Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Roger Kingdom enters his seventh year working with cross country and track & field programs at California University of Pennsylvania. Kingdom, the former world and American record holder in the 110-meter hurdles, serves as the Director of the Track & Field and Cross Country programs at Cal U.
Kingdom is a five-time National United States Champion (1985, 1988-90 and 1995) and one of only two runners to ever win consecutive Olympic titles in the 110 hurdles (1984, 1988).
A native of Georgia, he joined the Cal U athletic program in 2004 before being named interim head track & field coach in March of the following year. Shortly thereafter, he accepted the director position for both the cross country and track & field programs.
Kingdom is a 2002 graduate from the University of Pittsburgh and played for the Panthers’ football team in the 1980s before concentrating his efforts on his track & field career.
He set the world record of 12.92 seconds in the 110 hurdles in Zurich, Switzerland in 1989. Kingdom retired from active competition in 1998.
