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Entering his 27th season as the head coach of the Fordham Men's and Women's Cross Country and Track & Field Teams is Tom Dewey. He has been the head coach of the men's track & field program for the past 26 seasons, and returns in his 14th season at the helm of the women's track & field program, his second tenure with the Lady Rams. Last year, the Rams had five athletes earn All-Atlantic 10 honors during the indoor season, including Matt DiBuono who was named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Meet, along with a relay team while in the outdoor season the Rams earned All-Conference honors in five events and one relay. Fordham athletes also set eight school indoor records and five outdoor records while both the men's and women's teams finished third at the 2006 Outdoor Metropolitan Championships. The 2004-05 season was one of the most successful seasons under Dewey's direction with the men's indoor squad taking third at the Atlantic 10 Championships, Fordham's best ever showing at the conference meet, earning Dewey the 2004-05 Atlantic 10 Men's Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year honors. The Fordham men also took fourth of nine teams at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships. Sophomore Aaron DeGraffe led the charge for Dewey's men, setting the Fordham indoor triple jump record while garnering First Team All-Atlantic 10 honors in the event for both the indoor and outdoor season. On the women's side in 2004-05, no fewer than eight school records were set during the indoor and outdoor season. Freshman Kerstin Greene led the assault on the record book, setting six records as well as earning First Team All-Atlantic 10 honors in the high jump for both the indoor and outdoor season. In 2003-04, the Fordham women set three school records while the men had a First Team All-Atlantic 10 Performer and the women a Second Team All-Conference athlete. Additionally, the men's outdoor 4x400 relay team earned Second Team honors. In 2003, Dewey had two men advance to the NCAA East Regionals at George Mason University with Deric Zaphire just missing out qualifying for the finals in the 400 IH. The 2002-03 Rams also were a record-setting bunch, breaking four indoor records and two outdoor records. In 2002, under Dewey's tutelage, the men and women's outdoor teams took second at the Metropolitan Championships, the highest combined performance in school history. Under Dewey's guidance over the past 26 years, the Fordham men's program also achieved its first indoor and outdoor track championship in five decades. The Rams have also won the IC4A University Division Cross Country Championship and other league titles. The women's program has claimed several titles as well, including the New York State Division I Cross Country Championship, the New York Downstate Cross Country title, and the College Track Conference Cross Country Championship. In 1995-96, the Lady Rams captured their third consecutive ECAC University Division title. On the men's side, 27 current school records have been set during Dewey's tenure, while the women's squad has set 29 records. In the spring of 2002, Dewey received the Hughes Award from Fordham University in recognition of his 20+ years of service to the university. Dewey is in his 42nd season of coaching. Before arriving at Fordham, he worked at St. Augustine, Nazareth, and Bishop Ford in the CHSAA. He has been honored as Fordham's "Coach of the Year" in 1983 and in 1995. |
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