Coach Stevenson (right), pictured here with Colette Goudreau-Murphy at the Dogwood Relays following Colette's 1500m win.

Carol Stevenson joined the Indiana University track staff as an assistant in 1980 and began as the women's track and field and cross country head coach in 1981. She coached 33 All-Americans and 70 Big Ten champions in the indoor and outdoor seasons combined during her career there. As a team at the Big Ten Championships, Indiana never finished below third indoors and won the indoor team title in 1988. In 1988 Coach Stevenson was named Big Ten Coach of the Year. In cross country, IU won their first Big Ten team title in 1989 and qualified for the NCAA Championship twice under Stevenson (1988-89). The team finished 5th in the NCAA in 1989. Stevenson also coached four All-Americans. Both of Indiana's individual cross country NCAA champions -- Kim Betz and Michelle Dekkers -- came under her guidance. In the fall of 1989 Stevenson coached Colette Goudreau-Murphy to a Penn relays record in the 10k of 32:06, at the time the world's best. Stevenson took over the Purdue University track program from Sullivan Award winner and Olympian Fred Wilt in 1990. During her three year tenure she coached four Big Ten champions, four All-Americans and a Big Ten Medal of Honor winner. She coached three seasons for the Boilermakers before retiring to the men's football and basketball programs as an academic advisor. During her 9 years as an advisor she counseled athletes in most of the Purdue programs. Her proactive style of advising introduced many innovative procedures for the department that are still utilized today. In 1998 Coach Stevenson was awarded Master Coach status by the U.S. Track & Field Coaches Association. Coach Stevenson remains active in track & field most recently as the head referee for the men and women's Big Ten championship in 2004. She also advises local race directors. The native of Lakewood, Ohio, graduated in 1959 from Bowling Green. In 1982 she obtained her Master's degree from Indiana University in counseling and guidance. Stevenson started the track and field program for the Revere School system in Akron, Ohio after moving there in 1976 and also initiated the indoor track team and cross country at Bloomington South after becoming the girls head coach there in 1978. She served as secretary of the Indiana Board of Athletics and worked closely with the Athletics Congress, assisting in staging the TAC Championships in 1983 and 1985. In 1984 she was named as Regional Chair for Olympic Development by the U.S. Track Coaches Association. In 1985 she was assistant coach for the Olympic Festival North team and head coach in 1986 and also served as the vice-president of the U.S. Women's Track Coaches Association. In the 1987 Pan American Games, Coach Stevenson was in charge of athlete movement.