Elaine Derricott joins the VCU Track & Field Program as an assistant coach for the 2025-2026 season following her time at Richard Bland College. Prior to Richard Bland, Derricott also served as an assistant track and field coach at Monmouth, Richmond, Virginia Union, and Mississippi Valley State. She also served as a Graduate Assistant coach at Eastern Kentucky and a strength and conditioning intern at Marshall. Derricott also spent nearly two years as the head recruiting coach at NCSA College Recruiting in Bradenton, Fla.
Derricott spent one season at Richard Bland where she coached six athletes who qualified for the NJCAA National Championship meet, including freshman Michaelyn Fisher who was named to the NJCAA All-American team after a podium finish in the long jump. Additionally, Derricott led strong sprint teams for the Statesmen as both the men and women had top performers throughout the indoor and outdoor season. On the women’s side, Jayla Werts and Ja’Miya Muse dominated with several sprint victories each as well as numerous top finishes. On the men’s side, Zion Richardson-Keys and Deonte Harris had strong seasons under Derricott’s leadership. Richardson-Keys dominated in multiple events including the 60-,100-, and 200-meter dashes as well as the long jump. Deonte Harris also dominated the 110 meter hurdles with four top-4 finishes as well as a strong showing in the triple jump at the 2025 Aggie Classic.
Prior to Richard Bland, Derricott spent nearly two years as the head recruiting coach at NCSA recruiting. In this role, she guided high school student-athletes through the college recruiting process. NCSA is the largest recruiting platform in the world as a part of IMG Academy and Derricott was a part of a team of more than 1,100 recruiting experts.Â
Additionally, Derricott spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Monmouth where she coached the sprints and hurdles. During her first season, she coached Khalid Slocum who dominated the indoor season in multiple sprint events including five top-2 finishes in the six events he competed in. In her tenure, she coached eight men and nine women who recorded top-10 finishes in program history for their respective events. This includes a dominant performance for the women in the 300-meter dash at the 2021 Wagner Seahawk Shootout. Five Hawks finished in the top 10 for that event and four of them recorded top 10 finishes in program history for the event (Madison Latimer, Brianna Rubio, Alondra Church, Anne Rutledge).Â
At Richmond, Derricott spent two seasons as the Assistant Track Coach, working with the sprinters, jumpers and hurdlers. She was a part of the recruiting coordination that saw their team double their numbers from eight to 16. During her time in Richmond, her team consisted of four USA Track & Field U-20 National Qualifiers, six NCAA Regional Qualifiers, and two NCAA All-Academic Team members. She was also named the school’s SAAC Assistant Coach of the Year in 2018.
Prior to Richmond, Derricott spent the 2016-17 season at Virginia Union. She joined the VUU Athletic Department as an Assistant Men's and Women's Track and Field/Cross Country coach in the fall of 2016 where she served as the Recruiting Coordinator and worked directly with the sprints, jumps, hurdles and multi-events. In addition, she assisted with both cross country teams. During her first year, VUU saw a Second Team NCAA DII All-American in the 60-meter dash, 42 conference scores, 11 All-Conference performances, three conference champions, 96 personal best performances, and the men's team achieving the highest GPA within the CIAA. Additionally the men's cross country team was crowned CIAA Champions, while the women's team earned runner-up. During the outdoor championships the men's team finished as the league's runner-up.
Before VUU, Derricott served as a graduate assistant coach at Eastern Kentucky, where she coached jumps, throws, and sprints and assisted in the development of the cross country team. During her first year EKU saw one Ohio Valley Conference Champion, three All-Conference athletes, nine conference scorers' during indoor, and 13 conference scorers in outdoor under her direction.
Prior to EKU, Derricott worked with athletes at Armstrong High School (Richmond, VA) where the boy's team won the Conference Championship and the girls were crowned the Conference runner-up. Derricott guided 11 Conference Champions, eight Regional Qualifiers, one VHSL State Champion, and two National Qualifiers.
As a student-athlete, Derricott was a seven-time NCAA Division I All-Conference athlete, and 12-time conference scorer. She began her collegiate track career at Radford where she was the Big South Conference Pentathlon Champion, Freshman of the Year, and set the conference pentathlon record before transferring to Marshall. At Marshall, she became the first ever heptathlon conference champion for the Thundering Herd, as well as earning three Conference USA All-Conference finishes in the multi events. Derricott was also a member of the Herd's record-holding, All-CUSA and NCAA East Preliminary qualifying 4x400 and 4x100 relay teams
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