Scott Goodman is the new performance director at Athletics New Zealand (ANZ).
Goodman assumes the role left vacant by American Kevin Ankrom, who, after four years with ANZ, left these shores earlier this year to be Athletics Ireland's new high performance director.
Goodman was based at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra from 1990 to 2010 in roles with the Australian Coaching Council, the Australian Sports Commission, the Australian Paralympic Committee and Athletics Australia.
He was also a manager with the athletics section of the Australian teams to the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games and the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.
From 2001-2010 he worked for the AIS athletics programme in the dual roles of manager and head coach of Athletics Australia's Paralympic Preparation Programme. He is currently a sports consultant based at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Goodman's initial focus will be to maintain the current performance programme through to the London Olympics next year and then undertake a full programme review as the sport looks to refine its processes and support for 2016 and beyond.
He starts his new job on June 7.
