CQUniversity Human Movements Science graduate Cameron Jennings has won Cycling Queensland's Coach of the Year Award.

He coaches between 10 to 15 cyclists throughout Queensland depending on the time of the year, including Alex O'Dea, winner of the Capricornia Cup women's event at last weekend's CQUniversity Rockhampton Cup on Wheels event at the Kenrick Tucker Velodrome.

LINK also to Congratulations to Josh Edwards, Cup on Wheels winner

Now an associate lecturer in the Exercise and Sports Science degree based at Rockhampton Campus, Cameron is also doing his Masters of Sports Coaching research (externally with UQ) on the use of video feedback to improve cyclists' standing starts. Associate Professor Peter Reaburn from CQUniversity is his co-supervisor.

Cameron Jennings with his Coach of the Year trophy

While winding down his own career as a professional cyclist, Cameron has recently served as as program co-ordinator and head coach for the Australian Sports Commission's National Talent Identification and Development (NTID*) program.

"My competitive cycling is winding down.  I spent 7-8 years racing in Europe, but I had realised it was time to move away from that and begin the next phase of my life," Cameron says.

"In 2007 I won a stage of Australia's most prestigious tour, The Herald Sun Tour, and I would class that as my finest result," he said.

* The NTID program was part of Cameron's Masters project: 'The effect of a self-modelling video intervention on motor skill acquisition and retention of a novice track cyclist's standing start performance'.  That project has finished up and is in the review process for a journal publication.