University of Northern Colorado track and field and cross country coach Wayne Angel has been selected for the Tennessee Tech University Sports Hall of Fame, honoring his work building the Golden Eagles’ into championship programs.
Angel was Tennessee Tech’s first full-time head coach for both sports from 2014-19. Tennessee Tech is in Cookeville, Tennessee.
A four-time Ohio Valley Conference coach of the year, Angel led the women’s track and field team to its first conference championship. The women’s team won indoor and outdoor OVC titles in 2018 with victories by 31 and 50 points, respectively.
In 2018-19, Angel coached Tennessee Tech athletes to conference athlete of the year honors each season, and he helped Na’Asha Robinson become the program’s first All-American and first female runner to advance to NCAAs. Angel also coached Purity Sanga, who was the first female to win cross country runner of the year, and indoor and outdoor track athlete of the year honors in 2018-19.
Angel also coached TTU athletes to 40 individuals titles in the Ohio Valley Conference from 2016-19.
He came to UNC in July 2019
Angel is a graduate of the University of Illinois, where he was a two-time Big Ten Conference champion and one-time record holder in the 400-meter hurdles. He competed in U.S. Olympic Trials in 1980 and 1984.
A U.S. Army veteran, Angel won three gold medals at the World Military Games and he’s a 7-time inter-service champion.
Angel is also a member of halls of fame at Rantoul High School in Rantoul, Illinois and at Parkland College in Champaign, Illinois.
The hall of fame induction is Friday, Oct. 31, 2025 during Tennessee Tech’s homecoming weekend.
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