Coaches - Track & Field

Head Coach: Laurier Primeau

  • Since taking the reins as head coach in 2015, Laurier Primeau has led UBC to 11 NAIA and two U SPORTS national championships across Track & Field and Cross Country
  • Five-time NAIA Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year (2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025), three-time NAIA Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year (2017, 2019, 2025), two-time NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year (2016, 2017), one-time NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year (2017)
  • Head coach of Canada's Paralympic Team at the 2012 Summer Olympics
See his full bio: gothunderbirds.ca/staff-directory/laurier-primeau/478

Click here for the entire Track & Field coaching staff: gothunderbirds.ca/sports/track-and-field/coaches

Laurier Primeau is handed the NAIA Coach of the Year award at the 2025 NAIA Track & Field Championships


UBC Track & Field Head Coaching History

Years            Coach
1919-24 – No Coach    
1924-25 – Jack Buchanan    
1925-26 – No Coach  
1926-27 – Bob Granger    
1927-29 – No Coach   
1929-30 – Bob Granger    
1930-31 – No Coach
1931-32 – G. Brandreth    
1932-33 – Harold Wright    
1933-34 – Bob Dixon    
1934-36 – Percy Williams    
1936-45 – Maury Van Vliet    
1945-47 – Bob Osborne    
1947-48 – Bob Osborne, Ken MacPherson
1948-49 – Bob Osborne    
1949-52 – Bob Osborne, Fred Rowell
1952-53 – Bill Parnell    
1953-55 – "Bus" Phillips    
1955-64 – Peter Mullins    
1964-80 – Lionel Pugh    
1980-87 – Lionel Pugh, Doug Clement
1987-88 – Marek Jedrzejek, Thelma Wright
1988-00 – Marek Jedrzejek, Carmyn James
2000-15 – Marek Jedrzejek    
2015-Present – Laurier Primeau