Brian Whitlock - Pioneer Head Coach

Brian Whitlock is taking over the Pioneer track and field program after serving as head of the WBU cross country team and as assistant track and field coach for the three years.

A 2001 graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University where he was a Sooner Athletic Conference Cross Country Champion and a NAIA All-American, Coach Whitlock helped turn the Pioneer cross country program from an after-thought to a national contender.

In his first year at Wayland, Coach Whitlock was named the 2004 Sooner Athletic Conference and Region VI Men's Coach of the Year after leading Wayland to a second place finish.   He was also named the 2006 Women's SAC Coach of the Year. The Pioneer men's team have qualified for the NAIA Cross Country Championships the past two years. They were ranked ninth in the final NAIA Top 25 in 2005 and were 14th in 2006. Two of his runners earned NAIA All-American recognition and captured individual conference championships.

The Wayland women, who were ranked nationally in 2006 for the first time in over a decade, also qualified for the national championships last fall with a second place conference and regional finish.

As a collegian, Coach Whitlock was also a national track and field qualifier in the 1000-meter run and the steeplechase, and was the SAC Champion in the 5K.

Rohan Thompson - Assistant Coach

Former Wayland Baptist All-American track athlete Rohan Thompson is the new assistant coach of the Pioneer track and field program. 

The former sprinter from Barbados won four NAIA All-American honors during his three years at Wayland.  Coach Thompson spent last year as a graduate assistant for the program.

The 2006 recipient of the Bill Hardage Champions of Character Award at WBU, Coach Thompson is a two-time Daktronics/NAIA All-American Scholar Athlete and was a Pioneer co-captain during his senior season.  He was named the track team’s Most Valuable Male Athlete in 2005 and won Sooner Athletic Conference Championship honors in the 100 meters in 2004.