High Point University Vice President and Athletic Director
Dan Hauser announced the promotion of Remy Tamer as the new HPU Director of Track & Field/Cross Country in Jul7 of 2026. Tamer moved into the new role after the retirement of longtime Head Coach
Mike Esposito.
Tamer is no stranger to the High Point way as he has been HPU's women's cross country coach since August of 2016. In his 10 seasons with the program, he has guided the Panthers to nine straight Big South Conference Women's Cross Country Championship titles (2017-2025). Tamer earned his seventh Big South Coach of the Year honor in 2025 and had five athletes earn All-Conference recognition.
Overall, Tamer has had six Big South Cross Country Runners of the Year and eight individual medalists at the Big South Cross Country Championships. From 2017-2020, Famke Heinst was crowned a four-time Big South Cross Country Runner of the Year and individual medalist. Since then,
Brianna Malone has won three Big South Cross Country Championship individual titles, entering her senior season.
Twenty-five of Tamer's athletes have earned Big South Cross Country All-Conference recognition, winning a total of 51 awards since 2016 – led by four athletes who have been named an All-Conference runner all four years of their college career (Zoe Geis – 2016-2019, Heinst – 2017-2020, Lindsay Ickes – 2018-2022 5th year, and
Charli Montalvo – 2022-2025).
Along with cross country, Tamer has coached the women's distance team during the indoor and outdoor seasons. Since 2016, HPU has won 25 Big South Indoor Track & Field individual titles and currently holds two Big South records in the Mile (4:34.86) and 3000m (9:09.58), both set by Malone. Across the outdoor seasons, the Panthers have won 27 Big South individual titles in the distance events led by Heinst with eight titles alone. High Point holds two Big South Outdoor Track & Field records in the 1500m (4:11.37) set by Malone and the 3000m steeplechase (10:09.14) set by Hannah Brookover.
During Tamer's time, he has had four Big South Track Athletes of the Year, three Most Outstanding Performances at the Big South Track & Field Championships, two Most Valuable Athlete of the Big South Track & Field Championship meets, two Big South Newcomer's of the Year and a Big South Freshman of the Year. Tamer has been a vital piece in the program's championship dominance, winning five straight Big South Men's and Women's Indoor titles and six consecutive Big South Outdoor Men's and Women's titles. Over the past five seasons, the Panthers have won a combined 22 trophies.
At the NCAA East First Rounds, six athletes under Tamer's guidance have qualified including, Heinst, Geis, Ickes, Brookover, Malone and Katie Taylor.
Heinst and Geis were named to the Big South All-Decade team (2010-2019) for their outstanding careers.
During Tamer’s time at HPU, the women distance athletes are responsible for 12 school records and 77 top-10 all time performances.
Tamer Era - Women's Cross Country (2016-2025)
9 (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020-21*, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
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Big South Women's Cross Country Championships |
7 (2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
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Big South Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year |
9 (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020-21*, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
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Regional Appearances as a team |
Tamer joined the HPU staff after spending two years at Florida State University as first a volunteer and then part time coach. There, he helped mentor a number of All-ACC selections and NCAA qualifiers.
During Tamer's time in Tallahassee, women's cross country runners garnered four All-ACC selections and nine USTFCCCA all-region accolades. Cross country standout Carmela Cardama Baez was both an all-ACC and USTFCCCA All-Region selection.
On the track, Chelsea Jarvis earned second team indoor All-America honors at the NCAA Championship (800m), while the women's distance medley relay raced to a second place ACC showing in 2016, just missing NCAA qualification by two positions.
Bridget Blake earned second team All-ACC honors in the mile run (indoor), then tallied a runner up finish in the 3000m steeplechase outdoors while qualifying for the NCAA Championship in the event. Blake also finished sixth in the outdoor 1500m and garnered All-ACC accolades.
On the strength of the Seminoles' distance squad, Florida State captured the 2016 ACC Outdoor Championship.
While in Tallahassee, Tamer also attended Florida State University earning a masters degree in Sport Psychology. During that time, he was an assistant cross country and track coach at the Maclay School where he helped the lady Marauders win the 2013 Florida 1A Track & Field Championship and the boys to a repeat runner-up finish at the 2012 and 2013 Florida 1A Cross Country Championships. During this time Maclay produced four individual state champions and two state champion relay teams.
Tamer also worked for a professional track & field results company and served as a sport psychology consultant to athletes and teams in the Tallahassee area ranging from youth sports to NCAA programs.
Tamer was a two-time Academic All-American at UNC Wilmington, where he also won the Seahawks' cross country Rookie of the Year Award in 2007 and is a part of the school record 4x800m relay time that still stands today.
He graduated from UNC Wilmington in 2011 with a degree in psychology and earned his master's degree from Florida State in sport psychology in 2014.
Tamer also has worked as a resident intern at ZAP Fitness in Blowing Rock, N.C., a professional running club that features a strong alumni base.
He is a USTFCCCA Level 2 certified track & field coach and has earned his USATF Level 1 coaching certification.
