Cougar Athletics
30 NAIA National Championships
95 GSAC Championships
...and counting

kreid@apu.edu

He has won more national championships than any active track & field coach in the NAIA. Indeed, Kevin Reid has emerged from the looming shadows of an Azusa Pacific track & field dynasty to appropriately put his stamp on the program’s success.

Now in his 13th season as Azusa Pacific's head coach, Reid has guided the Cougars’ to 7 NAIA championships since taking over the winningest program in NAIA history back in 1996. Reid-coached Cougars have won 5 indoor national championships (1996, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2007) and 2 outdoor crowns (2001 and 2002). They are the reigning NAIA indoor champs.

In addition to his national championship seasons, Reid has been named NAIA Coach of the Year 7 times as well.

Reid, who served as legendary track coach Terry Franson's assistant since 1989, wasted no time putting his identity on Azusa Pacific track & field when he took over for the retiring Franson in 1996. Even though he had no head coaching experience on any level, Reid was given control and before the third month of his 1996 rookie season, he led Azusa Pacific to its first-ever NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championship, quite a feat for a program that frustratingly finished second in 8 previous indoor championship meets. For his efforts, he was named NAIA Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year. Two months later, he took a short-handed Cougar team to a second place finish at the NAIA Outdoor Championships.

While he continued Azusa Pacific's strong presence in field events, in the course of time Reid has redirected the program's focus toward one that relies on jumps and multi-event athletes. By the time his full signature was on the Cougar track & field, Reid had his own dominating program.

He has coached 18 NAIA national champions and over 70 All-Americans. He has led the Cougars to the Golden State Athletic Conference championship 10 of the past 12 years, including the past 9 in a row, a conference record for the longest title string.

Individually, Reid has been recognized by his peers for his excellent work, being named NAIA Indoor Coach of the Year in 1996 and again in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2007. He was also named the NAIA Outdoor Coach of the Year in 2001 and 2002.

Regarded for his expertise in the multi-events, Reid has coached Bryan Clay, Tage Peterson and David Pichler, 3 the nation's top young decathletes over the past decade. Clay won the silver medal in the decathlon at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics and was the 2005 world champion in the decathlon. Additionally, Reid is the coordinator of the California Invitational and Mt. SAC Relays Multi-Events meets. He has served on numerous national committees, including the game's committee of the NAIA indoor and outdoor championship meets, of which he co-chaired the games committee of the 2004 NAIA Outdoor Championships Meet. He has served as outdoor championship meet referee for 4 years, and he is also 1 of 10 NAIA delegates to U.S. Track & Field.

As a student-athlete and a member of 2 Azusa Pacific NAIA championship squads, competing in both the intermediate and high hurdles on the 1986 and 1988 teams. Reid posted career-bests of 53.81 in the intermediates and 14.79 in the highs. Reid also was a 2-year letterman on the Cougar football team, starting as a defensive back for the nationally-ranked 1985 and 1986 teams that went a combined 12-3-3.

Reid, who also worked 3 years for Jostens, Inc., graduated from Azusa Pacific in 1988 with a bachelor's degree in marketing. In 2001 he earned his master's degree in education from Azusa Pacific.

Before coming to Azusa Pacific, Reid competed at Yuba Junior College in Marysville, Calif., and prepped at Carson City (Nev.) High School, from which he graduated in 1983.

His younger sister Kim Reid-Schmidt and brother Jim both competed on the Cougar track & field team during the 1990s.

Kevin, 42, and his wife Stacey, a 1992 Azusa Pacific alum, live in Pomona, Calif., with their sons Jonathan (12) and Zachary (7).

	REID AT AZUSA PACIFIC
                              NAIA     NAIA
Year School           GSAC   Indoor  Outdoor
1996 Azusa Pacific     1st     1st      2nd
1997 Azusa Pacific     2nd     9th      8th  
1998 Azusa Pacific     2nd     2nd      5th  
1999 Azusa Pacific     1st     4th      3rd
2000 Azusa Pacific     1st     5th      4th  
2001 Azusa Pacific     1st     2nd      1st  
2002 Azusa Pacific     1st     1st      1st  
2003 Azusa Pacific     1st     1st      3rd  
2004 Azusa Pacific     1st     1st      3rd 
2005 Azusa Pacific     1st     5th      5th
2006 Azusa Pacific     1st     4th      3rd
2007 Azusa Pacific     1st     1st      3rd