Charlie Hu was hired as an assistant coach of the New York University men's and women's track & field teams in April 2022. His primary responsibility includes working with the program's jumpers.
In his first year on staff, Hu’s men’s squads finished sixth at both the Indoor and Outdoor University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships and 10th at the Metropolitan Outdoor Championships. Individual highlights included Owen Mountford earning a bronze medal in the shot put at the Indoor UAA’s and taking silver in both the discus and shot put outdoors. Zion Glover captured the 100m at the Chester Quarry Classic, Kristian Zadlo won the same event at the Oscar Moore Invitational, and Mubeen Zainul claimed the 5,000m at the Chester Quarry Classic. Zadlo was also a winner in the pole vault indoors at the Ramapo Opener, while Ryan Tobin was victorious in the mile at the NYC DIII Invitational.
The women’s team posted a fifth-place finish outdoors at the Ramapo College Invitational, securing victories in the 1,500m (Katherin Cheng), 400m (Isre’al Conerly) and pole vault (Nathalie Shoji). Conerly captured a pair of events at the Chester Quarry Classic (200m, 400m), while she (100m), Shoji (pole vault) and Ezri Scott (high jump) were winners at the Oscar Moore Invite. Scott was also victorious in the high jump at the NYC DIII Invitational.
A 2018 graduate of Emory University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, Hu was a walk-on who became a four-year member of the Eagles' Track & Field Team, competing in the triple jump, long jump, high jump, and javelin throw. In 2017, he was named UAA Field Performer of the Year after earning First Team All-UAA accolades for the triple jump and Second Team-All UAA honors for the long jump.
Hu also earned UAA President's Council Scholar-Athlete distinction following the 2017-18 season.
Hu worked as a Staff Consultant for Ernst & Young from July 2018 through October 2020, providing OT security governance for a Fortune 100 power and utility company and cybersecurity metrics data visualization for a Fortune 500 chemical company. He currently serves as Senior Technology Consultant, a position that he has held since October 2020, specializing in data analytics platform implementation and front end website development.
In July 2021, following the death of a close personal friend, Hu committed to running 12 half marathons in 12 months to raise awareness for mental health and raise money to establish a scholarship at Emory.
Hu, who has also volunteered at the St. Paul's House Soup Kitchen three days a week since July 2021, is a native of Shanghai, China, and resides in New York City.
