Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Roger Kingdom enters his eighth year working with the cross country and track & field programs at Cal U. 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 United States Outdoor Champion (1985, 1988-90 and 1995) and two-time gold medalist at the Pan Am Games (1983, 1995). He also holds a World Cup gold medal (1989) and won gold at the World University Games in 1989.
He remains one of only two runners to ever win consecutive Olympic titles in the 110-meter hurdles (1984 Los Angeles, 1988 Seoul).
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.
In his time as head coach, Cal U has featured 12 individual All-Americans, as well as 20 individual PSAC Indoor and Outdoor Champions. Four times during his tenure, the Vulcans have had the PSAC Track Athlete of the Year and twice the PSAC Most Valuable Athlete of the Year and PSAC Freshman of the Year.
Under Kingdom’s supervision Cal U has had at least one All-American in each season from 2007-2010 including four-time member Christopher Clark (5K and 10K) and five-time honoree Brice Myers (60-meter and 110-meter hurdles). The women’s program has also had two All-Americans, with current track & field assistant coach Danielle Malay receiving honors in the 400-meter hurdles in 2008 and Clare McSweeney earning recognition in the 800-meter run in 2010.
One of the most decorated athletes in Cal U history, Kingdom mentored 14-time PSAC Champion Brad Rager who excelled in the 200-meter and 400-meter dashes. Rager was the two-time PSAC Track Athlete of the Year and was twice named PSAC Most Valuable Athlete.
Kingdom is a 2002 graduate from the University of Pittsburgh and played football for the Panthers in the 1980s before concentrating his efforts on his track & field career.
He set the world record of 12.92 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles in Zurich, Switzerland in 1989. Kingdom retired from active competition in 1998 and in 2005, Kingdom was inducted in to the USA Track & Field (USATF) Hall of Fame. This summer, he was a member of the inaugural class of the USATF Georgia Hall of Fame.
