Bio

Eric N’Dri is in his second season as an assistant track coach at Columbia College . N’Dri works primarily with CC’s sprinters, with a focus on the 100 meter, 200 meter, 400 meter dash and 4x100 relay teams. N’Dri was a 4 times Olympian and 7 times world championship where he represented his native country Ivory Coast.

During his first year of coaching at Columbia College in 2019, N’Dri coached Amber Bell to earning a school record and conference indoor title in the 400m. Bell also earned school records in 100m, 200m, and 400m during the outdoor season. His 4x100m relay team also ran a new school record during last season. N’Dri also coached Kelsey White-Kennedy, who earned a school record in the indoor 60m dash. N’Dri's first year coaching was successful and he was able to send a huge message to the rest of the  AAC Conference.

As an athlete, Eric maintained top 20 rankings in the world for 5 consecutive seasons. He set Central State Ohio 100 meter school record and Texas Relay meet College Division record in 2001. A two-time All-American as student-athlete at Central State Ohio 2001. He was a NAIA 100m and 200m National chanmpion.

2012 London Olympics Sprinter/Technique Coach for Ivory Coast National Team.

For three years N'Dri was the coach for Kempsville High were he helped produce numerous national qualifiers, and confernece champions.

Eric comes to Columbia College after coachig at Hampton University.(2016 - 2017) During his two-year stint at Hampton, N’Dri helped coach 11 athletes to All-MEAC indoor honors and five members received All-MEAC outdoor honors. 2016 Hampton University became the first HBCU to win the Men’s Indoor IC4A Championship. He helped Hampton win MEAC 2016 Women’s outdoor conference.