A former runner for the Little Rock track and field team, Michael Perry joined the Trojans' staff in January 2017 as a student assistant coach. Perry will be working with the sprinters.

As a student-athlete at Little Rock, Perry posted bests of 22.44 seconds in the 200 at the Little Rock Invitational and a time of 49.55 seconds in the 400 at the Memphis Tiger Invitational during the 2016 outdoor season.