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 Tom
King
Head Coach
Coach King came to Huntington University in 1970, and is in his 39th
year coaching the men’s and women’s cross country and track and
field programs. During this time, King has been selected by his
peers as Mid-Central Conference Coach of the Year 32 times, District
21 Coach of the Year seven times, NCCAA (National Christian College
Athletics Association) Coach of the Year two times, and NAIA
(National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) Regional
administrator of the year in 1995. Actively involved in the sport,
he served as chair of the Track and Field Committee of District 21
from 1991-94, and of the Cross Country Committee of District 21 from
1992-94. He has seen his athletes earn over 52 All-American honors,
including four-time national shot put champion Jim Arnett, two-time
national champion John Ngure and national runners-up Danielle Vohs
and Jenny Keil. He has also coached over 90 All-American Scholar
Athletes. In 1999, his men’s cross country team finished
sixth at the NAIA National Championships, the highest team finish by
any HU athletic team at that time and second highest finish to date.
His women's cross country squad has qualified for the national
championships on numerous occasions. The 2008 men's team finished
tenth at nationals led by seventh place individual Nick Johnson.
King
received his AB degree in Political Science from Ashland University
in Ohio. While attending Ashland, he was a distance runner on the
track team and ran for four years in cross country. He has
done post-graduate work at Ohio University and Ball State
University. King served as Huntington's athletic director from
1987-95, and was a HU Centennial Medallion Award Recipient in 1997.
In 2001, Coach King was inducted in the Huntington University Athletic
Hall of Fame. In 2008, he was selected as Regional 8 Coach of
Character. He and his wife, Jan, have three married children,
Rollin, Doris and Dan, who have given them six grandchildren. |
