Pardon Ndhlovu
Pardon Ndhlovu
Title: Assistant Coach, Second Year
Phone: 706-731-7914
Email: pndhlovu@augusta.edu

He blazed the cross country trails at UNC Pembroke all four years of his collegiate career to earn four NCAA All-American accolades, and now he’s a Jaguar as an assistant to cross country and track field head coach Adam Ward.

Ndhlovu is entering his second year as Ward's top assistant for men's and women's cross country after joining Augusta University in 2013.

He continues to race around the nation and compete in marathons. On Saturday, Dec. 6, one year after placing second at the OUC Orlando Half Marathon around Lake Eola in downtown Orlando, Fla., Augusta assistant cross country coach Pardon Ndhlovu was the first of 3,328 half-marathoners to cross the finish line in the 38th OUC half marathon.

From Harare, Zimbabwe, Ndhlovu garnered his first of four All-American honors after placing 30th out of 182 at the NCAA DII Cross Country National Championships in Evansville, Ind., and was named Freshman of the Year by the Peach Belt Conference in 2009. That season he was named to the USTFCCCA (United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association) All-Region Team, the PBC All-Conference team and earned PBC Runner of the Week three times.

“We are extremely fortunate to have a person with Pardon's experience and achievements joining our staff,” Ward said. “He will provide valuable insight to competing at a high level that our team will benefit from greatly."

Ndhlovu led the Braves in all eight races as a freshman and as a sophomore in 2010, repeated his PBC All-Conference honor, while adding PBC All-Academic, USTFCCCA All-Academic, and the PBC Presidential Honor Roll. He was named PBC Runner of the Week for breaking his own school record in the 8K at the Jaguars’ home meet on Oct. 23, 2010 where he finished first and assisted his team to the overall title. After placing fourth at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships, Ndhlovu made it to the NCAA DII Championships – taking 64th at the 10K in 32:02.3.

His junior and senior years he earned USTFCCCA All-Academic and All-Region status for the third and fourth times and as a junior was named a Capital One Academic All-American, and the USTFCCCA Male Athlete of the Year for the Southeast Region. The dual track and field star could not have ended his career with UNCP in any other fashion than claiming all-American status his senior year in the 5,000m run with a time of 14:47.62 for a seventh place finish at the 2013 NCAA DII Outdoor Track and Field Championships. He was later named PBC Track Athlete of the Year and Southeast Region Men’s Track Athlete of the Year.

Gaining his B.S. in Business Administration from UNPC in May, 2013, Ndhlovu will be a graduate assistant working with middle and long distance athletes.