Cross Country
Stephen Sousa
- Title:
- Assistant Coach, Track & Field
- Email:
- ssousa1@tulane.edu
Stephen Sousa joined the Green Wave as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator in the summer of 2025. He enters his second season on staff in the 2026-27 campaign. He works primarily with the throws and high jump events groups.
Sousa made an immediate impact upon joining the Green Wave, as he immediately guided his athletes to a trio of medals during his first season in 2026. Presley Wolfe was the American runner-up in the indoor pole vault to claim silver. Cara Salsberry then took home a pair of bronze medals in the American Outdoor Track and Field Championships, finishing third in both the hammer throw and discus. Salsberry qualified for the NCAA East First Round in both events and holds the Tulane program record for the hammer with a mark of 59.87m. She is also second in program history in both the outdoor discus and indoor weight throw. Sousa's guidance elevated Aiden Yang to a personal best in the men's javelin, a mark of 35.32m that placed him seventh in program history. It's the best mark achieved by a Tulane in that event since 2018.
Sousa joined the Wave after spending three seasons with the Gamecocks at Jacksonville State. He also holds a USTFCCCA Strength and Conditioning certification.
Prior to his time at Jacksonville State, Sousa coached the multis, hurdles, throws, and high jump event groups for two and a half seasons at Lenoir-Rhyne University. He also helped develop and implement strength and conditioning programs for the throws and multi-event groups.
During his time at Lenoir-Rhyne, Sousa helped the Bears achieve new heights as a program with multiple Top-25 team National Rankings. He helped build one of the best multi-event groups in the country as evidenced by their Division II men's heptathlon squad ranking as high as seventh in Division I, while the women's multi-eventers reached as high as the sixth pentathlon group in Division II.
His athletes at Lenoir-Rhyne broke 16 school records and set 88 Top-10 school marks. Success was not limited to the record books as Sousa also helped train to athletes earn a total of three All-American awards.
Before joining the staff at Lenoir-Rhyne, Sousa was the Head Track & Field Coach at Wingate University for one season where he coached the sprints, jumps, hurdles, multis and throws. He helped his standout athlete at Wingate ultimately rank No. 2 overall in Division II for the 60m hurdles and earn All-American and earned USTFCCCA SE Regional Athlete of the Year honors.
Sousa served as the Director of Cross Country and Track & Field at William Peace University for their inaugural track season in 2019. The first season for the Pacers still stands as the program's most successful season with one athlete becoming the first and only athlete in school history to qualify for the NCAA postseason in any sport.
He began his coaching career at Queens University of Charlotte where he won three conference championships and coached four NCAA All-Americans.
During his collegiate career at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Sousa qualified for three NCAA Championships and earned two NCAA All-American honors in the decathlon and the heptathlon. He also set the school record in both the heptathlon and the javelin.
Sousa earned his Bachelor of Arts in History from Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2017 and later obtained his Master of Leadership from Lenoir-Rhyne.
Sousa made an immediate impact upon joining the Green Wave, as he immediately guided his athletes to a trio of medals during his first season in 2026. Presley Wolfe was the American runner-up in the indoor pole vault to claim silver. Cara Salsberry then took home a pair of bronze medals in the American Outdoor Track and Field Championships, finishing third in both the hammer throw and discus. Salsberry qualified for the NCAA East First Round in both events and holds the Tulane program record for the hammer with a mark of 59.87m. She is also second in program history in both the outdoor discus and indoor weight throw. Sousa's guidance elevated Aiden Yang to a personal best in the men's javelin, a mark of 35.32m that placed him seventh in program history. It's the best mark achieved by a Tulane in that event since 2018.
Sousa joined the Wave after spending three seasons with the Gamecocks at Jacksonville State. He also holds a USTFCCCA Strength and Conditioning certification.
Prior to his time at Jacksonville State, Sousa coached the multis, hurdles, throws, and high jump event groups for two and a half seasons at Lenoir-Rhyne University. He also helped develop and implement strength and conditioning programs for the throws and multi-event groups.
During his time at Lenoir-Rhyne, Sousa helped the Bears achieve new heights as a program with multiple Top-25 team National Rankings. He helped build one of the best multi-event groups in the country as evidenced by their Division II men's heptathlon squad ranking as high as seventh in Division I, while the women's multi-eventers reached as high as the sixth pentathlon group in Division II.
His athletes at Lenoir-Rhyne broke 16 school records and set 88 Top-10 school marks. Success was not limited to the record books as Sousa also helped train to athletes earn a total of three All-American awards.
Before joining the staff at Lenoir-Rhyne, Sousa was the Head Track & Field Coach at Wingate University for one season where he coached the sprints, jumps, hurdles, multis and throws. He helped his standout athlete at Wingate ultimately rank No. 2 overall in Division II for the 60m hurdles and earn All-American and earned USTFCCCA SE Regional Athlete of the Year honors.
Sousa served as the Director of Cross Country and Track & Field at William Peace University for their inaugural track season in 2019. The first season for the Pacers still stands as the program's most successful season with one athlete becoming the first and only athlete in school history to qualify for the NCAA postseason in any sport.
He began his coaching career at Queens University of Charlotte where he won three conference championships and coached four NCAA All-Americans.
During his collegiate career at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Sousa qualified for three NCAA Championships and earned two NCAA All-American honors in the decathlon and the heptathlon. He also set the school record in both the heptathlon and the javelin.
Sousa earned his Bachelor of Arts in History from Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2017 and later obtained his Master of Leadership from Lenoir-Rhyne.
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