The accolades keep rolling in for Collierville High School Head Track and Field Coach, Alisa Seymour, and the biggest honor yet came Thursday afternoon. Seymour has been named the National High School Girls Track & Field Coach of the Year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). She is the first coach from Tennessee to claim this prestigious title, an accomplishment that underscores her role in shaping one of the nation’s top programs.
Seymour will be recognized for her achievement at the USTFCCCA Convention in Grapevine, TX this December, a fitting end to a year where her team, the Collierville Dragons, claimed back-to-back state championships in 2024 and 2025. For the second consecutive year, Seymour’s girls team decimated the competition, breaking records and rewriting history.
A Historic Championship Run
Collierville’s dominance at the Class AAA State Meet is a testament to Seymour’s leadership and her athletes’ relentless drive. In 2024, the Dragons set a new Class AAA record for most points scored at the championship with a total of 131 points. In 2025, they shattered that record with an eye-popping 155 points, a margin of 24 points more than the previous year and just 12 shy of the state record set in 1999.
The Dragons' journey to another title began a week earlier at the pentathlon, where Khari Webb and Ehi Aigbomian finished 1st and 3rd, respectively, setting the stage for a dominant performance in Murfreesboro. Webb’s versatility shone through as she claimed victories in the 100-meter hurdles, 300-meter hurdles, and high jump, while her teammates added to the title haul.
In addition to Webb’s incredible individual performance, Ava Williams contributed with a win in the pole vault and helped secure the 4×200-meter and 4×400-meter relay titles. The 4×200 relay squad also set a meet record with a time of 1:37.66, narrowly missing their own state record by just 0.01 seconds.
A Commanding Victory and a Strong Legacy
Under Seymour's leadership, Collierville scored an astounding 155 points at the Class AAA state meet, nearly doubling the total of second-place Bartlett. The victory margin—both decisive and historic—cements the Dragons’ status as one of Tennessee’s elite programs in high school track and field.
Seymour’s back-to-back state championships also make her the first coach to lead a Memphis-area team to consecutive titles in the state’s largest public-school classification since Whitehaven High School accomplished the feat in 2016 and 2017.
Congratulations, Coach Seymour! National Coach of the Year.
