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Entering his sixth season working with the men's and women's throwing events for the Arizona State University track and field program, David Dumble has brought his group toward the top of the national scene with several All-America performances and school records. In the five years he has overseen the throwers, the 2006 USTFCCCA National and West District Women's Throws Coach of the Year has brought his student-athletes to the top of the conference and national scene. All of that success, combined with the top recruits Dumble has brought to Tempe, makes his group one of the more exciting components of the program.
Prior to Dumble's arrival, the women's throws had produced one indoor All-American and 13 outdoor All-Americans (including multi-event athletes). Last year alone, Dumble saw Sarah Stevens, the Pac-10 Shot Put Champion, earn national acclaim in the shot put (indoor and outdoor), helped Jacquelyn Johnson win national titles in the indoor pentathlon and outdoor heptathlon and coached Jessica Pressley to a two-All-America performance outdoors (shot put & discus) after earning All-America honors indoors in the weight toss. Stevens' shot put honors were just the second and third times, respectively, that an ASU woman had earned All-America honors in the shot put in program history.
Dumble also worked with Joshua Kinnaman in the men's multi-events, helping the sophomore attain All-America honors both indoor and outdoor. With his help, Kinnaman recorded personal best marks in the indoor shot put and the outdoor discus in 2006
During the indoor season, Dumble witnessed Stevens set the school record and the third-best mark in the history of the Pac-10 Conference when she placed third at the NCAA Championships with a toss of 17.91m (58-9.25). Earlier in the year, Pressley set the school standard in the weight toss at 21.39m (68-7.75). Stevens also took over the records in the outdoor shot put (17.46m/57-3.50) and the hammer (65.69m/215-6).
All told, Dumble has worked with five different Sun Devils that have collected 13 All-America awards. In the record books, Dumble's athletes have done their fair share of rewrites of the years as his women hold four of the Top 5 marks in the indoor shot put and indoor weight toss while the men occupy two of the Top 5 in each event. Outdoors, the women have five of the Top 10 shot put and discus marks, seven of the hammer marks and three of the top javelin marks. On the men's side, Dumble's throwers have recorded six marks on the outdoor Top 10 lists.
The continued addition of top recruits, including Ryan Whiting, will help the rise of the program. Whiting and Stevens combined to secure a total of five gold medals in junior (19-and-under) competitions with three of the medals earned in international competition. Stevens, who redshirted in 2005, won the shot put competition at the USATF Outdoor Junior Championships before taking gold at the Pan-American Games in the same event. Whiting, the 2005 Gatorade National Track and Field High School Athlete of the Year that redshirted in 2006, also won the shot put at both events while also adding gold in the discus at the Pan-Am meet with a meet record of 61.40m.
Dumble has not limited his instruction to current collegiate student-athletes as he currently is working with John Godina, a three-time Olympian. With Dumble's coaching, Godina, a four-time World Champion and two-time Olympic Medalist, won the 2005 USA Indoor Championships, claiming his first crown since the 1998 season. His mark also was a personal best throw, his first in nearly six years. Godina also ended the 2005 outdoor season with the Top 2 shot put marks in the world.
Prior to coming to Tempe, Dumble headed the throwers at Virginia Tech, where he was an assistant track and field coach for one year. His appointment with the Sun Devils is his second collegiate coaching position.
Dumble attended UCLA where he competed under Bruin coach Art Venegas and twice earned All-America honors in the discus, with third and eighth-place finishes at the NCAA Championships in 1997 and 1996, respectively. Dumble also captained the 1997 Bruin squad and his UCLA best effort of 197-11 ranks 10th all-time in school history.
He received his bachelor's degree in environmental studies from UCLA in 1997. He attended Bakersfield College prior to his stint in Westwood, where he was a junior college state champion in the discus and competed in all four throwing events, including the hammer and javelin. Following his time with the Bruins, he competed for Reebok for three years and competed at the 2000 Olympic Trials and the USATF Championships on two occasions.
An inductee into the Bakersfield College Hall of Fame, Dumble earned his Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) certificate from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and recently earned his Master's of Education degree in Higher and Secondary Education from Arizona State.
The Dumble File
NCAA All-Americans
Jessica Pressley - Hammer (2005), Discus (2006), Indoor Shot Put (2006), Weight Toss (2006)
Sarah Stevens - Indoor Shot Put (2006), Outdoor Shot Put (2006)
David Wood - Indoor Shot Put (2002)
Jacquelyn Johnson - Outdoor Heptathlon (2004, 2006), Indoor Pentathlon (2004, 2006)
Joshua Kinnaman - Outdoor Decathlon (2006), Indoor Heptathlon (2006)
Pac-10 Champions
Sandra Orsund - Discus (2003)
Sarah Stevens - Shot Put (2006)
Jacquelyn Johnson - Heptathlon (2004, 2006)
