Shawn Winget
Assistant Coach (Distance)
- Shawn Winget begins his fourth season as an assistant coach with the TCU track and field program and head distance coach for the Frogs.
- Winget had a banner year in 2010, helping Festus Kigen earn 2010 All-America honors in men’s 5,000 meters, marking the highest-finish ever in program history at the NCAA Indoor Championships. He also coached the 2010 men’s and women’s 5,000 meters Mountain West Conference Indoor Champions, which was the first time in program history that TCU swept both fields at the MWC Championships.
- During the 2010 spring, Winget led TCU to the conference championship in the women’s 5,000 and 10,000 meters, marking only the second time in school history that a TCU student-athlete has captured gold medal honors in both events. He also guided four different student-athletes to the 2010 NCAA West Preliminary Round, including Festus Kigen who moved onto the final round of the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
- Winget, who has had a back-to-back NCAA qualifier at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships, coached Festus Kigen to runner-up accolades at the Mountain West Conference Cross Country Championships in 2008. He has also led TCU to three top 10 finishes at the prestigious Mt. SAC Relays.
- Winget has a solid background as he has guided 78 conference champions and 25 All-America honorees, while also coaching six NCAA National Champions all-time. He has also been the coach of one IAAF world cross country participant and three-straight National Championship squads during his career.
