ABILENE – ACU head track and field coach Roosevelt Lofton announced Wednesday that he has hired Chris Woods as the Wildcats' new head cross country coach and assistant track and field coach.
Woods joins the ACU staff after one season as the head cross country coach at NCAA Division I member Georgia State.
"I'm excited to add Chris to our coaching staff," Woods said. "I think he'll bring a real excitement and new dimension to our distance program."
Woods, who is an Atlanta native, graduated from Mississippi State in 2008 with a B.S. in clinical exercise physiology. While with the Bulldogs, Woods was a four-time NCAA Division I national qualifier, a two-time all-America, four-time All-SEC and a four-time all-Mideast Region. He competed in the 800-meter run and the 4x400-meter relay, earning all-America status in the latter.
Following graduation, Woods returned to Benjamin E. Mays High School, where he once competed, to help coach the track and field teams' middle-distance and distance runners.
Also on his coaching resume is a four-year stint with the Atlanta-based Quicksilver Track and Field Club where Woods helped out with the middle-distance and distance runners and the hurdlers.
