Petros Kyprianou


Petros Kyprianou is a Cypriot track and field coach. He is current director of track and field and cross country at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the former head coach of the University of Georgia track and field teams. Kyprianou was voted the United States Track & Field/CC Coaches Association 2018 Indoor & Outdoor National Coach of the Year following two historic first NCAA team titles for the University of Georgia track and field. Additionally, Kyprianou was the 2017 Outdoor National Women's Coach of the year following a very close NCAA runner up finish to Oregon. The Bulldogs have amassed 12 top 4 NCAA finishes the last five seasons.
Kyprianou has developed and currently coaching several Olympians, World Championships medalists, NCAA & USA National champions, NCAA All Americans and American record holders, including:
Kyprianou has served as an Olympic coach for four different Olympic national teams in the last three Olympic Games.