Wes Kittley
	Position: Head Coach Experience: 13th Year

Over the past ten years, Coach Kittley has had 141 All-Americans and 92 Big 12 Champions in their respective event. He coached Jonathan Johnson to the NCAA title in the 800M and Sally Kipyego won nine National Championships in cross-country, the indoor 3000M and 5000M, and the outdoor 10000M. Kipyego became only the second female in NCAA Division I history to win nine NCAA titles and she is also the most decorated athlete in Big 12 history with 14 titles.

According to the number, the 2010 season was the most productive at the NCAA Championship meets with a total of 32 All-America honors being earned. Tech claimed 17 indoor honors and 15 outdoor honors during the season. A few firsts were achieved as Gilbert Limo (steeplechase), Shade Weygandt (pole vault), the women's distance medley relay and the women's 4x100M relay were the first in school history to earn All-American honors. Other accolades included Bryce Lamb becoming the first Big 12 athlete to be named Big 12 Indoor Performer of the Year, Freshman of the Year and High Point Performer of the Big 12 meet all in one season. Weygandt was also the first Tech student-athlete to win a conference pole vault title after winning the indoor and outdoor titles.

D'Andra Carter brought home Tech's first field event national title as she took the discus title in 2009. Two Red Raiders were on the cusp of adding to Tech's national titles as Gil Roberts and Omo Osaghae both were runner-up in the 400M and 60M hurdles at the indoor national meet, respectively. Patience Knight earned All-American for the indoor shot put while and the men's indoor and outdoor 4x400M relays both earned All-American honors during the season. The Big 12 titles were numerous as Carter (discus), Roberts (indoor and outdoor 400M), Osaghae (60M H, 110M H), Lillian Badaru (I 5000M), Harrison Benjamin (outdoor shot put), Patience Knight (indoor and outdoor shot put), and the women's distance medley relay.

During his time at Tech, Kittley has brought the program up from ground level, turning it into a powerhouse of a program. The 2005 season is considered by most to be the best season either program has ever seen. The men's squad won the 2005 Big 12 Outdoor Championships, the first track and field team title for Texas Tech.

After a successful conference meet, Kittley led 31 of his athletes, the most out of any program in the country, to Sacramento for the 2005 Outdoor National Championships. The Red Raiders' trip to the West Coast was also successful. Nine Red Raiders brought 10 All-America awards back to the Hub City.

Lubbock's resident track and field guru got his coaching start just south of Lubbock, in Abilene.

Kittley moved to Lubbock after leading one of the most successful programs in the history of track and field. At Abilene Christian University, Kittley won an unprecedented 29 national track and field championships, the most in Divisions I and II combined. His total is only three short of the all-time record held by Division III Kenyon College swimming and diving coach Jim Steen.

Kittley was born and raised in Rule, Texas, and attended Rule High School, where he was a state champion on the mile relay. He was a three-time NAIA All-American in the 800M at Abilene Christian, earning a bachelor's degree in physical education and a master's degree in school administration.

In 1983, he was hired to coach the women's track and field team at his alma mater, beginning his illustrious career at the helm of the Wildcat program.

Kittley won his first national championship in 1985 when his women's Wildcat squad won the Division II outdoor championship, a title he would win again in `86, `87 and `88. When ACU combined their programs in 1993, Kittley was selected to head the men's team, as well. He wasted no time taking a floundering men's program to an elite level, winning the Division II indoor title in his first season.

Aside from his coaching duties, Kittley had also assumed an administrative role at ACU. In 1997, he added the additional duties of associate director of athletics to his resume.

His 15-year tenure at ACU included coaching 12 Olympic qualifiers, three Pan-American Games athletes, five World University Games athletes, 16 athletes who have qualified for the world championships and one United States national champion.

In the fall of 2006, Kittley was honored by the Lone Star Conference for his coaching efforts while at ACU. He was named to the conference's Hall of Honor, the sixth Wildcat to do so and 31st overall.

Kittley traveled to Athens, Greece to coach former Red Raider Johnson in the 2004 Olympic Games. Johnson, the 2002-2005 Big 12 and NCAA champion in the 800M, qualified for the Olympics at the U.S. Trials in Sacramento, Calif. Kittley coached Johnson to a time of 1:44.77 at the Olympic Trials, a personal-best and the fastest time ran in the U.S. that year.

Kittley is married to the former Linda Rhoads, and the couple has three boys, Zachary, Christopher and Jonathan.

1999-present Texas Tech University Head Coach 1993-99 ACU, Men's Head Coach 1985-99 ACU, Women's Head Coach