Duane Flowers is set to begin his fifth year with the Methodist track and field program. He has proven his abilities off the track as the recruiting coordinator and on the track as the multi-events/pole vault coach.
During the 2009 season, Flowers coached freshman Alex Spencer to a second place finish in the pole vault at the Mason Dixon Conference Championships. The incoming recruiting class looks to be one of the best the MU track and field program has seen.
Flowers’ coaching experience began in 2004 as an assistant track coach.
He helped several athletes to qualify for the North Carolina High School Track and Field Championships.
His most prominent year came in 2007 while he was the head track and field coach at E. E. Smith high school, where he was awarded the Two Rivers Conference Girls’ Coach of the Year.
Flowers' girls' team finished second in both the conference and the eastern region, and finished third in the state.
He had conference champions in the 100m dash, 200m dash, 100m hurdles, 300m hurdles, 800m relay, high jump, shot put, and discus.
He had regional champions in the 300m hurdles, 400m and 800m relay.
The 400m and 800m relay teams had the second fastest times in the state and both teams were silver medalists in the state championships.
Flowers' top hurdler finished with the silver in the 100m hurdles and the gold in the 300m hurdles.
Flowers ran track at Lake Taylor Senior high school in Norfolk, Va. Upon graduating high school, Flowers served in the United States Army for nine years. Flowers graduated from Fayetteville State University in Dec. 2003 with a B.S. Degree in Mathematics education. Flowers is married and has three children and currently resides in Fayetteville. Flowers also has his USATF level 1 certification.
