Acceptance Rate
79%
Avg SAT
1,049
Avg ACT
21
Enrollment
5,515
Sport
Cross Country
Gender
Men's
Division
NCAA Division 2
Location
San Angelo, TX
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James Reid
Head Coach
Reid had been serving as interim director of athletics since May 2015. Reid has led the men's and women's track and field/cross country programs since 1999 and he served as assistant athletic director from 2007 to 2015. A national champion coach and national coach of the year, Reid was at the helm of the Angelo State mens and womens track and field programs since 1999. His ASU tenure, however, began long before that. While Reid oversees the entire ASU track and field program, he works specifically with throwers, pole vaulters, hurdlers, sprinters, 4×400 relay teams and multi-event athletes. Reid has coached his ASU teams to numerous top performances in Lone Star Conference competition. Since Reid took over the program, both the Rams and Rambelles have finished in the top three at every LSC Championship. That includes guiding the Rams to their first title since 1992 and eight LSC titles for the Rambelles, including six-straight from 200914. In 2004, Reid led the Belles to their first-ever LSC title, snapping the NCAA-record streak of 19 consecutive titles for rival Abilene Christian. It was under Reids guidance that the Rambelles in 2010 notched the greatest ASU track and field achievement to date, the NCAA Division II Outdoor National Championship. That included two individual and a relay national championships; 12 individual All-America performances; and two All-America relay teams. Aisha Adams was named the NCAA D-II National Female Field Athlete of the Year. That same year, the Rams finished in the top 10 at the national meet for the 26th time overall and fifth time under Reid. Overall, they garnered four individual All-America certificates and posted two All-America relay performances. With Reid leading the way, ASU posted another first in 2011 when Andria Nussey won the womens first indoor national title in the 800-meters at the NCAA D-II Womens Indoor National Championships. With Reid at the helm, ASU has had 11 individual national champions, including Curry Dawson (three time), Adree Lakey (three- time), Will Littleton (two-time), Lee McCown, Adams(two-time), LaTasha Mosley, Amber Miller, LaTisha Burns, Nussey,Celethia Byrd, and Kearah Danville (two-time). Reid has also tutored numerous other NCAA D-II All-Americans, including nine pole vaulters. Other Rams All-Americans include Nathan Gibson, Darrin Session and Noah Dean. Other Rambelles All-Americans include Chrystal Ruiz , Kathy Crowe, Alissa Miller and several others in various relays. He also coached Amanda Welch to the first-ever womens pole vault competition at the NCAA D-II national meet in 1999. Other national honors for athletes Reid has coached at ASU include numerous competitors at the U.S. National Track and Field Championships. Ruiz competed for the Mexican national team at the 2011 Pan Am Games. Amy Bippert-Bohensky and Dawson were inducted into the NCAA D-II Track and Field Hall of Fame. While guiding his charges to athletic glory, Reid has also received numerous personal accolades. He was twice named NCAA D-II National Womens Track and Field Coach of the Year; NCAA D-II South Central Region Womens Track and Field Coach of the Year in 2004 and 200910; lsc Mens Track and Field Coach of the Year in 2001; and LSC Womens Track and Field Coach of the Year in 200305 and 200714. Despite coming from an impressive track family, Reid did not start out to become a track coach or even a track athlete. He began his tenure at Angelo State in 1986 as a member of the Rams football team, but his career was cut short by an illness in his freshman season. Noble invited him to help with the track team and he has been on the track ever since. A native of Sweeny, Reids father, Doug, was the head track coach at Sweeny High School, where he led the Bulldogs to a state championship in 1992 and runner-up finishes in 1993 and 2001, before retiring from coaching. Reids older brother, Will, has seen his share of success in track and cross country as well winning a state championship in cross country in 2013 at Harper, and multiple top three state team finishes in track and cross country while at Water Valley High School. Reid received his undergraduate degree from asu in 1991 and his masters degree in education in 1993. In addition to his duties as head track and field coach, he is ASU's associate athletic director. He and his wife, Nina, have three children, Jacob, Kyla and J.D.
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Tom Dibbern
Head Coach
A former Angelo State track & field student-athlete and assistant coach himself, Tom Dibbern was named the head track & field and cross country coach in July of 2016. Dibbern is the fifth coach in men’s program history and the seventh in women’s program history. During the 2025 seasons, the Rams and Rambelles combined for an Individual National Title and 19 First Team All-American honors. The teams also combined for 16 individual LSC Champions. The Rams finished the NCAA Indoor Championships in 8th overall, with Josh Body winning the National Title in the Triple Jump. Outdoors, the Men had another 8th place Team finish and the Women finished 19th at NCAA Championships. Prior to the 2025 season, Dibbern has been the Head Coach at Angelo State since 2017 season and was the Head Coach at Texas A&M Commerce for the 2014 and 2015 season. Dibbern holds an Instructor Training Certificate and a Level II Coaching Certificate from USATF in the jumps, throws, multi-events, sprints and hurdles as well as strength and conditioning certification from the USTFCCCA Track and Field Academy. A native of Albany, Texas, Dibbern received his bachelor's degree in Kinesiology from Angelo State in 2001 and his master's degree in physical education from Hastings College in 2003. 2019 NCAA Men National Runner-up Team 3x NCAA Top 3 Team Finishes 15x NCAA Top 10 Team Finishes 8x South Central Region #1 Final Team Rankings 7x Lone Star Conference Team Champion 16 NCAA Individual Champions 1 NCAA Relay Champion 215 NCAA First Team All-Americans 534 South Central All-Regions 7 South Central Regional Athletes of Year 158 Lone Star Conference Individual Champions 3 USTFCCCA Academic Athletes of the Year 4 Olympians World University Games Champion Texas Relay Record 2015 Gill/Texas Track & Field Collegiate Coach of Year 7x South Central Regional Coach of Year 7x Lone Star Conference Coach of Year
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Yuriy Litvinski
Assistant Coach
Litvinski to fill the role of assistant track & field coach. We are excited to have Yuriy join our program, Reid said. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in many areas of track and field, and we feel like he will be able to do a great job in developing our athletes in many areas. He comes from programs that have had great success at the Division II level, and we feel that he can help keep ASU as one of the top track & field programs in the country. Litvinski has spent the last four years at Western State Colorado University coaching horizontal jumps, sprints, high jump and multi events. He holds a USATF Level I certification. He guided Akil Gipson to an All-American performance in the triple jump in 2012. Prior to Western State, Litvinski was a graduate assistant at Central Missouri. He coached four All-Americans, three MIAA champions and had two jumpers set school records. An All-American triple jumper while at Northern Iowa, Litvinski qualified for the NCAA Division I national championships three times. He still holds the indoor and outdoor triple jump school records and has a personal best jump of 54-4 (16.56m). The Bulgarian native also competed for his country winning six national titles. He placed second at the 2002 European Cup and finished sixth at the European Championships in 2003 in the triple jump. Litvinski graduated from Northern Iowa with a bachelor's degree in exercise science with a coaching minor. He graduated Central Missouri with a master's degree in physical education, sport and exercise science. Along with holding a USATF Level I certification, Litvinski is a certified National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS).
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