University of Kansas Women's Cross Country

Stanley Redwine is in his 25th season at the helm of the Kansas track & field and cross country programs during the 2024-25 seasons, making Redwine the longest tenured head coach in the program’s history.

Tom Hays is in his 21st season as the vertical jumps coach at the University of Kansas. Hays is a familiar face to the KU track program, as he competed for the Jayhawks in the mid-80s before receiving his degree in education in 1989.

Brewer is in her 10th year on the Kansas track & field coaching staff. In her first nine seasons as the sprints and hurdles coach at KU, Brewer has tutored her athletes to 21 All-America honors.  Under Brewers guidance, Kansas athletes have rewritten the record books in the indoor 60-meter hurdles, 60-meter dash and 200-meter dash as well as the outdoor 100-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles, 110-meter hurdles and the 400-meter relay.  Since coming to Lawrence, Brewer has tutored 14 All-Americans as the sprints and hurdles coach at KU: Paris Daniels (three times), Michael Stigler (three times), indoor and outdoor 4x400-meter relay team (10), 2013 4x100-meter relay, Nickesha Anderson (four times), Ashley Brown (2007) and Julius Jiles (2007).   Brewer pupil Michael Stigler continued his unprecendented success in 2014 with a third-straight Big 12 400-meter hurdles title, also adding conference title in the 600 yards with a school record time of 1:08.59. Stigler earned First Team All-America honors for the third time with a second-consecutive runner-up finish in the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The 2012 and 2013 seasons saw Brewer mentor Paris Daniels to three Big 12 200-meter championships, three First-Team All-America distinctions and the 2013 Big 12 Performer of the Year accolade. She also saw first-team All-America honors with her hurdle star, Stigler, who repeated as Big 12 Champion in the 400-meter hurdles, and earned the Big 12s freshman Track Athlete of the Year award in 2012. Brewer also mentored the first All-American 4x100-meter relay team in 2013 as the team went on to finish fifth at the NCAA Championships in helping the womens team to the programs first national title. During the 2011 outdoor season, Kendra Bradley was a Big 12 finalist in the 400 meters. Brewer also helped mentor the 4X400-meter relay team of Denesha Morris, Bradley, Taylor Washington and Diamond Dixon to new school record, a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships and coached Bradley, Morris, Dixon and Wilson to a new school record and an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (3:33.00). In 2010, Brewer helped mentor the Kansas womens 4x400-meter relay team to an appearance at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The quartet of Bradley, Washington, Wilson and Taissa Makhmayeva turned in the third-fastest time in school history (3:37:04).  Freshman Keith Hayes was a 2009 Big 12 finalist in the 60-meter hurdles, finishing fifth. That outdoor season, Hayes finished second at the Midwest Regional Championships in the 110 hurdles (13.71), and also took fourth at the USA Junior National meet (13.46). Brewer oversaw Anderson to one of the best seasons of any Jayhawk ever as she broke both the 60 and 200-meter dash records on numerous occasions in 2008. Her career-best time of 7.22 in the 60 meters earned her the Big 12 championship in the event. Anderson became the first woman in KU history to win two All-America honors in both the indoor and outdoor seasons. Anderson would end her KU career with a runner-up finish in the 200 meters at the NCAA Championships (22.67).  Brewer also coached ShaRay Butler to her best season in 2008. Butler was a part of the school record-breaking 4x400-meter relay team (Butler, Anderson, Charity Stowers, Crystal Manning - 3:35.86) that qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships. Butler was also a Big 12 finalist and an NCAA Midwest Regional top-five finsher in the 400-meter hurdles.  Brewer saw her pupil, Ashley Brown, become the first 400-meter All-America hurdler in school history in 2007. Also during the 2007 indoor season, Julius Jiles was the Big 12 runner-up in the 60-meter hurdles (7.85) while Brown broke the school record in the 60-meter hurdles (8.32), finishing third at the conference meet.  At Cincinnati, Brewer coached two-time All-American David Payne in the 110-meter hurdles. Payne ran a personal record of 13.42 and was a 2004 automatic qualifier for the Olympic Trials. Brewer mentored several athletes to the NCAA Championships in both the sprints and hurdles. In 2003 and 2004, Brewer coached athletes to the Mid East regional meet in the 400-meter relay, 1,600-meter relay, 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, 110-meter hurdles, 400-meter dash and the 400-meter hurdles.  Brewer graduated from Arkansas in 1998 with a degree in communications and served as a graduate assistant strength coach for the next two years while competing professionally as a Reebok-sponsored athlete. She served as an academic counselor for a year while earning her masters degree in counselor education from Arkansas in May 2001.  Brewer and her daughter Asjah (11) currently reside in Lawrence.  Elisha Brewer Assistant Coach - Sprints/Hurdles Elisha Brewer is in her 10th year on the Kansas track & field coaching staff. In her first nine seasons as the sprints and hurdles coach at KU, Brewer has tutored her athletes to 21 All-America honors.  Under Brewers guidance, Kansas athletes have rewritten the record books in the indoor 60-meter hurdles, 60-meter dash and 200-meter dash as well as the outdoor 100-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles, 110-meter hurdles and the 400-meter relay.  Since coming to Lawrence, Brewer has tutored 14 All-Americans as the sprints and hurdles coach at KU: Paris Daniels (three times), Michael Stigler (three times), indoor and outdoor 4x400-meter relay team (10), 2013 4x100-meter relay, Nickesha Anderson (four times), Ashley Brown (2007) and Julius Jiles (2007).   Brewer pupil Michael Stigler continued his unprecendented success in 2014 with a third-straight Big 12 400-meter hurdles title, also adding conference title in the 600 yards with a school record time of 1:08.59. Stigler earned First Team All-America honors for the third time with a second-consecutive runner-up finish in the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The 2012 and 2013 seasons saw Brewer mentor Paris Daniels to three Big 12 200-meter championships, three First-Team All-America distinctions and the 2013 Big 12 Performer of the Year accolade. She also saw first-team All-America honors with her hurdle star, Stigler, who repeated as Big 12 Champion in the 400-meter hurdles, and earned the Big 12s freshman Track Athlete of the Year award in 2012. Brewer also mentored the first All-American 4x100-meter relay team in 2013 as the team went on to finish fifth at the NCAA Championships in helping the womens team to the programs first national title. During the 2011 outdoor season, Kendra Bradley was a Big 12 finalist in the 400 meters. Brewer also helped mentor the 4X400-meter relay team of Denesha Morris, Bradley, Taylor Washington and Diamond Dixon to new school record, a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships and coached Bradley, Morris, Dixon and Wilson to a new school record and an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (3:33.00). In 2010, Brewer helped mentor the Kansas womens 4x400-meter relay team to an appearance at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The quartet of Bradley, Washington, Wilson and Taissa Makhmayeva turned in the third-fastest time in school history (3:37:04).  Freshman Keith Hayes was a 2009 Big 12 finalist in the 60-meter hurdles, finishing fifth. That outdoor season, Hayes finished second at the Midwest Regional Championships in the 110 hurdles (13.71), and also took fourth at the USA Junior National meet (13.46). Brewer oversaw Anderson to one of the best seasons of any Jayhawk ever as she broke both the 60 and 200-meter dash records on numerous occasions in 2008. Her career-best time of 7.22 in the 60 meters earned her the Big 12 championship in the event. Anderson became the first woman in KU history to win two All-America honors in both the indoor and outdoor seasons. Anderson would end her KU career with a runner-up finish in the 200 meters at the NCAA Championships (22.67).  Brewer also coached ShaRay Butler to her best season in 2008. Butler was a part of the school record-breaking 4x400-meter relay team (Butler, Anderson, Charity Stowers, Crystal Manning - 3:35.86) that qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships. Butler was also a Big 12 finalist and an NCAA Midwest Regional top-five finsher in the 400-meter hurdles.  Brewer saw her pupil, Ashley Brown, become the first 400-meter All-America hurdler in school history in 2007. Also during the 2007 indoor season, Julius Jiles was the Big 12 runner-up in the 60-meter hurdles (7.85) while Brown broke the school record in the 60-meter hurdles (8.32), finishing third at the conference meet.  At Cincinnati, Brewer coached two-time All-American David Payne in the 110-meter hurdles. Payne ran a personal record of 13.42 and was a 2004 automatic qualifier for the Olympic Trials. Brewer mentored several athletes to the NCAA Championships in both the sprints and hurdles. In 2003 and 2004, Brewer coached athletes to the Mid East regional meet in the 400-meter relay, 1,600-meter relay, 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, 110-meter hurdles, 400-meter dash and the 400-meter hurdles.  Brewer graduated from Arkansas in 1998 with a degree in communications and served as a graduate assistant strength coach for the next two years while competing professionally as a Reebok-sponsored athlete. She served as an academic counselor for a year while earning her masters degree in counselor education from Arkansas in May 2001.  Brewer and her daughter Asjah (11) currently reside in Lawrence. 

Kokhanovsky is in his 10th year as a member of the Kansas track & field coaching staff, serving as the throws coach. In his first nine seasons in Lawrence, his athletes garnered 35 First and Second Team All-America honors, 19 conference championships and two national championships.  Kokhanovskys presence has been felt, especially over the last four seasons. Twenty-fourteen saw another one of his athletes claim a Big 12 title as Jessica Maroszek won her second-straight discus championship, doing so in grand fashion after winning the competition with a meet-record throw of 1975.  In 2013 he once again mentored a host of Big 12 Champions and All-Americans, who played major roles in helping the womens program to its first Big 12 team titles and NCAA Outdoor Championship. Alena Krechyk picked up her second weight throw league title and added on her second First Team All-America distinction in the hammer throw. Maroszek earned her first Big 12 discus crown and tallied a fourth-place finish in the event at the national championships. Heather Bergmann ended her KU career with a school record javelin toss which earned her second-straight First Team All-America honor. For the men, Jesse Vaughn won the Big 12s javelin championship, making it seven out of Kokhanovskys eight seasons that a KU male has won a throwing event at the conference meet.   Twenty-twelve saw another standout season for Kokhanovskys athletes with the highlight coming when Krechyk claimed the Big 12 hammer throw title with her school and meet record toss of 69.02 meters (2265). Krechyk went on to be named a First Team All-American in the event and joined Kohkanvosky athletes Mason Finley (shot put, discus) and Bergmann (javelin) to add their names to the First Team All-America lists.  Kokhanovsky led one of the strongest groups of throwers the school has seen in 2011. He tutored four throwers to First Team All-America honors in five events, including Finleys fourth Big 12 title. He also saw two of his athletes break school records, with Finley smashing the KU shot put record and sophomore Bergmann breaking the record in the javelin. In 2010, Kokhanovsky mentored Finley to an outstanding rookie season. Finley won the Big 12 indoor title and claimed both the shot put and discus title at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships. Finley earned All-America honors in all three events and finished second at the NCAA outdoor meet in both the shot put and discus. He was named the Midwest Region Field Athlete of the Year and also earned the Big 12s Outstanding Male Freshman of the Year Award. Kokhanovsky also coached Brian Bishop to an appearance at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the discus, where he finished 15th.  Kokhanovsky mentored Egor Agafonov to his second-consecutive National Championship in 2008 in the weight throw and also saw him claim his fifth and sixth All-America honors (weight throw, hammer throw). That same season, Agafonov also won his third-consecutive Big 12 Championship in both the hammer throw and the weight throws.  In 2007, Kokhanovsky coached then-junior Agafonov to the indoor and outdoor conference championships in the weight throw and hammer throw, respectively. Agafonov earned All-America honors in both events and won the 2007 weight throw national championship. Also that season, Kokhanovsky led Zlata Tarasova to the first womens hammer throw conference championship in school history.  Kokhanovsky guided Agafonov to two Big 12 Championships (indoor weight throw and outdoor hammer throw) in Agafonovs first season in intercollegiate athletics in 2006. Agafonov went on to earn All-America accolades with his second-place finish at NCAA Indoor Championships in the weight throw and a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw.  At Louisiana-Monroe, Kokhanovskys athletes qualified for a total of 11 NCAA regional championships and set seven school records.  Kokhanovsky graduated from Abilene Christian University in 1998 with a B.S. in education. In 1996, he set a Division II national record in the discus with a throw of 2115. He was also the national champion and an All-American in the event. The same year, Kokhanovsky represented the Ukraine in the discus at the Olympic Games in Atlanta.  Before his time in Abilene, Kokhanovsky competed at Blinn Junior College where he set the national record for junior colleges in the discus in 1995 with a throw of 2108. He was an All-American and the national champion in the discus in 1994 and 1995 at Blinn.  In addition to his time as a collegiate thrower and coach, Kokhanovsky was a member of the Soviet Union and the Ukrainian national teams from 1984-93. In 1989, he won the USSR national championship in the discus and in 1992 was ranked as high as 12th in the world in that event after throwing his personal record of 2155. He competed in the World University Games in Germany (1989), England (1991) and the United States (1993). Additionally, Kokhanovsky held the Soviet national high school record (ages 17 and younger) in the discus with a throw of 2152.  Kokhanovsky holds a Level I and II USA Track & Field coaching certification and a USA Weightlifting coaching certification. He resides in Lawrence with his wife, Marissa and daughter, Ana-Claire. Andy Kokhanovsky Assistant Coach - Throws Andy Kokhanovsky is in his 10th year as a member of the Kansas track & field coaching staff, serving as the throws coach. In his first nine seasons in Lawrence, his athletes garnered 35 First and Second Team All-America honors, 19 conference championships and two national championships.  Kokhanovskys presence has been felt, especially over the last four seasons. Twenty-fourteen saw another one of his athletes claim a Big 12 title as Jessica Maroszek won her second-straight discus championship, doing so in grand fashion after winning the competition with a meet-record throw of 1975.  In 2013 he once again mentored a host of Big 12 Champions and All-Americans, who played major roles in helping the womens program to its first Big 12 team titles and NCAA Outdoor Championship. Alena Krechyk picked up her second weight throw league title and added on her second First Team All-America distinction in the hammer throw. Maroszek earned her first Big 12 discus crown and tallied a fourth-place finish in the event at the national championships. Heather Bergmann ended her KU career with a school record javelin toss which earned her second-straight First Team All-America honor. For the men, Jesse Vaughn won the Big 12s javelin championship, making it seven out of Kokhanovskys eight seasons that a KU male has won a throwing event at the conference meet.   Twenty-twelve saw another standout season for Kokhanovskys athletes with the highlight coming when Krechyk claimed the Big 12 hammer throw title with her school and meet record toss of 69.02 meters (2265). Krechyk went on to be named a First Team All-American in the event and joined Kohkanvosky athletes Mason Finley (shot put, discus) and Bergmann (javelin) to add their names to the First Team All-America lists.  Kokhanovsky led one of the strongest groups of throwers the school has seen in 2011. He tutored four throwers to First Team All-America honors in five events, including Finleys fourth Big 12 title. He also saw two of his athletes break school records, with Finley smashing the KU shot put record and sophomore Bergmann breaking the record in the javelin. In 2010, Kokhanovsky mentored Finley to an outstanding rookie season. Finley won the Big 12 indoor title and claimed both the shot put and discus title at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships. Finley earned All-America honors in all three events and finished second at the NCAA outdoor meet in both the shot put and discus. He was named the Midwest Region Field Athlete of the Year and also earned the Big 12s Outstanding Male Freshman of the Year Award. Kokhanovsky also coached Brian Bishop to an appearance at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the discus, where he finished 15th.  Kokhanovsky mentored Egor Agafonov to his second-consecutive National Championship in 2008 in the weight throw and also saw him claim his fifth and sixth All-America honors (weight throw, hammer throw). That same season, Agafonov also won his third-consecutive Big 12 Championship in both the hammer throw and the weight throws.  In 2007, Kokhanovsky coached then-junior Agafonov to the indoor and outdoor conference championships in the weight throw and hammer throw, respectively. Agafonov earned All-America honors in both events and won the 2007 weight throw national championship. Also that season, Kokhanovsky led Zlata Tarasova to the first womens hammer throw conference championship in school history.  Kokhanovsky guided Agafonov to two Big 12 Championships (indoor weight throw and outdoor hammer throw) in Agafonovs first season in intercollegiate athletics in 2006. Agafonov went on to earn All-America accolades with his second-place finish at NCAA Indoor Championships in the weight throw and a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw.  At Louisiana-Monroe, Kokhanovskys athletes qualified for a total of 11 NCAA regional championships and set seven school records.  Kokhanovsky graduated from Abilene Christian University in 1998 with a B.S. in education. In 1996, he set a Division II national record in the discus with a throw of 2115. He was also the national champion and an All-American in the event. The same year, Kokhanovsky represented the Ukraine in the discus at the Olympic Games in Atlanta.  Before his time in Abilene, Kokhanovsky competed at Blinn Junior College where he set the national record for junior colleges in the discus in 1995 with a throw of 2108. He was an All-American and the national champion in the discus in 1994 and 1995 at Blinn.  In addition to his time as a collegiate thrower and coach, Kokhanovsky was a member of the Soviet Union and the Ukrainian national teams from 1984-93. In 1989, he won the USSR national championship in the discus and in 1992 was ranked as high as 12th in the world in that event after throwing his personal record of 2155. He competed in the World University Games in Germany (1989), England (1991) and the United States (1993). Additionally, Kokhanovsky held the Soviet national high school record (ages 17 and younger) in the discus with a throw of 2152.  Kokhanovsky holds a Level I and II USA Track & Field coaching certification and a USA Weightlifting coaching certification. He resides in Lawrence with his wife, Marissa and daughter, Ana-Claire.

Whittlesey is in his sixth season as assistant coach for cross country and middle distance/distance running at Kansas. In his time in Lawrence, Whittlesey has made a huge impact with both the cross country and track programs. In his five seasons with the Jayhawks, he has guided four Jayhawks to appearances at the NCAA Cross Country Championships: Lauren Bonds, which was a first for a KU woman since the 1994 season, as well as Donny Wasinger in 2010, Reid Buchanan in 2013 and Jacob Morgan in 2014. Additionally, in 2010 the Kansas womens distance medley relay team composed of Bonds, Rebeka Stowe, Cori Christensen and Taylor Washington earned All-America status at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Whittlesey has mentored nine Jayhawks to All-America honors on the track and has seen four of his athletes break school records (Lauren Bonds - indoor mile, indoor 3,000m, outdoor 1,500m,  outdoor 5,000m; Amanda Miller - indoor 5,000m, Rebeka Stowe - indoor 3,000m, 3,000m Steeplechase and Natalie Becker - indoor 3,000m, outdoor 5,000m). Whittleseys most decorated Jayhawk, Stowe, was the 2012 Big 12 Champion in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase and broke the school record in the event on numerous occasions. She earned First Team All-America honors at the 2011 and 2012 NCAA Outdoor Championships with her top-12 finishes in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase. Stowe was also a two-time All-Big 12 honoree on the cross country course. Whittlesey mentored Bonds to an outstanding 2010 senior season as she claimed the Big 12 Outdoor title in the 1,500 meters and went on to earn All-America honors by taking seventh at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. En route to earning All-America status honors, Bonds set a new KU record in the event with her time of 4:14.29. Bonds also had a fine year off the track as she was named an Academic All-American and was a finalist for NCAA Woman of the Year. The 2010 cross country season featured junior Donny Wasinger advancing as an individual to the national championship meet. Both Kansas cross country teams finished seventh at the 2010 Big 12 Cross Country Championships. Whittlesey came to KU after serving 11 years as the assistant coach in charge of cross country and distance running for the track program at North Carolina. In addition to his coaching duties, Whittlesey worked as the assistant director for both mens and womens track & field and cross country for his last four seasons at UNC. Under his direction, North Carolina middle distance/distance produced nine NCAA champions in six years, 70 All-Americans and 36 conference champions. Whittlesey led the track team to back-to-back NCAA titles in the distance medley relay at the 2006 and 2007 Indoor NCAA Championships. Along with the 2007 distance medley relay title, Whittlesey coached sophomore anchor Brie Felnagle to the individual NCAA title in the outdoor 1,500 meters. Under the guidance of Whittlesey, Felnagle captured three NCAA titles and was named an All-American 10 times in her career. After assisting the Tar Heels to a fourth-place indoor finish and another top-10 outdoor finish and producing four NCAA individual and relay titles, Whittlesey was awarded the first-ever NCAA Division I Track & Field National Assistant Coach of the Year for womens middle distance/distance in 2003. Whittlesey also received the 2007 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field East Regional Assistant Coach of the Year honor. Perhaps no other athlete thrived under Whittlesey more than Shalane Flanagan. Flanagan was the NCAA cross country champion in 2002 and 2003. Not only was Flanagan the first Carolina woman to ever take the cross country national championship, but she was only the third woman in NCAA history to successfully defend her title. A three-time recipient of the NCAA Cross Country Athlete of the Year award, Flanagan also excelled on the track. She won a pair of indoor national championships in 2003. Individually, she claimed the title in the 3,000 meters and then teamed up with Erin Donohue, Anissa Gainey and Alice Schmidt to take first-place honors in the distance medley relay. Flanagan also earned a spot on the 2004 U.S. Olympic 5,000 team before claiming a bronze medal in the 10,000 at the 2008 Olympic Games. Whittlesey also coached standout runner Alice Schmidt, who was a two-time national champion in the outdoor 800 and the first North Carolina track & field athlete to win an NCAA title in the same event twice. Both Schmidt and Flanagan went on to earn places on the 2005 U.S. Track & Field World Championship team, while Donohue earned All-America status in both cross country and track. Whittlesey twice won both the ACC Cross Country Coach of the Year and Southeast Region Coach of the Year awards, earning each in 1999 and 2003. A native of Morris, Connecticut, Whittlesey started his coaching career at UConn as a graduate assistant, where he assisted with distance and was a pole vault and multi-event coach. He then served two years at UNC-Charlotte where he worked as an assistant coach. While with the 49ers, Whittlesey led his athletes to 53 new school records in 18 different events and coached all-conference performers in the triple jump and javelin.  Whittleseys competitive experience includes being the first American finisher in the 1995 Boston Marathon. He also qualified for the 1996 Olympic Trials in the marathon after competing as a non-recruited athlete at the University of Connecticut. He graduated from UConn in May 1990 with a bachelors degree in sports medicine/athletic training and later earned a masters in biophysical science/exercise physiology in 1993. In 1997, Whittlesey received a doctorate of philosophy in sports science/exercise physiology from UConn. Whittlesey and his wife, Carol, have two children: 10-year-old daughter Samantha and eight-year-old son Ryan.

Pate is in his eighth season as the horizontal jumps and combined events coach for the Jayhawks. A six-time National Assistant Coach of the Year, Pate has coached four Olympians, 74 All-Americans and 11 national champions. He brings more than 30 years of coaching experience to the Kansas staff.  The last three seasons brought unprecedented success to Pates athletes as his event group accounted for over a third of the KU womens scoring at the indoor and outdoor conference and NCAA Championship meets. In 2014 he guided sophomore Sydney Conley to First Team All-America honors in the long jump both indoors and outdoors. He helped Andrea Geubelle claim back-to-back NCAA indoor triple jump titles as well as the 2013 indoor long jump championship. Geubelle ended her career with an unprecendented 12 First Team All-America distinctions on her resume. Additionally, long jumper Francine Simpson repeated as the Big 12 indoor and outdoor long jump champion in 2012 and 2013.  Pate pupil and multi-event speciatlist, Lindsay Vollmer, made school history in 2013 when she became the schools first outdoor NCAA champion after she won the national heptathlon title. Pates athletes scored nearly half of the Jayhawks 60 points en route to the programs first team title at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships.   In 2010, Pate had two Jayhawks earn All-America honors as Geubelle and Eric Fattig each achieved the accomplishment in the long jump at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Geubelle then went on to win the US Junior National title in the triple jump and competed at the 2010 World Junior Championships. Fattig was an Academic All-American and a winner of the NCAAs Elite 88 Award.  In the summer of 2008, Pate saw one of his most decorated student-athletes, Aarik Wilson of Indiana, compete for the United States in the triple jump at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Also during the 2008 summer, Pate coached Crystal Manning as she took home the gold medal at the 2008 NACAC Under-23 Track & Field Championships in Toluca, Mexico.  During the 2008 track & field season, Pate coached Manning to her second, third and fourth All-America honors as she earned the award in the indoor triple jump and in both the long jump and triple jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. At the time, Manning was one of three KU women in school history to earn two All-America honors in the same outdoor season.  At Indiana, Pate was named the 2003 and 2005 National Assistant Coach of the Year. Under his guidance, 22 Indiana athletes became Big Ten champions. Along with leading Wilson to the 2008 Olympics, Pate guided him to two NCAA Championships in the triple jump, the 2007 Indoor and Outdoor USA Championships and a No. 3 ranking in the world among triple jumpers.  Also at Indiana, Pate led long jumper Rose Richmond to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and to the 2006 USA title. Richmond was just the second female Olympian in school history.  Pate instructed Indianas first outdoor All-American since 1993, the first indoor triple jump All-American since 1983 and the first outdoor triple jump All-American since 1980.  At Murray State, Pate was named Ohio Valley Conference Womens Coach of the Year in 1994.  At his coaching post at Texas, Pate coached two-time NCAA long jump champion and former NFL running back Eric Metcalf as well as three-time NCAA high jump champion James Lott.  Pate graduated from Indiana in 1981 with a bachelors degree in physical education. As a Hoosier, Pate was a two-time Big Ten Champion in the long jump and was also a member of IUs 400-meter relay Big Ten Championship team.  Pate and his wife, Laura, have a daughter, Charlize, and a son, Justin. Wayne Pate Assistant Coach - Horizontal Jumps/Multi-Events Wayne Pate is in his eighth season as the horizontal jumps and combined events coach for the Jayhawks. A six-time National Assistant Coach of the Year, Pate has coached four Olympians, 74 All-Americans and 11 national champions. He brings more than 30 years of coaching experience to the Kansas staff.  The last three seasons brought unprecedented success to Pates athletes as his event group accounted for over a third of the KU womens scoring at the indoor and outdoor conference and NCAA Championship meets. In 2014 he guided sophomore Sydney Conley to First Team All-America honors in the long jump both indoors and outdoors. He helped Andrea Geubelle claim back-to-back NCAA indoor triple jump titles as well as the 2013 indoor long jump championship. Geubelle ended her career with an unprecendented 12 First Team All-America distinctions on her resume. Additionally, long jumper Francine Simpson repeated as the Big 12 indoor and outdoor long jump champion in 2012 and 2013.  Pate pupil and multi-event speciatlist, Lindsay Vollmer, made school history in 2013 when she became the schools first outdoor NCAA champion after she won the national heptathlon title. Pates athletes scored nearly half of the Jayhawks 60 points en route to the programs first team title at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships.   In 2010, Pate had two Jayhawks earn All-America honors as Geubelle and Eric Fattig each achieved the accomplishment in the long jump at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Geubelle then went on to win the US Junior National title in the triple jump and competed at the 2010 World Junior Championships. Fattig was an Academic All-American and a winner of the NCAAs Elite 88 Award.  In the summer of 2008, Pate saw one of his most decorated student-athletes, Aarik Wilson of Indiana, compete for the United States in the triple jump at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Also during the 2008 summer, Pate coached Crystal Manning as she took home the gold medal at the 2008 NACAC Under-23 Track & Field Championships in Toluca, Mexico.  During the 2008 track & field season, Pate coached Manning to her second, third and fourth All-America honors as she earned the award in the indoor triple jump and in both the long jump and triple jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. At the time, Manning was one of three KU women in school history to earn two All-America honors in the same outdoor season.  At Indiana, Pate was named the 2003 and 2005 National Assistant Coach of the Year. Under his guidance, 22 Indiana athletes became Big Ten champions. Along with leading Wilson to the 2008 Olympics, Pate guided him to two NCAA Championships in the triple jump, the 2007 Indoor and Outdoor USA Championships and a No. 3 ranking in the world among triple jumpers.  Also at Indiana, Pate led long jumper Rose Richmond to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and to the 2006 USA title. Richmond was just the second female Olympian in school history.  Pate instructed Indianas first outdoor All-American since 1993, the first indoor triple jump All-American since 1983 and the first outdoor triple jump All-American since 1980.  At Murray State, Pate was named Ohio Valley Conference Womens Coach of the Year in 1994.  At his coaching post at Texas, Pate coached two-time NCAA long jump champion and former NFL running back Eric Metcalf as well as three-time NCAA high jump champion James Lott.  Pate graduated from Indiana in 1981 with a bachelors degree in physical education. As a Hoosier, Pate was a two-time Big Ten Champion in the long jump and was also a member of IUs 400-meter relay Big Ten Championship team.  Pate and his wife, Laura, have a daughter, Charlize, and a son, Justin.