ORLANDO – Brody Honeycutt, a rising leader in the collegiate landscape fresh off four successful years at Louisiana-Monroe, has joined the UCF track and field program as an assistant coach, head coach Dana Boone announced Friday afternoon.
Set to lead the jumps, throws and multis squads, Honeycutt will infuse the program with recent experience coaching his athletes to the highest level of collegiate and international track and field, along with a fresh and energetic plan for pushing the Knights forward.
“We’re excited to add Coach Honeycutt to our staff. He brings a lot of energy and enthusiasm to the program. In his short time at ULM, he made a big impact, and we look forward to that same impact here at UCF,” said Boone on the new addition.
Continued growth at ULM saw Honeycutt become an associate head coach before his fourth season, advancing multiple athletes to conference titles and NCAA Championships, headlined by Eunice Ilunga Mbuyi’s first team All-America honor in the triple jump during the 2024 National Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
Overall, Honeycutt and his athletes dominated jumps events at the conference level, claiming 11 titles at the Sun Belt Indoor and Outdoor Championships, four All-America honors and 17 program-record breaking performances from 2021 to 2024. During the indoor season, he led his athletes to a pair of triple jump titles, along with a pentathlon and high jump title. As for the outdoor campaigns, he aided in Ilunga Mbuyi’s three consecutive titles in the triple jump and multiple long jump titles in 2022 and 2023.
Honeycutt also found success with Ali Eren Unlu, who claimed men’s high jump titles in 2023 during both indoor and outdoor seasons. The Turkish native broke the program record in the event (2.21m), which stood since 1986 and eventually became the first, first team All-America honoree in a jumps event in school history at the 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships. Unlu went on to claim sixth at the European Team Championships in the high jump.
Prior to his prosperous period in Louisiana, Honeycutt oversaw the vertical jumps, multis, and sprints/hurdles groups at Colgate in 2020.
A native of New Oxford, Pennsylvania, he got his first collegiate coaching experience at his alma mater, West Chester University, from 2016-20. He aided the Golden Rams’ jumps, hurdles and sprint groups and led athletes to 16 Pennsylvania State Athletics Conference (PSAC) scoring marks.
Honeycutt served in the United States Army National Guard as a Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) from 2013-19.