Bio

Victoria Vinokur is in her second year as Head Track and Field Coach.

In her first season at the helm, Vinokur coached four All-Americans, 10 Heart of America Athletic Conference champions, four Heart Scholar-Athletes, and seven NAIA Scholar-Athletes.  The men's indoor team finished third in the league and the outdoor squad claimed second place.

Vinokur comes to WPU from Missouri Valley College where she served in the same role for four years.  Vinokur, who concentrated primarily on coaching individuals in throws, multi-events, race walk, and horizontal and vertical jumps, was also the director of the cross country programs.

During her tenure at MVC, she guided 18 national qualifiers, five All-Americans, eight Heart of America Athletic Conference champions, and 60 all-Heart performers.  Five school records were broken in her time there.  The men’s hammer and weight throw groups ranked sixth in the NAIA during the 2023 campaign.

She was also a past president of the Heart’s track and field and cross country coaches group.

A 2015 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Superior with a degree in Exercise Science, she has a Master’s of Recreation Management from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in 2017 and a Master’s of Athletics/Activities Administration from William Woods University in 2019.

As a graduate assistant coach at William Woods, Vinokur helped coach 15 national qualifiers, eight All-Americans, eight conference champions, 17 all-conference performers, while 11 school records were broken.

Vinokur also has coaching experience at the prep level at Logan High School (Wis.) from 2016-2017.

At Wisconsin-La Crosse from 2015-2017, Vinokur was a graduate assistant for sport clubs and events, working with 25 competitive and activity club teams.  She also interned with the athletics event staff during the 2016-2017 school year.

Vinokur was a two-sport student-athlete at Wisconsin-Superior, competing in both track and field and volleyball.  She held multiple school records and qualified for nationals on numerous occasions.  Vinokur was a team captain and four-time USTFCCCA all-academic award recipient.

Vinokur owns a USATF Level 1 certification.