Track and Field
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- brandon.couts@colorado.edu
- Phone:
- (303) 492-5227
Brandon Couts is in his fourth year as the assistant for sprints/hurdles at Colorado. He has coached the Buffs to several school records, which include the men’s 4x100-meter relay and 200-meter dashes (indoor and outdoor).
Couts was a member of the track and field teams at Baylor University from 1998-2001 and served as the captain all four years. He was named the Baylor and Big 12 Athlete of the Year in 2000. The 13-time All-American was a four-time NCAA Champion. Couts’ first championship was in 1998 in the indoor 4x400-meter relay. He also won the indoor 400-m in 2000 with a then-collegiate record 45.60 seconds. Couts took first in the outdoor 4x400-m in 2000 and 2001. He holds the Baylor record for the most conference championships with 15 (seven individual and eight relay) and was named to the Big 12 10th Anniversary Team.
As one of the most decorated Big 12 athletes, Couts was featured on the cover of Track & Field News in June, 1998. After his collegiate career, he went on to pursue a professional career from May 2002 through August of 2004. He was sponsored by Nike and represented the United States in several events; including the Texas Relays, Millrose Games and the Penn Relays. He won the 2002 U.S. Indoor 400-m and is the former World Juniors (45.53) and NCAA (45.60) record holder at the 400-m indoor dash.
Couts ran on the gold-medal winning 4x400-m relay teams in 1999 and 2001 at the World University Games. He anchored the USA team to gold at the 2002 NACAC Championships. In addition to his indoor records, he boosts outdoor pr’s of 10.15 (100-m), 20.48 (200-m) and 44.72 (400-m).
Couts was a volunteer sprints coach at Texas A&M-Commerce from January through June 2004. He has coached 13 All-Americans, which included CU’s men’s 4x100-meter relay team which placed sixth at the 2007 NCAA Outdoor Championship. He has an official USATF level 1 certification.
