Track & Field
Ackley, Marshall
Marshall Ackley
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- mackley@athletics.ucla.edu
Marshall Ackley enters his third season as Assistant Coach on the Bruins’ coaching staff, leading coaching operations for the jumps, hurdles, and pole vault event groups.
The 2021 outdoor season notably saw Ackley guide Harrison Schrage to a Pac-12 title in the long jump, as well as the sixth-best mark in school history with a clearance of 7.97m (26-01.50) at the West Coast Classic in Arizona. Schrage also went on to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the event. Alex Enos also impressed under Ackley’s guidance, clearing seven meters for the first time as a collegian with a mark of 7.04m (23-01.25) against USC.
Ackley also guided three Bruin pole vaulters to scoring positions at the Pac-12 Championships: Kyle Brown (third place) and Tate Curran (eighth) place on the men’s side and Katerina Adamiec (seventh place) on the women’s side. Camryn Thomson and Mia Cervantes each cleared the 4-meter barrier with 4.01m (13-01.75) marks against the Trojans, good for season-best marks for both student-athletes.
Ackley’s first season with the Bruins was highlighted by strong performances from student-athletes in his event groups. Harrison Schrage led the way for the Bruin men in the long jump, clearing a season-best of 7.59m (24-11.00) at the MPSF Indoor Championships for third place overall. Matthew DeRoos went 7.41m (24-03.75) for fifth place at the league indoor meet. DeRoos also picked up three top-10 finishes in the triple jump this past indoor season. On the women’s side, Ackley helped guide graduating senior Jazmin moss to a seventh-place finish in the triple jump at the MPSF Indoor Championships (11.81m, 38-09.00).
Prior to joining UCLA, Ackley served as assistant coach at UC-Davis before being promoted to Associate Head Track & Field Coach in 2016. He was the jumps/multis coach and assisted with sprints and hurdles. During his eight-year stretch in Davis, Ackley coached the Aggies to four Big West Outdoor Championships (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016). He produced 15 Big West individual champions, six NCAA Championship qualifiers (five outdoor, one indoor), 35 West preliminary qualifiers and the 2019 MPSF pentathlon champion, Erinn Beattie. The Aggies broke 17 school records under Ackley’s direction.
He oversaw all daily operations of the UC-Davis track & field and cross country programs while assisting with sprints, hurdles, technique, drills and conditioning. Ackley was also named the interim head cross country coach during the 2018 campaign.
In his competition days, Ackley was a standout competitor at Oregon, helping the Ducks to four outdoor conference championships between 2007 and 2010. He was a six-time scorer at the conference meet and earned NCAA All-America plaudits in the decathlon in 2009 and 2010, the same years that Oregon finished as the NCAA runner-up. As a sophomore, Ackley finished fifth in the decathlon at the conference championships before improving to second and third, respectively, in his final two seasons.
One of Ackley’s most memorable moments came at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships. In pursuit of a second All-America award, Ackley pulled his left hamstring during the pole vault. Despite posting a no-height finish in the vault, Ackley refused to withdrawal from the decathlon and continued to compete in the last two events – the javelin throw and 1500m.
With his leg tightly bandaged, Ackley limped around the track with determination, receiving a standing ovation from an appreciative home crowd of nearly 12,000 at Hayward Field. The final event may’ve taken him a little over seven minutes, but it was Ackley’s heart and courage that stole the show in his final collegiate meet of his career.
A native of Nyssa, Ore., Ackley graduated from Oregon in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in history. He remained with the track & field program as a volunteer assistant for multis coach Harry Marra and also coached and trained alongside Ashton Eaton, the former world decathlon record holder and the reigning world record holder in the indoor heptathlon.
The 2021 outdoor season notably saw Ackley guide Harrison Schrage to a Pac-12 title in the long jump, as well as the sixth-best mark in school history with a clearance of 7.97m (26-01.50) at the West Coast Classic in Arizona. Schrage also went on to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the event. Alex Enos also impressed under Ackley’s guidance, clearing seven meters for the first time as a collegian with a mark of 7.04m (23-01.25) against USC.
Ackley also guided three Bruin pole vaulters to scoring positions at the Pac-12 Championships: Kyle Brown (third place) and Tate Curran (eighth) place on the men’s side and Katerina Adamiec (seventh place) on the women’s side. Camryn Thomson and Mia Cervantes each cleared the 4-meter barrier with 4.01m (13-01.75) marks against the Trojans, good for season-best marks for both student-athletes.
Ackley’s first season with the Bruins was highlighted by strong performances from student-athletes in his event groups. Harrison Schrage led the way for the Bruin men in the long jump, clearing a season-best of 7.59m (24-11.00) at the MPSF Indoor Championships for third place overall. Matthew DeRoos went 7.41m (24-03.75) for fifth place at the league indoor meet. DeRoos also picked up three top-10 finishes in the triple jump this past indoor season. On the women’s side, Ackley helped guide graduating senior Jazmin moss to a seventh-place finish in the triple jump at the MPSF Indoor Championships (11.81m, 38-09.00).
Prior to joining UCLA, Ackley served as assistant coach at UC-Davis before being promoted to Associate Head Track & Field Coach in 2016. He was the jumps/multis coach and assisted with sprints and hurdles. During his eight-year stretch in Davis, Ackley coached the Aggies to four Big West Outdoor Championships (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016). He produced 15 Big West individual champions, six NCAA Championship qualifiers (five outdoor, one indoor), 35 West preliminary qualifiers and the 2019 MPSF pentathlon champion, Erinn Beattie. The Aggies broke 17 school records under Ackley’s direction.
He oversaw all daily operations of the UC-Davis track & field and cross country programs while assisting with sprints, hurdles, technique, drills and conditioning. Ackley was also named the interim head cross country coach during the 2018 campaign.
In his competition days, Ackley was a standout competitor at Oregon, helping the Ducks to four outdoor conference championships between 2007 and 2010. He was a six-time scorer at the conference meet and earned NCAA All-America plaudits in the decathlon in 2009 and 2010, the same years that Oregon finished as the NCAA runner-up. As a sophomore, Ackley finished fifth in the decathlon at the conference championships before improving to second and third, respectively, in his final two seasons.
One of Ackley’s most memorable moments came at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships. In pursuit of a second All-America award, Ackley pulled his left hamstring during the pole vault. Despite posting a no-height finish in the vault, Ackley refused to withdrawal from the decathlon and continued to compete in the last two events – the javelin throw and 1500m.
With his leg tightly bandaged, Ackley limped around the track with determination, receiving a standing ovation from an appreciative home crowd of nearly 12,000 at Hayward Field. The final event may’ve taken him a little over seven minutes, but it was Ackley’s heart and courage that stole the show in his final collegiate meet of his career.
A native of Nyssa, Ore., Ackley graduated from Oregon in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in history. He remained with the track & field program as a volunteer assistant for multis coach Harry Marra and also coached and trained alongside Ashton Eaton, the former world decathlon record holder and the reigning world record holder in the indoor heptathlon.
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