Derick Lawrence has been the Tigers assistant cross country and track and field coach since 2010.

Coach Lawrence came to the Trinity campus from his alma mater, DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind., where he was a graduate assistant coach for two years.

Coach Lawrence coached student-athletes to two cross country and six track and field NCAA All-American performances as well as one cross country and seven track and field SCAC champions. Coach Lawrence served as an instructor for the Spring 2010 Mini-Marathon Training class in the Department of Kinesiology at DePauw. 

Prior to his tenure at DePauw, Coach Lawrence was a volunteer assistant coach with the Indiana State University men’s cross country and track and field teams. The Sycamores finished as high as third in the Missouri Valley Conference Cross Country Championships. Coach Lawrence was also a media relations intern, where he produced news releases. He received a Master of Arts in recreation and sport management from the Terre Haute school in 2010.

Coach Lawrence earned the Bachelor of Arts in kinesiology (emphasis in exercise science) from DePauw in 2007.  As a student-athlete, Coach Lawrence competed on the Tigers cross country team from 2003 to 2006, and track and field from 2004 to 2007. Coach Lawrence received All-SCAC Cross Country recognition in 2006. He graduated with the fifth-best all-time DePauw performance in the 10,000 meters, during the 2007 campaign.

Coach Lawrence holds a Level 1 Coaching Education Certificate from USA Track and Field.