2013 and 2014.

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