Dana Freeman Named Old Dominion Athletic Conference Women’s Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year The mentor earned the award for the second straight year after guiding the Generals to their second consecutive indoor conference title.
Dana Freeman, head women’s track & field coachDana Freeman, head women’s track & field coach at Washington and Lee University, was named the 2026 Old Dominion Athletic Conference Women’s Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year after leading the Generals to their second consecutive conference title.
Freeman’s squad racked up 195.5 team points to out-pace the University of Lynchburg, which tallied 113 points. The Generals claimed championships in six individual events, produced 37 top eight finishes and notched a pair of school records during the ODAC Championship meet.
W&L went on to qualify three athletes for the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championship, to be held March 13-14 in Birmingham, Alabama. Jesma Evans ’26 qualified in the 400 meters; Bailey Hedgemon ’26 qualified in the weight throw; and Camille Gillum ’26 qualified in the high jump.
Over her career at W&L, Freeman has coached her athletes to 72 individual conference championship titles, while 18 have qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship. Five have gone on to earn All-America status based on their finishes at the national championship meet.
Freeman joined the W&L faculty in 2013 after three years as an assistant track & field coach and director of student-athlete support services at Ashland University. She has also assisted the track & field programs at Roanoke College, the College of Wooster, Radford University and Campbell University. Freeman holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science with a minor in sport management from Kent State University.
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