Brody Honeycutt has been a part of the ULM Track & Field coaching staff since November 2020. He is entering his fourth season and is currently the Associate Head Coach for the Warhawk Track & Field program coaching jumps and multi events.
For the 2022-23 season on the men’s side, Honeycutt’s group had early success with Ali Eren Unlu’s school record breaking performance of 2.20m in indoors for the high jump in the season opener! The previous high jump record had stood since 1986. He led Unlu to consistent success where he won the high jump at the conference championship rebreaking his own school record with 2.21m and securing a bid to the NCAA Indoor Track and Field championships where he became ULM’s first Indoor First-Team All-American in the jumps since the 90’s. He also guided Ali to a successful outdoor season with a win at Mt. SAC Relays in the Elite division (2.20m), another conference champion title and school record breaking performance (2.23m), and a successful performance at the NCAA East Preliminary Round to secure his bid to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Unlu had finished the NCAA season as an Honorable Mention All-American. Unlu was also successful on the international scene where Honeycutt guided him as a part of the Turkish National Team to a 6th place finish (2.20m) at European Team Championships and a gold medal performance of 2.22m at the European U23 Championships. Honeycutt also guided Joseph McEvoy to his bronze medal finish indoors in the heptathlon as well as first year freshman, Jay Louison-Roe, to a bronze medal finish in the triple jump.
Honeycutt equally led the women’s team and jumps/multis group to great success with its highest points finish since 2009 for the 2023 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor T&F Championships. His athletes were responsible for 33.5pts out of 55pts scored. He guided sophomore Eunice Ilunga Mbuyi to Sun Belt Conference long jump and triple jump champion titles for the second season in a row. He qualified 2 athletes over 3 events to the NCAA East Preliminary Round including Ilunga Mbuyi that ended up placing in the top 12 to get a bid to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the triple jump with a mark of 13.41m and barely missed out in the long jump with a 13th place finish by 1cm. She had finished at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships with Honorable Mention All-American. Ilunga Mbuyi also had some international success under Honeycutt’s guidance with a 5th place finish at French U23 Championships, a French National Team selection to the European U23 Championships and a 4th place finish at the French Elite Championships. Another highlight of the women’s team was Olaia Becerril Alvarez and her bronze medal finish at the outdoor conference championships. Olaia soared to new heights under Honeycutt throughout the indoor and outdoor seasons with a personal best of 6.32m. She had also gone on after her first NCAA East Preliminary appearance to have some international competition success where she had a bronze medal finish at the Spanish U23 Championships and also a 7th place finish at the Spanish Championships. In her first year under Honeycutt, Claudine Raud-Gumiel was also an impact. She garnered a bronze medal in both indoor and outdoor SBC Championships as well as a breaking the indoor school record in the Pentathlon with a score of 3791 and gained a personal best in the Heptathlon with a score of 5265. She also went on to get 4th place in the French U23 Championships in the 100mH.
In Honeycutt’s second season he had continued to build his group’s success. He had coached both Eunice Ilunga Mbuyi and Ali Eren Unlu to NCAA Outdoor East Regional qualification, Unlu in the high jump, Ilunga Mbuyi in the long jump and triple jump. Additionally, Eunice Ilunga Mbuyi earned the Sun Belt Conference Champion in both long jump (6.16 meters) and triple jump (12.89 meters) outdoors as well as Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year. In the indoor season she came away in long jump with an eighth-place finish (5.83 meters) and a silver medal in the triple jump (12.87 meters). In her first season with Honeycutt, Eunice had also broken both indoor and outdoor triple jump records, now at 12.87 meters and 13.25 meters respectively, which had previously been in place since 1986. Unlu also had much success under Honeycutt in the freshman’s first conference championships appearance attaining bronze medal finishes indoor (2.11 meters) and outdoor (2.14m). Other notable accomplishments of Honeycutt’s group include Olaia Becerril Alvarez’s outdoor conference championship finish in the long jump (8th place), freshman decathlete Bailey Couch’s outdoor conference championship finish in the Javelin (6th place), freshman heptathlete Savanna Lawson’s outdoor conference championship finish in the Heptathlon (7th place), and Rebekka Schubert’s school record performance and bronze medal finish at the indoor conference championship in the pentathlon. Honeycutt’s group attained half of the individual medals for the team in the indoor and outdoor championship seasons. His group has also attained several top 10 all-time performances.
In his first season on the bayou, Honeycutt coached Ronald Henderson Jr. to NCAA Outdoor East Regional qualification in the long jump and high jump guiding him to personal bests of 7.43m and 2.14m respectively. He also coached Rebekka Schubert to a fifth-place finish in the long jump (6.00 meters) and eighth-place in the heptathlon, Darryl Givens to a sixth-place result in the decathlon and Khrystyan Reddic (5.93 meters) to seventh in the long jump at the Sun Belt Conference Championship. Reddic improved her personal best by 60 centimeters. During the indoor season, Honeycutt helped coach Reggie Shallowhorn (2.00 meters) to sixth place and Schubert to seventh in the pentathlon at the Sun Belt Conference Championship.Â
Prior to ULM, Honeycutt coached at Colgate, where he was an assistant track & field coach for the Raiders under previous head coach, Harlis Meaders. He was responsible for overseeing the development of the programs horizontal and vertical jumps, multis, sprints/hurdles event groups.Â
Prior to Colgate, Honeycutt was an assistant at his alma mater, West Chester University, from 2016-2020. While at WCU, he was responsible for coaching horizontal and vertical jumps, hurdles and assisting with the sprints group. He helped the Golden Rams reach a new level of success coaching the women’s team to a runner-up finish at the 2020 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Indoor Championship, marking the highest finish in program history. He also guided athletes to 31 PSAC qualifying marks, 16 PSAC scoring marks, 4 All-PSAC marks, 2 NCAA provisional qualifying marks, and 1 school record.
Honeycutt began his coaching career with Avon Grove High School in West Grove, Pennsylvania, coaching sprints, hurdles and pole vault.
Honeycutt holds a master’s degree in exercise and sport physiology and owns 6 different USTFCCCA certifications, including a master’s endorsement in the horizontal jumps as well as certifications in track & field technical, jumps event specialist, strength & conditioning coach, combined/multi events and sprints/hurdles/relays.
The native of New Oxford, Pa., also served six years in the U.S. Army National Guard as a Non-Commissioned Officer for Alpha Battery 1-108th Field Artillery 56th Stryker Brigade.
