Arthur “Iggy” Ignaczak coaches jumps, pole vault, and the combined events for Stanford, arriving before the 2020 season.
Under Ignaczak, Alyssa Jones has placed among the top-four in the long jump at the NCAA indoor and outdoor championships four times through her first two years and won two conference outdoor titles. She also reached the U.S. Olympic Trials long jump final in 2024 and broke the Stanford indoor pentathlon record in her first attempt at a multi. Jones will be a junior in 2025.
As a freshman, Jones set U.S. under-20 and Pac-12 Conference records while finishing as the NCAA outdoor runner-up. She also won the U.S. U20 title, and was fourth at the U.S. Outdoor and the NCAA Indoor championships.
Jones jumped 22-6 1/4 (6.86) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to also break a 32-year-old school record. Jones also high-jumped 6-0 (1.83), the highest by a Stanford jumper in 25 years.
Pole vaulter Garrett Brown earned first-team All-America honors indoors with his eighth-place NCAA finish in 2023. He and John Kroeger were NCAA outdoor qualifiers who were part of the Stanford's third-place men's team, which earned its highest team finish in 23 years. Another of Ignaczak's athletes, Kevin Yang, won the Pac-12 men's triple jump title and was named as an Academic All-American.
Brown and Yang went on to win Academic All-America honors in 2024.
In 2022, two of his athletes -- triple jumper Keyshawn King and heptathlete Allie Jones -- set school outdoor records and placed fourth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. In addition, pole vaulter Max Manson eclipsed 18 feet and reached the NCAA Championships, and Brown broke Olympian Toby Stevenson's Stanford freshman record and placed fourth at the 2022 World U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.
King, who also reached the USATF Championships triple jump final in 2022, was Stanford's highest NCAA placer in the triple jump since 1960. He was the Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year for men's track and field and was named Academic All-American. His best jump of 55-0 1/4 (16.77m) was a Stanford absolute record.
Allie Jones won the Pac-12 heptathlon title and her best of 5,832 points broke a school record held since 1999 by NCAA champion Tracye Lawyer. Jones went on to represent the U.S. in the Thorpe Cup, a multi-events dual against Germany.
In Ignaczak's first outdoor season at Stanford, King advanced all the way to the U.S. Olympic Trials final, placing 12th. King was the first active Stanford triple jumper to advance to an Olympic Trials final since 1960.
In addition, Allie Jones earned All-America honors in the heptathlon, placing 10th at the NCAA Championships, second in the Pac-12, and pole vaulters J.T. Herrscher and Erika Malaspina advanced to the NCAA West Prelims.
Before coming to Stanford, Ignaczak spent two seasons at Eastern Michigan and, prior to that, 3 1/2 years at Central Arkansas. He began his collegiate coaching career at Saint Francis University, where he earned his master’s of education with a focus on leadership in 2013.
At Eastern Michigan, Ignaczak coached the women’s jumps, multis, and throws. He helped coach the Eagles to the 2018 Mid-American Conference women’s indoor championship, with his athletes scoring in every jumps event. He coached athletes to 10 school top-10 performances, one school record, and coached a conference freshman field performer of the year.
Two of his athletes advanced to the NCAA East Prelims in 2018, in the triple jump and pole vault. Jannina Pollatz advanced to the NCAA East Prelims twice in the pole vault and cleared a collegiate best of 13-8 ¼ (4.18 meters). Ignaczak also coached Kadian Clarke to a school record in the weight throw, at 61-4 (18.69m).
At Central Arkansas, Ignaczak coached the short sprints, hurdles, jumps, and multis. His athletes set 29 school records and earned more than 100 school top-10 performances. He had seven NCAA East Prelims qualifiers, and had qualifiers in each of the NCAA indoor and outdoor championships, earning two NCAA All-America honors. High jumper Eric Moore became UCA's first NCAA Division I championships qualifier with a jump of 7-2 1/2 (2.20m), and Ignaczak coached athletes to USATF qualification in the high jump and a USATF junior qualification in the 110 hurdles.
Before Central Arkansas, Ignaczak coached sprints, hurdles, and jumps coach for the Jersey Shore Elite Track Club. He also oversaw speed training at the All-Star Sports Academy in his hometown of Toms River, New Jersey.
At Saint Francis, Ignaczak coached the jumps and multis, and assisted with sprints, hurdles, and relays. He coached one conference champion, and his athletes set two school records, and earned 14 school top-10 performances. Ignaczak also assisted the Red Flash in earning a runner-up finish in the Northeast Conference in 2013, resulting in Women’s Coaching Staff of the Year honors.
Ignaczak was a school-record hurdler and team captain at Toms River High School North. He was a New Jersey Open outdoor champion in the 110 high hurdles while competing for Shore Athletic Club.
At Mount Saint Mary’s University, Ignaczak was a Northeast Conference finalist indoors and outdoors, and earned his degree in 2010. He began his coaching career at Monsignor Donovan High in Toms River, coaching the sprints, hurdles, relays, jumps, and throws. He had three all-state athletes and one national qualifier.
Ignaczak has USATF (Levels I, II, and III) certifications in the jumps and combined events, and an IAAF Level 5 certification in the jumps.
Under Ignaczak, Alyssa Jones has placed among the top-four in the long jump at the NCAA indoor and outdoor championships four times through her first two years and won two conference outdoor titles. She also reached the U.S. Olympic Trials long jump final in 2024 and broke the Stanford indoor pentathlon record in her first attempt at a multi. Jones will be a junior in 2025.
As a freshman, Jones set U.S. under-20 and Pac-12 Conference records while finishing as the NCAA outdoor runner-up. She also won the U.S. U20 title, and was fourth at the U.S. Outdoor and the NCAA Indoor championships.
Jones jumped 22-6 1/4 (6.86) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to also break a 32-year-old school record. Jones also high-jumped 6-0 (1.83), the highest by a Stanford jumper in 25 years.
Pole vaulter Garrett Brown earned first-team All-America honors indoors with his eighth-place NCAA finish in 2023. He and John Kroeger were NCAA outdoor qualifiers who were part of the Stanford's third-place men's team, which earned its highest team finish in 23 years. Another of Ignaczak's athletes, Kevin Yang, won the Pac-12 men's triple jump title and was named as an Academic All-American.
Brown and Yang went on to win Academic All-America honors in 2024.
In 2022, two of his athletes -- triple jumper Keyshawn King and heptathlete Allie Jones -- set school outdoor records and placed fourth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. In addition, pole vaulter Max Manson eclipsed 18 feet and reached the NCAA Championships, and Brown broke Olympian Toby Stevenson's Stanford freshman record and placed fourth at the 2022 World U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.
King, who also reached the USATF Championships triple jump final in 2022, was Stanford's highest NCAA placer in the triple jump since 1960. He was the Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year for men's track and field and was named Academic All-American. His best jump of 55-0 1/4 (16.77m) was a Stanford absolute record.
Allie Jones won the Pac-12 heptathlon title and her best of 5,832 points broke a school record held since 1999 by NCAA champion Tracye Lawyer. Jones went on to represent the U.S. in the Thorpe Cup, a multi-events dual against Germany.
In Ignaczak's first outdoor season at Stanford, King advanced all the way to the U.S. Olympic Trials final, placing 12th. King was the first active Stanford triple jumper to advance to an Olympic Trials final since 1960.
In addition, Allie Jones earned All-America honors in the heptathlon, placing 10th at the NCAA Championships, second in the Pac-12, and pole vaulters J.T. Herrscher and Erika Malaspina advanced to the NCAA West Prelims.
Before coming to Stanford, Ignaczak spent two seasons at Eastern Michigan and, prior to that, 3 1/2 years at Central Arkansas. He began his collegiate coaching career at Saint Francis University, where he earned his master’s of education with a focus on leadership in 2013.
At Eastern Michigan, Ignaczak coached the women’s jumps, multis, and throws. He helped coach the Eagles to the 2018 Mid-American Conference women’s indoor championship, with his athletes scoring in every jumps event. He coached athletes to 10 school top-10 performances, one school record, and coached a conference freshman field performer of the year.
Two of his athletes advanced to the NCAA East Prelims in 2018, in the triple jump and pole vault. Jannina Pollatz advanced to the NCAA East Prelims twice in the pole vault and cleared a collegiate best of 13-8 ¼ (4.18 meters). Ignaczak also coached Kadian Clarke to a school record in the weight throw, at 61-4 (18.69m).
At Central Arkansas, Ignaczak coached the short sprints, hurdles, jumps, and multis. His athletes set 29 school records and earned more than 100 school top-10 performances. He had seven NCAA East Prelims qualifiers, and had qualifiers in each of the NCAA indoor and outdoor championships, earning two NCAA All-America honors. High jumper Eric Moore became UCA's first NCAA Division I championships qualifier with a jump of 7-2 1/2 (2.20m), and Ignaczak coached athletes to USATF qualification in the high jump and a USATF junior qualification in the 110 hurdles.
Before Central Arkansas, Ignaczak coached sprints, hurdles, and jumps coach for the Jersey Shore Elite Track Club. He also oversaw speed training at the All-Star Sports Academy in his hometown of Toms River, New Jersey.
At Saint Francis, Ignaczak coached the jumps and multis, and assisted with sprints, hurdles, and relays. He coached one conference champion, and his athletes set two school records, and earned 14 school top-10 performances. Ignaczak also assisted the Red Flash in earning a runner-up finish in the Northeast Conference in 2013, resulting in Women’s Coaching Staff of the Year honors.
Ignaczak was a school-record hurdler and team captain at Toms River High School North. He was a New Jersey Open outdoor champion in the 110 high hurdles while competing for Shore Athletic Club.
At Mount Saint Mary’s University, Ignaczak was a Northeast Conference finalist indoors and outdoors, and earned his degree in 2010. He began his coaching career at Monsignor Donovan High in Toms River, coaching the sprints, hurdles, relays, jumps, and throws. He had three all-state athletes and one national qualifier.
Ignaczak has USATF (Levels I, II, and III) certifications in the jumps and combined events, and an IAAF Level 5 certification in the jumps.