Track and Field
Fucci, Drew
Drew Fucci
- Title:
- Assistant Coach - Multis/Jumps
- Email:
- afucci@Central.UH.EDU
AWARDS
"Houston's track & field program is near and dear to my heart," Fucci said. "After finishing my collegiate career I spent the next seven years of my track career training for the Olympic trials in 1992 and 1996 at the University of Houston. I was blessed to be coached under Tom Tellez and those years of training is what gave me the inspiration to move into coaching after I retired. I was blessed to have the coaching and facility to help me achieve my goals. I am honored to now have the opportunity to work with such a great staff, athletes and program."
2025 SEASON
INDOOR
Fucci's second indoor season with the Cougars was a successful one as he coached Antrea Mita (high jump), Grant Levesque (Heptathlon) and John Adesola (60-meters) to win their respective events at the Big 12 Conference Championship. Jamar Marshall Jr. posted third in the men's 60-meter hurdles.
Several of Fucci's pupils scored points at the Championship including Kaycee McCoy (4th, women's 60-meter hurdles), Caleb Malbrough (4th, triple jump; 5th, long jump), Christopher Johnson (6th, triple jump; 8th, long jump), Turey Stoudemire (6th, high jump), My'Kell Beck (7th, high jump), Anthony Trucks (7th, 60-meter hurdles) and Kevin Snyder (8th, triple jump).
Mita and Marshall Jr., qualified to the 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships as Mita earned First Team All-America honors with his eighth place finish in the high jump while Marshall Jr., finished 16th for Second Team All-America.
OUTDOOR
Fucci was named the 2025 USTFCCCA South Central Region Men's Outdoor Track & Field Assistant Coach of the Year following a successful outdoor season. His group of hurdlers, high jumpers and decathletes earned 49 of the 96 points scored at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship while two hurdlers and one decathlete accounted for Houston's 15 points at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
At the Big 12 Championship, four Cougars scored a total of 19 points in the 110-meter hurdles highlighted by Big 12 Champion Jamar Marshall Jr.'s time of 13.13 to set both a meet and school record. John Adesola placed third in the 110-meter hurdles and finished fourth in the 100-meter. Jairius Burton placed seventh and Anthony Trucks finished eighth.
Following Marshall Jr.'s Big 12 win and impressive time, he went on to receive votes on The Bowerman Watch List. Marshall Jr.'s time was tied for the fastest wind-legal time heading into nationals and was also the fifth all-time fastest in NCAA history.
Grant Levesque earned second in the decathlon with 7,848 points, just three points from setting a school record.
Houston's high jump squad collected 17 points with Antrea Mita in second place, My'Kell Beck in third and Turey Stoudemire's seventh-place finish.
Fucci and the Cougars concluded the 2025 season with a 19th-place finish and earned four individual All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
In the 110-meter hurdles, Adesola placed third while Marshall Jr. finished fourth to earn First Team All-America recognition. Levesque posted a fifth-place finish in the decathlon for First Team, and Mita earned Second Team honors in the high jump.
2024 SEASON
INDOOR
During his first indoor season with the Cougars, Fucci guided Grant Levesque to win the 2024 Big 12 Championship heptathlon title with a meet and school record 6,068 points. At the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships, Levesque earned Second Team All-America honors with a 10th place finish in the heptathlon. Levesque set an NCAA heptathlon pole vault record with his clearance of 5.46m.
OUTDOOR
In addition to the multis and jumpers, Fucci coached the hurdlers as he helped guide De'Vion Wilson to become the 2024 Big 12 110-meter hurdles champion, including resetting the school record on multiple occasions. Wilson earned First Team All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and was a finalist in the 110-meter hurdles at the 2024 USATF Olympic Trials. Fucci also guided David Ajama to Second Team All-America honors in the triple jump and Mita earned an honorable mention recognition in the high jump.
PRIOR TO HOUSTON
Fucci coached at Rice first as a volunteer coach and was later promoted to assistant coach in June 2017 where he coached multi-event athletes. Fucci guided Grant Levesque to an All-American Second Team honor at the 2023 NCAA Championships in the decathlon where he finished ninth with 7,739 points while setting a personal best in three events (100-meter dash, 1,500 meters, shot put). Levesque also set a personal high in points weeks prior at the C-USA Championships with 7,903 points, finishing second.
Fucci has worked with some of the top decathletes in the country, including Rice alumnus Ryan Harlan. Harlan was 2004 NCAA decathlon champion and three-time Olympic trials qualifier. He has coached nationally-ranked decathletes Wesley Bray and Scott Filip, and he coached two-time USA high jump champion Jeron Robinson and 2016 Olympian long jumper Yvonne Trevino.
PERSONAL
Ranked seventh in the nation and 40th in the world by Track and Field news, Fucci emerged in 1989 as one of the most promising young decathletes in the United States. Fucci opened the 1989 season with a 7,052-point effort and then set personal-bests in every meet after that. Fucci won the Southland Conference title with a score of 7,479 points and finished third with 7,748 points at the NCAA Championships earning him first team All-American status. Fucci then competed at the Houston TAC Championships, predecessor of USA Track and Field, and finished seventh with a score of 7,748 points. His 1989 season culminated with a gold media in the USA vs. Canada vs. Japan meet at Mt. St. Mary’s College as he became the first Bobcat to win in international competition.
Fucci followed up his successful first season with the Bobcats with a historic senior season. He started the season taking first place at the Texas Relays (7,796 points). Fucci then went on to win the national title with a score of 7,922 points, which was a school record in the decathlon.
Following his collegiate career, Fucci competed internationally and won the Spanish National Championship in Barcelona in 1991 and also won the Olympic Festival decathlon in 1995. He had a personal-best decathlon score of 8,227 and was a five-time member of the Visa Decathlon team. In 1996, he set a world record with a five-man team score average of 8,121 points at the Visa cup. Fucci qualified for the Olympic trials twice in 1992 and 1996. Fucci ranked in the top-10 in the U.S. from 1989-1997 and ranked in the top-30 in the world five times.
Fucci graduated from Texas State in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice and was inducted into 2023 Texas State Hall of Honor.
He is married to Rachel Hopkins and has a daughter (Sydney) and a son (Myles).
- 2025 USTFCCCA South Central Region Men's Outdoor Track & Field Assistant Coach of the Year
"Houston's track & field program is near and dear to my heart," Fucci said. "After finishing my collegiate career I spent the next seven years of my track career training for the Olympic trials in 1992 and 1996 at the University of Houston. I was blessed to be coached under Tom Tellez and those years of training is what gave me the inspiration to move into coaching after I retired. I was blessed to have the coaching and facility to help me achieve my goals. I am honored to now have the opportunity to work with such a great staff, athletes and program."
2025 SEASON
INDOOR
Fucci's second indoor season with the Cougars was a successful one as he coached Antrea Mita (high jump), Grant Levesque (Heptathlon) and John Adesola (60-meters) to win their respective events at the Big 12 Conference Championship. Jamar Marshall Jr. posted third in the men's 60-meter hurdles.
Several of Fucci's pupils scored points at the Championship including Kaycee McCoy (4th, women's 60-meter hurdles), Caleb Malbrough (4th, triple jump; 5th, long jump), Christopher Johnson (6th, triple jump; 8th, long jump), Turey Stoudemire (6th, high jump), My'Kell Beck (7th, high jump), Anthony Trucks (7th, 60-meter hurdles) and Kevin Snyder (8th, triple jump).
Mita and Marshall Jr., qualified to the 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships as Mita earned First Team All-America honors with his eighth place finish in the high jump while Marshall Jr., finished 16th for Second Team All-America.
OUTDOOR
Fucci was named the 2025 USTFCCCA South Central Region Men's Outdoor Track & Field Assistant Coach of the Year following a successful outdoor season. His group of hurdlers, high jumpers and decathletes earned 49 of the 96 points scored at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship while two hurdlers and one decathlete accounted for Houston's 15 points at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
At the Big 12 Championship, four Cougars scored a total of 19 points in the 110-meter hurdles highlighted by Big 12 Champion Jamar Marshall Jr.'s time of 13.13 to set both a meet and school record. John Adesola placed third in the 110-meter hurdles and finished fourth in the 100-meter. Jairius Burton placed seventh and Anthony Trucks finished eighth.
Following Marshall Jr.'s Big 12 win and impressive time, he went on to receive votes on The Bowerman Watch List. Marshall Jr.'s time was tied for the fastest wind-legal time heading into nationals and was also the fifth all-time fastest in NCAA history.
Grant Levesque earned second in the decathlon with 7,848 points, just three points from setting a school record.
Houston's high jump squad collected 17 points with Antrea Mita in second place, My'Kell Beck in third and Turey Stoudemire's seventh-place finish.
Fucci and the Cougars concluded the 2025 season with a 19th-place finish and earned four individual All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
In the 110-meter hurdles, Adesola placed third while Marshall Jr. finished fourth to earn First Team All-America recognition. Levesque posted a fifth-place finish in the decathlon for First Team, and Mita earned Second Team honors in the high jump.
2024 SEASON
INDOOR
During his first indoor season with the Cougars, Fucci guided Grant Levesque to win the 2024 Big 12 Championship heptathlon title with a meet and school record 6,068 points. At the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships, Levesque earned Second Team All-America honors with a 10th place finish in the heptathlon. Levesque set an NCAA heptathlon pole vault record with his clearance of 5.46m.
OUTDOOR
In addition to the multis and jumpers, Fucci coached the hurdlers as he helped guide De'Vion Wilson to become the 2024 Big 12 110-meter hurdles champion, including resetting the school record on multiple occasions. Wilson earned First Team All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and was a finalist in the 110-meter hurdles at the 2024 USATF Olympic Trials. Fucci also guided David Ajama to Second Team All-America honors in the triple jump and Mita earned an honorable mention recognition in the high jump.
PRIOR TO HOUSTON
Fucci coached at Rice first as a volunteer coach and was later promoted to assistant coach in June 2017 where he coached multi-event athletes. Fucci guided Grant Levesque to an All-American Second Team honor at the 2023 NCAA Championships in the decathlon where he finished ninth with 7,739 points while setting a personal best in three events (100-meter dash, 1,500 meters, shot put). Levesque also set a personal high in points weeks prior at the C-USA Championships with 7,903 points, finishing second.
Fucci has worked with some of the top decathletes in the country, including Rice alumnus Ryan Harlan. Harlan was 2004 NCAA decathlon champion and three-time Olympic trials qualifier. He has coached nationally-ranked decathletes Wesley Bray and Scott Filip, and he coached two-time USA high jump champion Jeron Robinson and 2016 Olympian long jumper Yvonne Trevino.
PERSONAL
Ranked seventh in the nation and 40th in the world by Track and Field news, Fucci emerged in 1989 as one of the most promising young decathletes in the United States. Fucci opened the 1989 season with a 7,052-point effort and then set personal-bests in every meet after that. Fucci won the Southland Conference title with a score of 7,479 points and finished third with 7,748 points at the NCAA Championships earning him first team All-American status. Fucci then competed at the Houston TAC Championships, predecessor of USA Track and Field, and finished seventh with a score of 7,748 points. His 1989 season culminated with a gold media in the USA vs. Canada vs. Japan meet at Mt. St. Mary’s College as he became the first Bobcat to win in international competition.
Fucci followed up his successful first season with the Bobcats with a historic senior season. He started the season taking first place at the Texas Relays (7,796 points). Fucci then went on to win the national title with a score of 7,922 points, which was a school record in the decathlon.
Following his collegiate career, Fucci competed internationally and won the Spanish National Championship in Barcelona in 1991 and also won the Olympic Festival decathlon in 1995. He had a personal-best decathlon score of 8,227 and was a five-time member of the Visa Decathlon team. In 1996, he set a world record with a five-man team score average of 8,121 points at the Visa cup. Fucci qualified for the Olympic trials twice in 1992 and 1996. Fucci ranked in the top-10 in the U.S. from 1989-1997 and ranked in the top-30 in the world five times.
Fucci graduated from Texas State in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice and was inducted into 2023 Texas State Hall of Honor.
He is married to Rachel Hopkins and has a daughter (Sydney) and a son (Myles).
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