Cliff Felkins
	Position: Assistant Coach Experience: Eleventh

Throws | Strength and Conditioning

Felkins' past two seasons may have been his finest as a coach to date. He guided D'Andra Carter to the 2009 NCAA discus national title, two All-American honors and back-to-back Big 12 titles in the last two years. Patience Knight earned three All-American honors and won two-straight indoor and outdoor shot put Big 12 Championships under Felkins tutelage. Harrison Benjamin added to Felkins list as he won the 2009 Big 12 Outdoor Championship in shot put.

Before arriving at Texas Tech, Felkins was a member of Wes Kittley's staff at Abilene Christian, where he coached the team's throwers and served as the strength coach for both the men's and women's intercollegiate programs. He joined the ACU staff in 1992 and lifted the throwers to unprecedented heights. During his tenure, Felkins coached the Wildcat throwers to 36 All-American performances, five national championships, four Olympic trials and one Olympian.

A 1983 graduate of Odessa High School, Felkins was a two-time All-American at Odessa College in the hammer and the discus where he was a national runner-up in both. Felkins then transferred to the University of Texas-El Paso where he was the Western Athletic Conference champion in the weight throw before again earning All-American status.

The fall of 1986 led Felkins to ACU where he quickly became the most dominate weight thrower in Division II history. In his two years at ACU, he won five individual National Championships in both the hammer and discus. In 1987, Felkins became the first and only Division II field event athlete to win a Division I national title, forcing the Division I coaches to change the rules, banning Division II athletes from competing at the Division I Championships. Felkins competed at Olympic trials, Olympic festivals and U.S. National Championships before retiring in 1996. Felkins was also inducted into the NCAA Hall of Fame for his collegiate accomplishments.

In the summer of 2004, Felkins was named Head Strength Coach for all Olympic Sports at Texas Tech. Felkins will oversee the strength and conditioning programs for Red Raider Olympic sports, in addition to his track and field duties.

Felkins is also responsible for the hiring of former Tech All-American discus thrower Jason Young as an assistant strength and conditioning coach.

Cliff Felkins Coaching File @ Tech

NCAA Champion (1)
D'Andra Carter - Discus (outdoor 2009)

All-Americans (8)
D'Andra Carter - Discus (outdoor 2009)
Patience Knight - Shot Put (indoor 2009)
D'Andra Carter - Discus (outdoor 2008)
Patience Knight - Shot Put (outdoor 2008)
Patience Knight - Shot Put (indoor 2008)
D'Andra Carter - Discus (outdoor 2007)
Jason Young - Discus (outdoor 2004)
Jason Young - Discus (outdoor 2003)

Big 12 Champions (7)
Harrison Benjamin - Shot Put (outdoor 2009)
D'Andra Carter - Discus (outdoor 2009)
Patience Knight - Shot Put (outdoor 2009)
Patience Knight - Shot Put (indoor 2009)
D'Andra Carter - Discus (indoor 2008)
Patience Knight - Shot Put (indoor 2008)
Patience Knight - Shot Put (indoor 2008)