Tim Beach, who has over four decades of coaching experience, was named assistant coach for the Auburn track and field program on Aug. 11, 2023. Beach spent the previous season as a volunteer coach for the Tigers where he coached the pole vaulters and assisted with the jumps and multi events.
This past season Beach coached five athletes to a combined nine new personal bests indoors and outdoors in the pole vault, while freshman Alyssa Quinones-Mixon broke both the women's indoor and outdoor freshman school records in the event. Quinones-Mixon most recently won a bronze medal competing for Puerto Rico at the Pan American U20 Championships.
Prior to Auburn, Beach spent 10 seasons at Sacred Heart as an assistant for the men's and women's track and field program. At Sacred Heart, Beach coached the pole vault, high jump and multi events.
From 2002-09, Beach served as the assistant track and field coach for the University at Buffalo in New York State. As a Bull, Beach aided student-athletes in the horizontal jump and pole vault. He also worked in the Ivy League at Columbia University as the Lions assistant track and field coach from 2000-02.
Before being a New York resident, Beach worked in and around the Greater Philadelphia area. He served as the assistant track and field coach at the University of Pennsylvania from 1998-00 and was a teacher and coach for 16 years at the Friends' Central School in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.
Despite his extensive experience as a track and field coach, Beach's first coaching job was at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania as the soccer head coach for four years (1979-83).
A native of West Stephentown, New York, Beach graduated from The King's College in New York City. He is certified by the USA Track and Field for USATF Level II Sprints/Hurdles Jumps Throws Combined Events.
This past season Beach coached five athletes to a combined nine new personal bests indoors and outdoors in the pole vault, while freshman Alyssa Quinones-Mixon broke both the women's indoor and outdoor freshman school records in the event. Quinones-Mixon most recently won a bronze medal competing for Puerto Rico at the Pan American U20 Championships.
Prior to Auburn, Beach spent 10 seasons at Sacred Heart as an assistant for the men's and women's track and field program. At Sacred Heart, Beach coached the pole vault, high jump and multi events.
From 2002-09, Beach served as the assistant track and field coach for the University at Buffalo in New York State. As a Bull, Beach aided student-athletes in the horizontal jump and pole vault. He also worked in the Ivy League at Columbia University as the Lions assistant track and field coach from 2000-02.
Before being a New York resident, Beach worked in and around the Greater Philadelphia area. He served as the assistant track and field coach at the University of Pennsylvania from 1998-00 and was a teacher and coach for 16 years at the Friends' Central School in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.
Despite his extensive experience as a track and field coach, Beach's first coaching job was at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania as the soccer head coach for four years (1979-83).
A native of West Stephentown, New York, Beach graduated from The King's College in New York City. He is certified by the USA Track and Field for USATF Level II Sprints/Hurdles Jumps Throws Combined Events.