ACU Sports Hall of Fame

Don Hood

Don Hood

Don Hood, a 1955 graduate of ACU, is retired from full-time coaching, but still instructs at track and field clinics across the country.

Hood was the head track and field coach at ACU from 1977-1988, and during that time he led the Wildcats to eight NCAA Division II national championships and one NAIA national championship.

Hood coached nine Olympians at ACU and 12 overall in a collegiate coaching career that included stints at North Texas, Wichita State and Howard Payne.

He was named the head track and field coach at ACU in 1977 and shortly thereafter continued an incredible run of ACU success that continues to this day. Hood's teams won nine national championships and nine Lone Star Conference championships, and he was named Lone Star Conference Coach of the Year eight times.


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Last update: Feb. 25, 1999
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