7/31/2008 -

Jabari Sekou Toure was named Head Men's and Women's Cross Country coach at Mount Saint Vincent on Thursday.

RIVERDALE, NY – College of Mount Saint Vincent Acting Director of Athletics Steve Macias announced the hiring of Jabari Sekou Toure to the position of Head Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Coach on Thursday afternoon. Toure comes to Mount Saint Vincent with a wealth of knowledge and experience and most recently served as the Head Track Coach and Recruiter at Globe Institute of Technology.

While at Globe, Toure was responsible for the daily training of athletes as well as for travel, scheduling and the program’s budget. He was also responsible for recruiting, where he made school visits and awarded athletic scholarships to worthy student-athletes in the New York City area. Toure also tracked the academic progress of his student-athletes and served as a liaison with four year institutions.

Toure has also had extensive coaching experience at the club level, which he says grew his interest in college coaching. He currently runs a group call ‘Jabari’s Road Runners’ and has trained two athletes, one from Haiti and one from Trinidad, who will compete in the 2008 Olympic Summer Games in Beijing, China.

Outside of Running, Toure worked for the New York City Board of Education from 2000-07. In that capacity he served as an Intervention/Prevention Specialist in the SPARK Program. In addition he served as the Director of the African Dance and Drumming group and the Head Track and Field coach of a nationally ranked program.

Toure received his Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Psychology from Temple in 1992 and also a minor in Education and African American Studies. He is currently working on his Master’s in Dance Therapy at Pratt Institute and completed his Personal Trainer Certification from the National Academy of Sports Medicine in September 2007.

Toure currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.