Coaching Highlights
(As of 3/10/2022)
- Coached two athletes to a total of three All-America teams
- Six of Perkins' athletes have received All-America Honorable Mention awards
- Has had nine athletes earn 11 entries to an NCAA Championship meet
- Has coached athletes to a total of 31 NCAA West Prelims entries in events consisting of 100m, 200m, 4x100m, long jump, triple jump and hurdles
- Helped coach multi-event athlete Chase Dalton to All-America Second Team honors at both the indoor and outdoor 2014 NCAA Track & Field Championships
- Continued to assist Dalton as he took fifth at the 2014 US Track & Field Nationals to make the Thorpe Cup Team
- Coached Tatenda Tsumba to the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships where he was named a second-team All-American in the 200m and received All-America Honorable Mention in the 100m
- Continued to coach Tsumba to the 2016 Zimbabwe Olympic team and 2015 Zimbabwe World Championship Team
- Coached Jaslyn Gardner to break the BYU 100m school record as a freshman with a time of 11.38 in 2019
- Has coached seven individual champions at the MPSF Indoor Championships
- Four of her athletes have competed at the US Track & Field Junior Olympic Championships
- Two-time Assistant Coach of the Year at BYU Athletic's annual Y Awards (2014, 2019)
- Coached two high school national champions in the 400m hurdles, three high school national finalists in the triple jump, and two high school national finalists in the 100m hurdles
Coaching Experience
- BYU Track & Field Assistant Coach (2013-Present)
Running Career
- Ran for Oklahoma State from 1998-2003
- Broke the Oklahoma State 55m hurdles record with a time of 7.84 at the 1998 Simplot Games
- Qualified for and competed in the 2008 AT&T U.S. Indoor National Track and Field Championships in the 60m hurdles
Education
- Oklahoma State (1999-2003)
Personal/Family
- Married to DeShawn Perkins
- Stephani and DeShawn have twin sons named Rayden and Rhys