OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD COACHES
OFFICE: B330 Tuttle North Athletic Complex
PHONE: (585) 395-5353
E-MAIL: bcole@brockport.edu
 Head Coach: Brian Cole
Brian Cole has been hired as the head men’s and women’s Cross Country and Track and Field coach at The College at Brockport as announced by Director of Athletics Lin Case.
Cole comes to Brockport after serving as the assistant Track and Field coach at Tiffin (OH) University, following an eleven-year stint as the head coach of the Ohio Northern University Cross Country, Track and Field Teams. He also coached for five years as the Head Coach at Methodist College in Fayetteville, NC.
“We are very pleased to add Brian to our coaching staff,” said Lin Case, Director of Athletics at The College at Brockport. “He brings a wealth of knowledge to the position and has the ability to continue the progress of the Track and Cross Country programs that have garnered national honors here at Brockport.”
Throughout his career, Cole has coached three individual National Champions, 52 All-Americans, 153 Conference Champions and 593 All-Conference selections. He has earned 13 Coach of the Year honors and guided six of his teams to Conference Championship titles.
Cole has acted as the meet director of the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships three times and the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Cross Country Championships twice. He has been an active member of the Division III Track and Field Coaches Association and most recently served as the President from 2004 to 2006.
A native of Tiffin, Ohio, Cole is a 1991 graduate of Methodist College where he earned a bachelors degree in History and is currently pursuing a M.B.A with a concentration in Sport Management.
Assistant Coaches
Ed Jaskulski
 Ed Jaskulski enters his fourth year with the program, and brings a great wealth of knowledge with him. In 2009, Jaskulski was promoted to interim head coach for the Outdoor Track & Field squads and was selected as the SUNYAC Coach of the Year for women's track and field as the Golden Eagles captured thier first SUNYAC title for the women.
As an undergraduate at The College at Brockport, Jaskulski was a captain for the Golden Eagle football team, as well as a shot put and discus thrower for the track and field teams. As a senior, Jaskulski narrowly missed qualifying for the Division III nationals is the shot put.
Jaskulski's biggest contribution will come in the weight room, where he was formerly the program record holder in power lifting (1,735 lbs.). Jaskulski will apply his extensive strength and conditioning knowledge to the development of weight training regimens for the track and field teams.
Vanessa Martell
Martell is in her third year as assistant cross country and track & field coach. The 2004 graduate of SUNY Brockport with a degree in Physical Education and a minor in Recreation and Leisure competed for cross country and track teams at Brockport for three seasons after transferring from Finger Lakes Community College after her freshman year.
She is the SUNY Brockport school record holder for the 5,000 and 10,000 meter races for track and was tabbed the Bob Boozer Award recipient as well as being named to the All-SUNYAC team. She won scholar athlete accolades on several occasions. At Finger Lakes CC, she was a Mid-State Conference Champion in 1999 and earned Academic All-American status. She was additionally named the scholar athlete of the Year at the school.
 Andy Fetzner
Fetzner is in his third season as the Pole Vault coach for the men and women. He is a graduate of SUNY Brockport where he was a member of the indoor and outdoor track and field program for four years and was captain for two.
Fetzner has coached multiple state and SUNYAC champions as well as other successful vaulters at Brockport. Aside from his colligate coaching experience; his extensive knowledge of the pole vault along with a dedicated crew has led him to run the Golden Eagle Pole Vault Clinic for the past three years. This event annually draws over 100 pole-vaulters from across the state and addresses safety, unique training methods, and a general promotion of the sport.
He also coaches Hilton junior varsity volleyball and is an assistant coach for the indoor and outdoor track and field team there as well.
 Ken Ciolek
Ciolek begins his first season as an assistant coach for the Golden Eagles where he will be working with the jumpers, multi-event athletes and javelin throwers.
Before transferring to SUNY Brockport, Ciolek held records in the javelin (new Rules), decathlon, and heptathlon at Buffalo State and was an All-SUNYAC First-Team selection and national provisional qualifier in the decathlon. As a Golden Eagle, he achieved the school record for the new rules javelin, the SUNYAC meet record, and the Conference record. Ciolek was an All-American in that same event his senior year.
Ciolek has an USATF level II certification with a concentration in jumps, and has attended numerous coaching summits and clinics in the north east. He has served as an assistant coach/volunteer for five years with stints at Bradford Area High School and Gates Chili High School.
 Tim Giagos
Giagios joins the Golden Eagles this season as the strength and conditioning coach for both the men and women. He is a graduate of Buffalo State where he was a member of the track and field team and earned All-Conference selections his junior and senior years.
Prior to attending Buffalo State, he was a member of the University of Buffalo’s track and field team where he was a Division I scholarship athlete and was named to the second team Mid-American Conference (MAC).
Aside from working with SUNY Brockport, Giagios will continue coaching as an assistant varsity track and field coach at Gates-Chili High School. He currently is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and works as a fitness programmer/floor trainer for the Rochester Athletic Club.
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