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Having put the caps on a highly-decorated collegiate career at the NCAA Division III level in May, Eddie Mahana begins his sixth year as an assistant coach with the UNC Pembroke track & field squads in 2024-25 as the sprints and jumps coach for the Braves. Mahana served a graduate assistant coach role for the Black & Gold during the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons, but was elevated into the full-time assistant coach role in July 2022.
 
A four-time all-American and 10-time all-region selection at St. John Fisher in Rochester, N.Y., Mahana qualified to compete in both the NCAA Division III Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championships as both a sophomore and a junior, and put the final entry into his collegiate resume with an all-American award in the 60-meter Hurdles in March 2020. He posted an eighth place finish in the 60-meter Hurdles at the 2019 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, but outdid himself at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a sixth-place showing in the 400-meter Hurdles and a runner-up finish in the 110-meter Hurdles.
 
In addition to his national prominence, Mahana also made quite the splash on the conference level. The four-time (2019, 2020) Empire 8 Conference Track Athlete of the Year logged both conference rookie of the year and sportsman of the year laurels as a freshman on the way to capturing the league title in title in the 110-meter Hurdles. He also won back-to-back Empire 8 Conference indoor crowns in both the 60-meter Hurdles and 400-meter Dash during his junior and senior seasons, as well as league outdoor crowns in both the 110-meter Hurdles and 400-meter Hurdles during his junior campaign.
 
Prior to trekking to Pembroke, Mahana gained a variety of coaching experience as well. He served a four-month stint as a recruiting intern for the St. John Fisher football program in 2019, while also concurrently serving as a coaching intern with the track & field program at nearby Rochester Institute of Technology. While at St. John Fisher, he also served roles as coordinator of intramural sports, while also taking on the role of meet organizer for the Syracuse Chargers Track Club.
 
A native of Syracuse, N.Y., Mahana earned his bachelor’s degree in sport management from St. John Fisher in 2020. He completed his graduate work in sports administration at UNCP in May 2022.

Updated: July 2024