Joe Frye became the Trevecca Nazarene University’s director of cross country and track and field in July 2026, taking over leadership of the Trojans’ men’s and women’s programs after 13 seasons on the coaching staff at Belmont University.
At Belmont, Frye coached the throws, directed strength and conditioning for the cross country and track and field student-athletes, and assisted with recruiting. His throwers won 23 individual conference championships and earned 18 NCAA Preliminary Round qualifications. He was named the 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Assistant Coach of the Year after Belmont’s throws group contributed 54 of the Bruins’ 130 points at the conference outdoor championships.
The 2024 MVC Championships featured three individual titles for Frye’s athletes. Rebekah Stucker swept the shot put and discus and was selected the meet’s Most Valuable Athlete, while Madelyn Quinn won the javelin. The Belmont throws program also sent competitors in all four throwing disciplines to the NCAA East First Round for the first time in school history. During Belmont’s move from the Ohio Valley Conference to the Missouri Valley Conference, Frye helped guide additional conference champions and school-record performances in the shot put and weight throw.
Frye is a USA Track & Field Level II certified coach in throws and in sprints, hurdles and relays. He also holds the National Strength and Conditioning Association’s Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist credential.
A native of Roscommon, Michigan, Frye was one of the most accomplished throwers in Belmont’s NCAA Division I history. He was named the Bruins’ Athlete of the Year and the Atlantic Sun Conference Most Valuable Performer in 2010. That spring, he won the hammer throw and discus at the Atlantic Sun Outdoor Championships and became the program’s first Most Outstanding Field Athlete. He completed his collegiate career holding five school records and was inducted into the Belmont Athletics Hall of Fame in 2022.
Frye continued competing nationally after college, qualifying for nine indoor and four outdoor USA Track and Field national championships. His top national finish was fourth, and he competed in the hammer throw at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials.
Frye graduated from Belmont in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in music business and later earned a master’s degree in sport administration.
His coaching philosophy emphasizes faith, academics, consistent development and accountability within Trevecca’s Christian, Scholar, Athlete model.
He and his wife, Haley, have three children.
