Veteran track and field coach Wes Kittley enters his 11th season at the helm of the Texas Tech track and field program. Kittley has resurrected the program and catapulted Texas Tech track and field on to the national scene.

Over the past ten years, Coach Kittley has had 109 All-Americans and 80 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.

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.