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John Kenneson

Associate Head Coach (Throws)

  • John Kenneson begins his seventh season as the associate head coach for the TCU men’s and women’s track and field program.
  • Prior to 2010, TCU under Kenneson’s watch captured eight-straight Mountain West Conference women’s shot put titles between the indoor and outdoor seasons. TCU is the only school in Mountain West Conference history to capture that feat. Kenneson also helped graduated senior Tommy Killen to the 2009 Mountain West Conference discus title and a spot at the final round of the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
  • Prior to last spring, Kenneson not only guided Joe Brown to the 2008 Mountain West Conference men’s javelin title, but also a 2008 All-American certificate in men’s javelin, becoming the first TCU athlete ever to be named an All-American in the javelin.
  • Kenneson also coached Joe Brown to the 2008 Mountain West Conference Student-Athlete of the Year, becoming the first ever student-athlete to receive such honor at TCU. He currently has coached eight school record holders at TCU, including five new marks during the 2010 season.
  • Under Kenneson’s watch, former student-athlete, Candis Kelley became only the second female in TCU history to win the women’s shot put title at the historic Penn Relay. Kelley closed her career as the most dominating thrower in conference history, amassing several conference championships during her four years.
  • Kenneson, who has posted 42 All-American certificates all-time, twice helped Florida claim the SEC Triple Crown. He coached Tom Pukstys to the former American Record in javelin and current collegiate record. Pukstys held the American record from 1994-2004.
  • Kenneson also coached Jeff Chakouian who was the only collegian shot putter to reach the finals of the 2004 United States Olympic Trials. Chakouian set the Pan Am Junior record in Argentina at 65 feet, 2 inches in the men’s shot put. He was also a World Junior finalist in the shot in Satiago, Chile in 2000.
  • Kenneson, who coached the silver medalist in the men’s shot put at the World University Games in 1992, guided Matt Kavanagh to the gold medal in the hammer throw at the 1997 Junior Pan America Games.
  • While at Kentucky, Kenneson coached his athletes to 23 All-America certificates, 28 school records and logged eight national top 20 finishes. Kenneson also compiled an impressive portfolio at North Carolina State with two ACC men’s team championships, 11 All- ACC women athletes and 13 All-ACC men’s performances, while establishing 10 school records during his two-year tenure in Raleigh. At Florida, Kenneson’s helped the Gators capture seven top 5 team finishes at the NCAA Championships.

Darryl Anderson

Head Coach

  • Darryl Anderson begins his seventh season as head coach of the TCU men’s and women’s track and field program.
  • A former associate track & field coach at Arizona State University, Anderson has combined a tireless work ethic with a tremendous coaching style that has molded TCU into one of the top track and field programs in the country.
  • Anderson’s success at TCU is clearly displayed in the 68 All-Americans, two Olympians, one United States 4×100 relay pool selection and three USA Junior Medalist, including Charles Silmon this past summer.
  • While at TCU, Anderson has been named Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year twice, including the Conference Men’s Coach of the Year in 2010. The Ohio native also captured the South Central Regional Coach of the Year honor in 2008.
  • During his tenure, the Frogs have dominated the Mountain West Conference, capturing the overall women’s conference title in 2008 to go along with 88 Conference Champions and nine individual conference honors throughout his six years.
  • On a national level, Anderson coached Jackson Langat to the 2006 NCAA Championship in the men’s 800 meters. The Frogs have been well represented at the NCAA National Championships during his tenure at TCU, competing every year at the national meet.
  • The Frogs have amassed over 68 All-Americans during his stay in Fort Worth, including six All-America honors in 2010. Anderson also helped the Frogs’ Neidra Covington to South Central Regional Field Athlete of the Year honors in 2010, while also guiding senior Jessica Young to a runner-up finish in the women’s 100 meters at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championships, which is the highest finish on the women’s side since 1993.
  • The former MONDO Men’s National Assistant Coach of the Year, was honored as Track and Field News tabbed TCU as the country’s top men’s relay team for the 2006 season. Overall, Anderson has led the Frogs to 37 school records, including 12 during the 2010 season.
  • Prior to coming to Fort Worth, Anderson coached Tim Harden, a 1996 Olympic silver medalist, to three NCAA sprint titles. He was the first male student-athlete ever in NCAA history to capture that feat under Anderson’s watch. Harden, who was selected as the NCAA Indoor and SEC Athlete of the Year in 1995 and 1996, won the 60 meters title at the 2001 World Indoor Championships.
  • Anderson also guided Marcus Brunson, the 2001 Pac-10 Athlete of the Year, who broke the collegiate indoor 60-meter record and was the NCAA runner-up in that event in 1999.

Nic Petersen

Assistant Coach (Jumps and Multi)

  • Nic Peterson begins his second season as an assistant coach with the TCU men’s and women’s track and field program where he works with jumps and multi-events.
  • Under Petersen’s watch, Neidra Covington and Whitney Gipson both advanced to the final round of the 2010 NCAA Championships. Covington, who won the Mountain West Conference and NCAA West Preliminary Round in the triple jump in 2010, closed her career earning two All-America accolades in Eugene. Overall, she was one of only six athletes to qualify for Eugene in the long and triple jump.

    • Covington won conference with a new school and championship record under Petersen and was named the 2010 South Central Region Field Athlete of the Year, which marked the first time in program history that a Horned Frog had received such an honor. Gipson, who ranked No. 4 in the NCAA heading into the final round of the NCAA Championships in the long jump, smashed the school record in the long jump to earn runner-up at conference with the second-best leap in conference history.

  • Petersen closed out 2010 being selected to the 2010 USATF Emerging Elite Coaches Camp.
  • Under the guidance of Peterson, Covington, who closed her career as a six-time All-American, won the triple jump at conference last spring with a new school and championships record, soaring 44 feet, 2 inches to win. She was the top-ranked triple jumper in both the region and conference during the 2010 season.
  • Gipson posted a personal and seasonal-best leap of 21 feet, 8 inches last season under Petersen’s watch. Not to be outdone, Covington also soared over 21 feet in the women’s triple jump during the course of the season, leaping 21 feet, ¾ inches in the long jump at the NCAA West Preliminary Round.
  • During the indoor season, Covington placed sixth overall in the women’s triple jump to collect All-America honors on the final day of the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships. Overall, Petersen helped Covington leap 43 feet, 8 ½ inches to post her highest finish of her career at nationals. The senior also recorded the highest finish ever in the women’s triple jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships. In 1985, former Frog great Donna Thomas soared to seventh-place honors.
  • Petersen also guided Gipson to All-America honors during the indoor season in the women’s long jump. Gipson earned sixth-place accolades with a personal-best leap of 21 feet, which is the second-best jump in program history. By placing sixth overall, Gipson recorded the highest finish in program history in the women’s long jump at nationals.
  • Prior to his first year in Fort Worth, Petersen was an assistant coach at Nebraska where he coached Nicholas Gordon and Chris Phipps. Both Gordon and Phipps earned All-America honors at the 2009 NCAA Indoor Championships, with Gordon winning the national title with a leap of 26 feet, 4 ¼ inches. Petersen, who also guided Dusty Jonas, a 2008 Olympian and NCAA Indoor Champion in the high jump, coached three-time All-America honoree Epley Bullock as well as All-American Paul Hamilton.
  • Peterson also coached Gordon to two-straight Big 12 Championships, while guiding the No. 1 long jump trio in the NCAA during the 2009 season. Gordon under Petersen’s watch is the No. 4 all-time jumper in Jamaican history. He placed in the top 15 at the 2009 IAAF World Championships. Finally, Petersen coached the bronze medalist at 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and helped the men’s team at Nebraska capture the 2009 Big 12 Championship.
  • Prior to coaching, Petersen, who graduated from Nebraska in 2006 with a degree in economics, excelled on the pole vault runway for the Huskers. Overall, Petersen captained three Big 12 Championship squads, while also being named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team in 2003, 2006 and 2007.

Dennis Darling

Assistant Coach (Women’s Sprints)

  • Dennis Darling begins his second season as the sprints coach for the TCU women’s track program.
  • Darling had an outstanding first year in Fort Worth as he guided Kristal Juarez to All-America accolades at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships.
  • Juarez captured her first All-America accolade of her career, clocking a personal-best and new school record time of 52.94 seconds to finish seventh overall inside the Randal Tyson Track Center. By crossing the finish line in seventh-place, the now senior recorded the highest finish in program history in the women’s 400 meters at nationals. She also became the first female in school history to earn All-America accolades in the 400 meters.
  • The TCU assistant coach also guided Chaniqua Corinealdi to a conference championship during the indoor season in the women’s 60 meters, blowing by the competition with a personal-best and NCAA provisional qualifying time of 7.33 seconds to place first overall. Corinealdi’s time was the third-fastest time ever recorded in TCU history. The now sophomore later went on to compete at the NCAA Indoor Championships in both the women’s 60 and 200 meters, marking the lone Horned Frog to compete in two events during nationals last winter.
  • During the outdoor season, Darling guided Juarez to gold medal accolades with a seasonal and personal-best time of 52.91 seconds at the Mountain West Conference Outdoor Championships. Freshman Quinterra Charles was also stellar in the event, crossing the finish line in third-place with a personal-best time of 53.58 seconds. With the win, Juarez became the second-consecutive Horned Frog to capture first-place accolades in the 400 meters.
  • Under Darling’s direction, both represented TCU at the 2010 NCAA West Preliminary Round in Austin, while Juarez later went on to compete at the final round of the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the women’s 400 meters.
  • Prior to joining the Frogs, Darling coached four All-Americans in 2009 at UT Arlington. The 2008 Great West Conference Coach of the Year has coached Six All-America honorees during his career.
  • Darling was a three-time Olympian and a four-time participant at the IAAF World Championships. The Bronze medalist at the 2003 World Championships, Darling captured 12 Conference USA titles while competing at the University of Houston. Darling was the Conference USA Indoor Men’s Athlete of the Year during his final year for the Cougars and closed his career as a four-time All-American.

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.