2009-2016, 2019-present
Coach McArthur is in his 14th season as the jumps coach at Lane CC. McArthur
coached the jumpers from 2009-2016 and returned to the staff for the 2019
season. Under his direction, the jumps program has produced 12 individual
NWAC champions and 47 Junior College All-Americans. McArthur coached
jumpers hold the NWAC record in the men’s triple jump and Lane school records
in the men's and women's Triple Jump. Nearly half of the jumpers on Lane’s all-
time top ten lists for Long Jump, Triple Jump, and High Jump have been coached
by McArthur. McArthur has been on the coaching staff for seven NWAC Men’s
championship teams and five Women’s championship teams.
McArthur is a graduate of the University of Oregon and has a Bachelor’s in
Landscape Architecture (B.L.A.) and a Master’s in Community and Regional
Planning (M.C.R.P). McArthur was a jumper/sprinter on the UO track and field
team from 1997-2000 and was a three-year letterman. Highlights include a 6 th
place finish in the Long Jump at the 2000 Pac-10 Championships (24’-0.5”) and
anchoring the Ducks 4x100 meter relay team at the 1997 Pac-10
Championships. A long jump specialist, he has a PR of 24’-9” in the event.
Following the end of his intercollegiate career, McArthur continued to train and
compete for a local Eugene club for several years prior to joining Lane’s staff.
McArthur originally hails from Wasco, OR, and is a graduate of Sherman County
H.S. While competing in the Columbia Basin Conference, he was District
champion in the Long Jump and Triple Jump (1995). He also played tailback on
an undefeated 13-0 Sherman County H.S. state champion football team (1994-
1995) and was a guard on Sherman’s district champion basketball team (1995).
McArthur’s prior coaching experience includes stints as a Jumps Coach at
Oregon Track and Field Camps (1998-2001) and a Volunteer Jumps Coach at
South Eugene H.S. (2004). McArthur has USATF Level 1 certification.