Ricardo Page was named an assistant coach on July 1, 2018. He will work primarily with the throwers.
Page joins the Knights after serving as the assistant coach at Georgia State for four seasons. With the Panthers, he helped his student-athletes set 10 school records and led a pair of throwers to the NCAA outdoor nationals in 2017. Page guided LaPorscha Wells to All-America honors in the weight throw in 2017, along with the Sun Belt Most Outstanding Field Performer honor after winning both the shot put and hammer throw at the 2015 outdoor championship.
Prior to Georgia State, Page tutored the SWAC champion discus thrower with Jackson State. In 2014, Page's discus competitors took first, seventh, 11th and 13th among the 27 throwers. His shot putter earned second in the SWAC indoor championship and his high jumper finished tenth.
At Union College, he coached three conference champions and an NAIA national qualifier and was on the staff that secured the first women's conference title in school history. He coached at Southern Miss as a volunteer assistant, helping tutor the C-USA 2009 indoor weight throw female champion and the male outdoor shot put champion.
Page, a Jamaica native, earned a bachelor's degree in coaching education at Southern Miss and earned a master's degree in health and physical education from Union College (Ky.). As a student-athlete at Southern Miss (2005-08), Page set a school record and was an All-Conference USA discus thrower.
Page joins the Knights after serving as the assistant coach at Georgia State for four seasons. With the Panthers, he helped his student-athletes set 10 school records and led a pair of throwers to the NCAA outdoor nationals in 2017. Page guided LaPorscha Wells to All-America honors in the weight throw in 2017, along with the Sun Belt Most Outstanding Field Performer honor after winning both the shot put and hammer throw at the 2015 outdoor championship.
Prior to Georgia State, Page tutored the SWAC champion discus thrower with Jackson State. In 2014, Page's discus competitors took first, seventh, 11th and 13th among the 27 throwers. His shot putter earned second in the SWAC indoor championship and his high jumper finished tenth.
At Union College, he coached three conference champions and an NAIA national qualifier and was on the staff that secured the first women's conference title in school history. He coached at Southern Miss as a volunteer assistant, helping tutor the C-USA 2009 indoor weight throw female champion and the male outdoor shot put champion.
Page, a Jamaica native, earned a bachelor's degree in coaching education at Southern Miss and earned a master's degree in health and physical education from Union College (Ky.). As a student-athlete at Southern Miss (2005-08), Page set a school record and was an All-Conference USA discus thrower.