Boston College has added a decorated sprint and hurdles coach to its track and field staff, with Pete Watson announcing Monday that Kemar Mowatt is joining the Eagles as an assistant coach for sprints and jumps.
Mowatt comes to Chestnut Hill after his second year as the assistant coach for track & field - sprints at Boston University. In his first season there in 2025, he helped guide the BU women to their third Patriot League indoor title in program history. He also coached three All-Patriot League athletes and one gold medalist, while adding 13 marks to the program’s all-time top 10 lists.
Before arriving at BU, Mowatt spent time at Arkansas, where he served as a volunteer assistant track & field coach beginning in 2022 before joining the staff in August of 2024. He worked with the women’s sprints and hurdles group and also handled recruiting coordination duties. During that stretch, Arkansas’ women won the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship.
His Arkansas resume was loaded. Mowatt coached four NCAA individual champions in Rachel Glenn, Nickisha Pryce, Amber Anning and Phillip Lemonious. He also helped athletes win SEC titles and guided his group to four school records.
Mowatt also worked at Hurdle Mechanic Track Club, where he started as an assistant coach in 2023. There, he coached all sprints and hurdles athletes and was one of two coaches responsible for qualifying five athletes to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
His coaching path also included a stop at Clemson, where he served as a volunteer assistant coach and oversaw the development of the men’s and women’s sprints and hurdles groups while helping with marketing efforts. His athletes set three school records there.
Mowatt’s own career was just as accomplished. He ran professionally with Adidas Running from 2019 to 2023 and competed for Team Jamaica, reaching the Olympic semifinal in the 400m hurdles at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games. He was a two-time Jamaican National Champion, a 2017 World Championships finalist in the 400m hurdles, won bronze in the event at the 2019 Pan American Games, was a semifinalist at the 2022 World Athletic Championships and was a 2022 Commonwealth Games Finalist.
As a student-athlete at Arkansas, Mowatt earned nine USTFCCCA All-American honors and was a two-time SEC Outdoor Champion in the 400m hurdles. He collected All-American recognition in the 400m hurdles, the 4x100m relay and the 4x400m relay.
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