Track and Field Coaching Staff
Dr. Garry Killgore
21st Year Head Coach
Phone 503-883-2410
Fax 503-883-2453
Email gkillgor@linfield.edu
Biography
Dr. Garry Killgore is in his 21st year as Linfield's track and field coach. He also serves as Linfield cross country coach in the fall. Killgore was named Northwest Conference Men's Coach of the Year in 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 2007. He was singled out as Northwest Conference Women's Coach of the Year in 1993 and in 1996 also was the women's NAIA District 2 Coach of the Year in 1993.
Killgore guided the Linfield men's track program to conference championships in 1992, 1995 and 1996 and the women's squad to the league crown in 1996. He has coached six national champions, 70 All-Americans and 34 Academic All-Americans.
A graduate of Oregon State University, Killgore was head women's track and field coach at Linn-Benton Community College for one season. He helped guide the Crescent Valley High School girls cross country team to the Class AAA girls state championship in 1987. Prior to that, he spent three years at Creswell High School coaching distance runners and jumpers.
He is the chair of men's and women's track and field committee for the Oregon Association of USA Track and Field. He was a research associate for the USA Track and Field Sport Sciences in the biomechanics of the hammer, javelin, steeplechase and pole vault. He is a full professor within the Department of Health, Human Performance and Athletics, specializing in exercise science. Killgore earned his Ph.D at Oregon State in human performance (exercise physiology/biomechanics) in 2003 and received his master's degree in physical education (exercise science) in 1989. He has published reports and made presentations on the biomechanics of running, prevention of running-related injuries and scientific concepts of coaching. His specialty is alternative training for athletes, such as deep-water running or circuits. He is the founder of AQx Sports, a company pioneering new concepts in hydrodynamic training.
Killgore and his wife, Lisa, reside in McMinnville. They have two children, Michael and Sarah.
Phone 503-883-2410
Fax 503-883-2453
Email gkillgor@linfield.edu
Biography
Dr. Garry Killgore is in his 21st year as Linfield's track and field coach. He also serves as Linfield cross country coach in the fall. Killgore was named Northwest Conference Men's Coach of the Year in 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 2007. He was singled out as Northwest Conference Women's Coach of the Year in 1993 and in 1996 also was the women's NAIA District 2 Coach of the Year in 1993.
Killgore guided the Linfield men's track program to conference championships in 1992, 1995 and 1996 and the women's squad to the league crown in 1996. He has coached six national champions, 70 All-Americans and 34 Academic All-Americans.
A graduate of Oregon State University, Killgore was head women's track and field coach at Linn-Benton Community College for one season. He helped guide the Crescent Valley High School girls cross country team to the Class AAA girls state championship in 1987. Prior to that, he spent three years at Creswell High School coaching distance runners and jumpers.
He is the chair of men's and women's track and field committee for the Oregon Association of USA Track and Field. He was a research associate for the USA Track and Field Sport Sciences in the biomechanics of the hammer, javelin, steeplechase and pole vault. He is a full professor within the Department of Health, Human Performance and Athletics, specializing in exercise science. Killgore earned his Ph.D at Oregon State in human performance (exercise physiology/biomechanics) in 2003 and received his master's degree in physical education (exercise science) in 1989. He has published reports and made presentations on the biomechanics of running, prevention of running-related injuries and scientific concepts of coaching. His specialty is alternative training for athletes, such as deep-water running or circuits. He is the founder of AQx Sports, a company pioneering new concepts in hydrodynamic training.
Killgore and his wife, Lisa, reside in McMinnville. They have two children, Michael and Sarah.
