I joined The College of Wooster as assistant track and field coach in January 2025. Currently I primarily work with the Fighting Scots' throwers and hurdlers and plays a key role in recruiting for the entire program.

I'm excited to bring over twenty years of college assistant track and field coaching experience to Wooster. My coaching career began as a Volunteer Assistant Coach for two years at my track alma mater, Kent State University. Next, I started my professional coaching career at Wake Forest University, responsible for all jumping events and assisting with the sprint and multi-event groups. I loved all nine years with Wake. Then I was the lead assistant coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Kenyon College for seven years, where I mentored and coached the sprints, hurdles, jumps and multi-event groups and at times coached the throwers during my tenure. Currently I'm entering my second year at Wooster.

I helped the Owls to 17 school records in every event group except distance. In 2014 it was an honor to coach Sierra DeLeon to runner-up honors in the 100-meter hurdles, fifth in the 200m and eleventh in the 100m at the Div. III National Championships. DeLeon helped Kenyon finish sixteenth in the country as a team, their highest finish in program history. Other highlights during my time at Kenyon were multiple conference championships from sprinter Jonah Edwards, triple/long jumper Devron Martin, shot putter Jordan Potter, long jumper Tanner Orr, and the recruitment of future shot put record holder, Riley Orth.

At Wake Forest, I was focused on the jumpers, but I also assisted with the sprints and multi-eventer efforts.  While at Wake, I had the incredible great fortune to mentor under Associate Head Coach, and one of the best multi-event coaches in the country, Dr. Scott Hall. Highlights of my work at Wake Forest was two-time all-ACC and former school record holding pole vaulter Jill Ahrens, All-American multi-event athlete Brent LaRue, and NCAA & US National qualifying triple jumpers Erin Brooks and Montasia Golden. And my recruited athletes played a key role in the Demon Deacons 2012 female recruiting class, designated ninth best in the country by Track and Field News, it's first time making the list.

Through my relationship with Dr. Scott Hall, who during the 2008-2012 Olympic cycle worked as the USATF Director of Development for the Combined Events (heptathlon & decathlon), I had the great opportunity to work closely with several national elite-level athletes who moved to Winston-Salem to train with us for international competitions. Highlights of this coaching experience was working closely with USATF National Champion heptathlete and multiple top five decathlon finisher Chris Boyles, 3x top five heptathlon National Champs finisher Lela V. Nelson, top five decathlon Natl Champs finisher Chris Helwick, and two-time Liberian Olympian decathlete Jangy Addy.

“After growing up a pole vaulter, here at Wake I discovered a true love for all events in our sport” - was a quote of mine on a Wake track news story for the school's team site.

I had the fantastic experience of accompanying Team USA as an assistant coach to the 2007 NACAC Combined Events Championship in the Dominican Republic. Highlights from this trip was Nelson’s earning a bronze medal while high jumping a PR 1.82m, and Boyles finishing fourth place, just a few points out of the medals. During the summer of 2011 Clymer worked closely with Addy to achieve a near half-second 100m PR of 10.61, and over a foot long jump PR of 7.76m (25’-5.5”). These improvements helped Addy get back to his second Olympic Games in 2012.

I started my coaching career at my track alma mater immediately after my own eligibility was over at Kent State University. At Kent State, I coached the vertical jumpers. During 1998, we took two jump athletes to Nationals and came back with two All-Americans, 12’-2” female pole vaulter Shannon Gallagher, and 7-4.25" high jumper Michael Caza.

Between coaching gigs, I gained more great experience as a Head Recruiting Coach at IMG Academy/Next College Student Athlete (NCSA), spending three years. I supervised the recruiting progress and program participation for over 1,500 clients, while annually consulting personally with over 900 families in their recruitment. Main responsibilities were evaluating and verifying student-athletes to match them with appropriate college programs, while hosting educational recruiting and technical event workshops for clients. I developed many great relationships during these three years.

During my two years at Wooster coaching the throwers, the group saw great improvements across all events. Every thrower that participated in both indoor and outdoor track a personal record in at least one of their events, most in multiple. Highlights being Robert Mays improving his hammer by nearly 11m to win a conference championship his senior year; Leanna Plank improved her hammer PR by 31’-6” and her discus by 13’-9”; and last but not least, Evie Sanford improved her indoor shot PR by 2'-5" and her outdoor shot PR by 2’-8”. Evie earned both the 2025 NCAC Outdoor and 2026 Indoor Conference championship in the event, the indoor meet won by 1m. Evie has earned multiple All-Region honors and been a top 40 National thrower multiple times. 

I competed as a pole vaulter at Kent State University and earned my Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from High Point University. Then went on to earn a Master’s in Sports Administration from Ohio University. My father, Jim, who was also a very involved and influential force in my life, coached pole vault at the Kent State University and Orville High School for about a decade each and at the College of Wooster for four seasons. My father also co-founded Industrial Vault Club with Mike Jarrett, originally in Orrville, OH before selling the club to Dave Mackey, who moved the club to it's current location in Wooster. 

bclymer@wooster.edu