Kennesaw State University Athletics

Coach Goss enters his 6th year as jumps coach with the Owls. He coached high school and youth track for 8 years before joining the KSU coaching staff. A number of his former athletes achieved national ranking in Junior Olympic competition.  Goss retired from the Cobb County School Public School system after teaching middle school health and physical education for 32 years.

The past three seasons, Owls jumpers have achieved numerous top finishes in conference, USATF and region competition. These top performers include Suzzette Van Lare, who finished 8th in the young women’s triple jump at the 2009 USATF National Junior Championships, Eugene, Oregon. The 2009 Atlantic Sun indoor season includes Jakia Ragland with a record braking victory in the high jump posting a mark of 5’8.25”.  Arthur qualified for the 2010 NCAA Championships East Preliminary Roundwith a distance of 41’4” in the triple jump, winning the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship that season. 

On the men's side, senior Jerome McKinzie has dominated the Atlantic Sun Conference men’s high jump his entire career with Kennesaw State. The 2010 indoor and outdoor A-Sun champion qualified for the Indoor and Outdoor NCAA Championships that year, as well, making it to the Outdoor Finals in Eugene, Ore.. McKinzie’s best mark was 7’2.5”. Sophomore Cameron Zeman has followed in McKinzie’s footsteps with a personal best of 7’.25”.  Anjoun Armaly, new to the Owls program, has established himself as a solid performer, breaking the indoor A-Sun Triple Jump record with a mark of 49’6”.

Goss’s philosophy is to blend the art and science of human performance into the drama of competition and personal goals.  Coach Goss is High Performance Chair of the USATF - GA chapter.  He is a strong proponent of coaches education and maintains membership and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist certification in the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

Goss resides in Forsyth County and has a daughter, Stacy, who lives in Atlanta.