Nicole Irons is in her seventh season as Pacific’s pole vault coach, bringing her wealth of experience in the event to the Boxers’ young stable of vaulters.
Irons was a four-year standout in the vault at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, where she holds the school’s second-best all-time mark in the event. She was a four-time Cascade Conference champion and qualified for the NAIA National Championships all four season from 1998 to 2001.
At the NAIA Championships, Irons placed in the top-10 three times and earned All-American honors in 2000 and 2001.
Following her competitive career, Irons spent one season assisting the coaching staff at Southern Oregon in the vault. She also spent one season as an assistant coach for the vault at Post Falls (Idaho) High School.
In addition to the pole vault, Irons has excelled in both the triathlon and mountain biking. She also played four years of semi-professional women’s football with the Oregon Thunder and Eugene Edge.
A native of Post Falls, Idaho, Irons graduated from Southern Oregon in 2002 with a degree in biology and a minor in chemistry. When not coaching, Irons is employed as a department supervisor and analytical chemist at TestAmerica, an environmental testing agency in Beaverton.
