Tim Bright - Women's Track & Field Coach - Oregon State University Athletics

Tim Bright

Title:
Volunteer Assistant Coach

Three-time Olympian and world-class decathlete Tim Bright joined the Oregon State track and field staff in the summer of 2019. Bright brings a wealth of Olympic and national championship experience to Corvallis and will be a key addition to the staff.

Bright first won the NCAA Division II decathlon in 1983 where he competed for Division II Abilene Christian University in 1981 and 1983. One year after finishing college, he made his first of three Olympic teams where he competed twice as a decathlete and once as a vaulter.

Bright represented the US in the decathlon at the 1984 Olympics where he finished 12^th. He also represented his country at the 1985 World Cup, 1985 World University Games, 1987 World Championships, 1991 World Championships and the 1992 Olympics. He won the American national championships in decathlon in 1987 where he achieved a personal best score was 8,340 points. At one point he was a world-ranked pole-vaulter who set a decathlon world record during the 1988 Olympics.

After competing in seven events, he set a world record in the pole vault decathlon. He was continually ranked in the top-ten nationally for over ten years. He is a 19’2 plus vaulter and an 8,400 plus decathlete, a three-time Olympian and four-time world champion. His personal best jump was 5.82 meters which he achieved in July 1990 in Nice, France.

Bright most recently served as the assistant coach at Lewis and Clark College (DIII) in Portland where he spent seven years. He also was an assistant coach at Concordia University (DIII).

Olympic History:
Bright was a staple on the U.S. team for nearly a decade – as a decathlete in 1984 and 1988 and a vaulter in 1992. Bright competed in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, finishing 12th in the decathlon. In 1988, he finished seventh in the decathlon at the Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Bright finished his Olympic career by finishing 12th in the pole vault in 1992. Bright attained tremendous success in several World Championship events with top-three finishes.