Rosemary DuPree is in her seventh year working with the Incarnate Word track and field program and sixth year as a full-time assistant. A long-time track coach in the South Texas region, she has had great success with both the men’s and women’s programs at UIW.
Dupree was named the USTFCCCA South Central Region Men’s Assistant Track Coach of the Year in 2013.
Dupree works extensively with the sprinters, jumpers and throwers for UIW. Since coming on full-time in the fall of 2009, she guided over 25 student-athletes to achieving NCAA Division II National Qualification standards in either indoor or outdoor track and field prior to the Cardinals joining the Southland Conference and NCAA Division I in 2014.
In 2011, her athletes accumulated a total of five Lone Star Conference titles and six all-Lone Star Conference honors. Her star pupil was Elodie Barre’ who was the Top Female Track and Top Female Field Performer at the 2011 LSC Championships. Barre’ also earned NCAA Division II All-America status in the long jump.
The 2012 season saw Dupree coach her first NCAA Division II men’s All-Americans. The UIW 4x100-meter relay team of Chris DeWitt, Tommy Brown, Adan Narvaez and Matthew Harris earned All-America honors and set the school record in the event. In 2013, the same relay team won the LSC title and Brown was the individual champion in the 200 meters.
Dupree’s athletes had success in their first year at the NCAA Division I level in 2014. Jasmine Waring won the school’s first conference championship in the high jump and the women’s 4x100 relay was second at the Southland meet. Chris DeWitt took home Capital One Academic All-America® First Team honors in 2014 and 2015. DeWitt was part of the men's 4x100-meter relay team that earned third team all-conference honors in 2015. That same year, she coached two-sport athlete (football and track) Jamarkese Williams to a Third Team All-Conference place in the high jump and he was part of the 4X100 meter relay team at the Southland Conference
In 2016, Dupree coached another two-sport athlete in Sarae Alexander (volleyball and track) to her first Southland Conference Championship double title in school history. Sarae won the indoor women’s long jump competition with a leap of 5.87m or 19’2 and came back outdoor of the same year and clinched the women’s outdoor long Jump title again with a school record leap of 6.22m/20’4”. Sarae was also second in the Triple Jump outdoors with a school record leap of 12.87m/42’3”. Sarae was named Southland Conference Top Female Field Athlete of the Year, a first in school history. Mahoganie Frazier also scored and set a life-time best in the triple jump as well with a leap of 12.71m/41’11”, the second best mark in school history. The Men’s 4X100 were a close third place in the Outdoor Championships as well as both indoor and outdoor long jump.
A native of Chicago and a graduate of that city’s Thornwood High School, DuPree first ran track at Western Illinois University. She earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology with a teacher’s certification at the University of Texas-San Antonio. She also holds a master’s degree from Incarnate Word in sports management and is also an NCAA Women’s Coaches Academy graduate.
As a US Army spouse she competed in the long jump and was named All-USA-Europe.
Her coaching resume is extensive. She has nearly 20 years of South Texas AAU experience with 15 national qualifiers and in 2004 was named AAU Coach of the Year. She coached three years in Oklahoma middle schools and three years at Oklahoma’s Midwest City High School where her teams twice won state titles.
Dupree has earned a number of impressive awards in her career. She won the South Texas AAU Outstanding Service Award in 1993 and 1996. In 2004, she was the South Texas AAU Volunteer of the Year. Over the past few years she has added two more awards, the Texas Relays Track & Field 10 Year “Service Award” in 2010 and the AAU Junior Olympics “Bob Oren” Excellence in Officiating Award in 2012.
She has been a U.S. Track & Field (USATF) master certified track and field official since 1996. She earned her Pre-K thru 12th Physical Education/Special Educations certifications in 2008. The following year she aquired USATF Level I coaching certifications in Sprints, Jumps and Relays. In 2012, she became track and field Level II coaching certified in Technical/Management Coaching by the United State Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
In 2012, Dupree was the coach for LaKadron Ivery, a participant in both the 100-meter dash and long jump at the U.S. Olympic Trials.
She and husband, Michael are the parents of Michael Jr., Ryanne, and Marcos. Michael Jr. played basketball at Kentucky State while Ryanne was a four-time All-American running track at UTSA.
Education:
USTFCCCA Academy:
- Sprint, Hurdle, Relay Event Specialist Certification
- Jumping Event Specialist Certification
- Combined Events & Multi-Event Specialist Certification
