South Plains College Men's Track

Beene has led the South Plains College Texan and Lady Texan track and field team to a combined 30 NJCAA Championships in men and womens cross country, half marathon, and indoor and outdoor track. He now begins his 12th season at the helm of the program. During the previous season (2014-15), he led the Texans and Lady Texans to a total of five NJCAA Championships Titles. Those include, the 2014 Mens Half Marathon Champions, 2015 Men and Womens Indoor National Championship and Men and Womens Outdoor National Championship. He has coached student-athletes who currently hold nine NJCAA meet or national records, who have won more than 140 individual and relay national championships, and who have achieved hundreds of All-American performances. At the 2015 NJCAA Outdoor National Championship in Hutchinson, Kan., the Texans earned their ninth consecutive national championship, while the Lady Texans added their sixth crown. The Texans also earned seven NJCAA individual or relay championships, as well as 24 All-American performances, and the Lady Texan athletes achieved two individual or relay championships and 17 All-American performances. Being a former All-American decathlete, Beene guided Michael Samuels, a decathlon athlete for South Plains College, to a National Championship finish. With his performance there, Samuels was named the 2015 National Mens Field Athlete of the Year, while Beene was named the Mens and Womens National Coach of the Year. Beene was awarded Men and Womens National Coach of the Year for the 2015 indoor season, after both teams won the championship in Albuquerque, N.M. The Texans won their fifth indoor championship with five individual national champions and 11 All-American performances. Along with claiming their fourth title the Lady Texans added eight individual or relay champions and 10 All-American Performances. In addition to track and field, Beene has had national performances in cross-country and half marathon. During the fall of 2014 the Texan Half Marathon team earned their fourth national championship, with Antibahs Kibiwott-Kosgey at the front earning a championship title and All-American standing. The Lady Texan team had a second place finish at the NJCAA Half Marathon Championship. The Texan and Lady Texan Cross-Country team had All-American performances by a total of four runners, where the Texans garnered a third place finish. Prior to South Plains College Beene coached at Wayland Baptist University, where he was named Womens NAIA Region 5 and 6 Coach of the Year in 2003 and 2004.  He also earned Mens Sooner Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors in 2003 and 2004 and led his mens team to a Sooner Athletic Conference championship in 2003. Before taking over at Wayland, Beene served four seasons as an assistant coach at Texas Tech University where he was in charge of coaching multi-events, pole vault, and javelin.  Beene has also had coaching stints at Abilene Christian University, and Texas A&M-Kingsville. Beene received both his Bachelor and Masters degrees in kinesiology from Angelo State University.  He and his wife, Corye, have a daughter, Faith, and a son, Sage.

Barker, who primarily works with the distance runners. This past season, Barker oversaw a third place finish by the Texans at the 2014 NJCAA Cross Country Championships and a 2014 National Champion finish in the Mens Half Marathon. Antibahs Kibiwott Kosgey earned an All-American standing with his performance, garnering a national runner-up finish in the cross country meet held at Shadow Hills Golf Course in Lubbock, Texas. Kosgey also was the national champion for the NJCAA Half Marathon in Topeka, Kan. In addition he helped clinch the Texans ninth consecutive outdoor crown when he finished first in the 3000-meter steeplechase and had a second place finish in the 1500 and 5000. In addition, Barker helped guide three more athletes to an outdoor national runner-up finish. These include newcomers Lyndi Hanson in the 10,000, Hassan Abdi in the 10,000, and Victoria Salvadores in the 3000 steeple chase. Salvadores also had a third place finish in the 5000, and third in the 3000 and Mile during the indoor season. In 2012, Barker helped guide Darroneshia Lott to individual championships at the cross-country and half-marathon championships.  Lott led the Lady Texans to a third place finish in the team standings at the cross-country championships and a runner-up finish at the half-marathon that was run in Levelland. The 2011 cross country season saw Barker help lead the South Plains women to yet another share of the NJCAA Half-Marathon crown. Thanks to a 1-2 finishing punch from freshman Darroneshia Lott and sophomore Kirsten Taylor.  The womens cross country team also spent time with a No. 1 ranking before finishing fourth at the NJCAA Cross Country Championships in Hobbs, N.M., a week prior to winning the half-marathon.  The cross country championship was highlighted by a sweep of the mens and womens individual titles by Kemoy Campbell and Natoya Goule. Both would go on to win multiple championships each at the NJCAA Outdoor Championships hosted by South Plains College. His first season with South Plains College proved to be successful as he helped the Lady Texans to a share of the NJCAA Half-Marathon championship in November 2010.  A week earlier at the NJCAA cross country championships, both squads ran well with the Lady Texans coming up just short of the title with a runner-up finish and the Texans finishing third.  Seven athletes earned All-American honors. Coach Barker spent 39 years as a coach and teacher at Levelland Independent School District. His career in Levelland began in 1969 as an assistant football coach. He began coaching the cross-country team in 1976 where he helped his teams qualify to every regional meet, except 1983, until his retirement. In 1982 Barker took over as the head track coach for varsity girls. After his retirement from Levelland after the 2008 school year, Coach Barker signed on to assist the cross country and track teams at Lubbock Christian University. In his two year stint at LCU Barker helped coach five athletes to the NAIA national meet and one became an all-American.