Wenley Louis joined the St. John Fisher men’s and women’s track and field programs (indoor/outdoor) as an assistant coach in 2013. Since 2023, he has been the head coach of the Cardinals’ women’s track and field teams and the recruiting coordinator for both the men’s and women’s programs.
Louis specializes in coaching jumps and combined-event athletes for the men’s and women’s teams. Under his direction, the Cardinals have had a jumper or multi-event athlete qualify for the NCAA Division III Championships in each of the last 19 seasons, counting indoor and outdoor. Louis guided the likes of Kyle Rollins, Mark VanMarter and Devin Cornelius to a combined five individual national titles, 17 All-America awards and 19 NCAA National Championship appearances.
Cornelius became the first track and field athlete to represent Fisher in the NCAA Championships during the 2013-14 indoor and outdoor seasons. Cornelius became the program’s first All-American the following year, earning first-team honors in the indoor heptathlon.
Mark VanMarter claimed the program’s first national title in the long jump during the 2018 indoor season. Louis also mentored 10-time All-American Kyle Rollins to four national championship titles in the high jump and secured a program record 2.22m (7’3.5”) at the US Track and Field National Championship in June 2022.
In 2023, the Cardinals were led by strong performances from Michaela Kurbs and Veronica Duell. Duell and Kurbs finished the regular season nationally ranked 3rd and 4th in the long jump after jumping 19’7” and 19’5.5” respectively. In 2024, Louis guided Sean Cochrane to an All-American performance in the high jump. During the 2025 season, Manny Sepulveda broke the school record in the triple jump (49’-1.5”) and went on to secure All-American honors in the long jump as well as the triple jump.
Heading into the 2026-27 year, Louis will guide 2026 Rookie of the Year Makenna Keough and All-Region triple jumper Kianna Naval.
A native of Rochester, Louis graduated from SUNY Geneseo in 2012 with a B.A. in Psychology. He led the Knights track and field team in the long jump and triple jump as a seven-time SUNYAC champion, ECAC champion and was named an NCAA Division III All-American Award Recipient. Louis still holds the SUNY Geneseo triple jump record at 14.59m (47’11”) and long jump record at 7.77m (25’-06”), which is currently the second-furthest jump in NCAA DIII Indoor Track & Field history. After attending junior college at Alfred State, Louis left his mark on the program as a NJCAA National Champion in the long jump and triple jump All-American.
A graduate of Irondequoit High School, Louis achieved a Master’s Degree in Public Administration in 2018 from SUNY Brockport.
By The Numbers Under Louis (Jumps/Multi Events)
NCAA DIII National Titles Won: 6… Mark Van Marter (2018 indoor long jump), Kyle Rollins 4x (outdoor high jump 3x, indoor high jump 1x)
NCAA DIII All-America Honors Earned: 17… Devin Cornelius (2015 indoor heptathlon), Mark VanMarter 3x (outdoor long jump 2x, indoor long jump 1x), Kyle Rollins 10x (indoor high jump 3x, indoor long jump 1x, outdoor high jump 4x, outdoor triple jump 2x), Sean Cochrane (2024 indoor high jump), Manny Sepulveda 2x (2025 indoor triple jump, 2025 indoor long jump)
Empire 8 Championships Won (Men): 48 (29 indoor, 19 outdoor)
Empire 8 Championships Won (Women): 7 (2 indoor, 5 outdoor)
Updated 9/10/2026
