Harold Rose

Coaching Highlights
• 1 All-American
• 4 NCAA East First Round qualifications
• 8 SEC scoring performances

Harold Rose was hired as an assistant coach for Vanderbilt track and field in July of 2023. The 2024–25 season marks his second with the Commodores where he primarily works with pole vault and high jump student-athletes. 

Achievements at Vanderbilt – Assistant Coach (2023–present)
During the 2025 indoor season, student-athletes Rose coached broke one school record and posted 13 performances ranking top 10 all-time at Vanderbilt. He guided a Commodore 60-meters hurdles squad that earned the No. 5 spot in the USTFCCCA Event Squad rankings prior to the conference championships. Falon Spearman broke the school record in the 60-meter hurdles and ranked top 10 in the SEC, top 30 in the NCAA at the end of the regular season. Rose tutored Marta Sivina, who placed fourth in the pentathlon at SECs with the No. 2 score in program history, registered a 9-centimeter PR in the high jump and broke the U23 Latvian Record in the 60-meter hurdles. He also coached Devyn Parham, who scored at the SEC Championships competing in her second-ever pentathlon where she recorded personal bests in three of five events. 

In his inaugural season at Vanderbilt, Rose coached Lena Gooden, who advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the long jump as a freshman. He also tutored Madison Murray who scored in the multi at the SEC Indoor and Outdoor Championships. Over the course of the 2023-24 season, Murray improved her lifetime best high jump mark from 1.68 to 1.73 meters. Rose’s coaching efforts also led to Sivina scoring in the heptathlon at SECs.

Prior to Vanderbilt
At LifeTime (2018–23)
Prior to being hired at Vanderbilt, Rose worked with Olympic sport athletes in Ontario, Canada, as a high-performance specialist at LifeTime. He coached Olympian and World Championships bronze medalist Gavin Smellie and World Championships bronze medalist Dontae Richards-Kwok. Since 2017, Rose has coached athletes that have made Team Ontario and has guided athletes to making Team Canada since 2021. He was named the sprints coach for Team Ontario for the 2024 season.

At Florida A&M – Assistant Coach (2016–17)
Before Rose’s work in Canada, he was an assistant coach for men’s and women’s sprints, jumps and hurdles at Florida A&M. His recruiting efforts helped the Rattlers to sign several student-athletes, including Leander Forbes, the No. 1 400-meter runner that year. Rose’s recruiting efforts aided the team in winning the Southwestern Athletic Conference outdoor title in 2018. 

The beginnings of a coaching career (2012–16)
From 2012 to 2016, Rose worked as an athletic director and speed coach, where he installed training systems and mentored coaches for Sanders Elite Training Performance and Titus Sports Academy in Florida. During that time, he was selected for the 2015 World Youth coaching staff and worked with multi, hurdles and pole vault student-athletes. He also led the Big Bend Vault Club where he developed pole vault state champion Sebastian Campos, Golden South champion Nicole Greene and New Balance Nationals 60-meter hurdles runner-up Braxton Canady. In this role, he also supported Jordan Fields in the heptathlon at the World Youth Championships qualifier. 

Personal
As a student-athlete, Rose attended Wolfson High School in Jacksonville, Florida, and went on to compete at Bethune-Cookman University. There, he reset the indoor heptathlon record for three consecutive years. A knee injury ended his career as an athlete but helped him to jump start his career in coaching.  

He is married to Sorayah Rose, and the two have two children, Amelia and Asher Rose. 

Coaching Experience
• Assistant Coach, Vanderbilt (2023–present)
• Sprints Coach, Team Ontario (2024)
• High-Performance Specialist, LifeTime (2018–23)
• Assistant Coach, Florida A&M (2016–17)
• High-Performance Consultant, Sanders Elite Training Performance and Titus Sports Academy (2012–16)