Damion Jeanpiere is entering his seventh season with the Southeastern track and field program, having served as the assistant long sprints coach since 2018.
During his tenure, Jeanpiere has a reputation of building record breaking, national, and world class athletes and helping bolster the teams he coaches.
He has led and assisted multiple Athletes to break multiple long standing school records including:
Esther Nwanze - 400mh (2025) 57.35Â
Onyah Favour - 400m- (2025) - 51.93
Women's 4x400R (2025) - 3.40.46
Javonte-Taye Williams 800m (2023) - 1.48.64
Men's 4x400R (2018) - 3.04.88
Throughout his career at Southeastern, he assisted the Lions to the 2020 Southland Conference Indoor Championships
Jeanpiere has also coached conference champions in the Long Sprints/400m Hurdles/800m Events including:
Women
Esther Nwanze (2025) 400mh Gold Medalist
Men:
Eugene Omalla - 2023 400m Indoor Gold Medalist 2023 Outdoor Gold Medalist
Javonte-Taye Williams 2023- 800m Outdoor Gold Medalist, Men's Indoor Gold medalist
4x400R Champions 2023 Men's Outdoor Gold Medalist
4x400R Champions- 2022 and 2023 I
In addition, he has coached and assisted multiple National Regional Qualifiers during his time including:
Esther Nwanze (2024, 2025) - 400-meter hurdles
Eugene Omalla (2023) - 400 meters
Javonte-Taye Williams (2023) - 800 meters
OnYah Favour (2024, 2025) - 400 meters
Agerian Jackson (2022, 2023) - 400 meter hurdles
Omri Shiff (2023) - 400 meter hurdles
Men's 4x400R (2021, 2022, and 2023)
All- American Honors
OnYah Favour- 400m (2025)
He continues to assist in coaching, training, and developing internationally recognized athletes such as:
Onyah Favour 2025 (Nigeria) - African U20 Gold Medalist (400m, Mixed 4x400R, Women's 4x400R and Nigerian Senior Womens 400m Gold Medalist)
Eugene Omalla (Netherlands) - 2024 Olympic Gold Medalist (Paris) 4x400MR - 2025 World Athletics Silver Medalist 4x400MR (Tokyo)
Jamie Omalla of the Netherlands Track and Field
Jeanpiere is certified by the USTFCCCA in Strength & Conditioning. He has also completed coursework in Weight Training for Track & Field. In 2023, Jeanpiere earned a Level 1 Coach Certificate from USA Weightlifting.
Jeanpiere is a native of St. Rose, La. who has 13 years of experience coaching elite athletes in track and field from the USATF Jr, AAU, collegiate, and professional sports athletes in NCAA Track and Field, World Athletics, Olyimpics, NFL, and Canadian Football Leagues.
Through jis experiences Jeanpiere breeds excellence in all he coaches, but most of all is known as a life coach to his athletes that drives purpose, vision and the elite mindset that produces undeniable testimonies from many he coaches.
Jeanpiere is a dedicated family man with his loving wife Desiree and children (Damion, Christina, Destinee, Daeja). He attended Destrehan High School and Louisiana State University while competing in football during his years as an athlete.
