HEAD COACH - WAYNE HOLLOWAY
Wayne Holloway is in his second season as head men's cross country/track & field coach at Chicago State University, and his 8th season as head coach of the Angelic Flyers Track Club (AFTC).
In his first season at CSU, Holloway's athletes broke six school records, captured two Great West Conference championships, qualified one athlete for the NCAA Outdoor Mideast Regionals and three athletes achieved Academic All-Conference honors. Two of these athletes are former members of AFTC, Jonathan Majors, and Daniel Fleming .
Prior to coming to CSU, Holloway served as an assistant track coach at UIC for six seasons. During his tenure, his athletes broke eighteen school records, three conference records, produced nine Horizon League conference champions,and qualified seven athletes for the NCAA Outdoor Mideast Regionals.
Prior to coming to UIC, Holloway enjoyed a successful three-year run as the girls sprint and hurdle coach at Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor, IL. The Lady Vikings won three straight outdoor conference titles under his tutelage. Holloway also guided eventual UCLA All-American Adia McKinnon to the IHSA Class AA state record in the 400 meter dash (52.91), as well as state championships inthe sprint medley, 100 meter and 200 meter dashes in 2000.
From 19991-2002 Holloway was a volunteer sprint, hurdle and jump coach for the University of Chicago Track Club (UCTC), and the Angelic Flyers Track Club. While coaching youth track, Holloway guided Nosa Ehimwenman, future Big Ten outdoor triple jump champion in 2002 for Ohio State, to a seventh place finish in the triple jump at the 1998 USATF National Junior Olympics in Seattle. In addition, he guided Brittany Riley, the current world record holder in the women's weight throw, to a fifth place finish in the shot put at the 2002 USATF National Junior Olympics in Omaha. He has also coached numerous future All-American athletes who went on to compete in Division I, II and III.
Holloway achieved his USATF Level 1 Coaches certification in 1998.
Holloway earned his bachelor's degree in liberal arts from the University of Iowa in 1976, where he played on both sides of the ball for the Hawkeye football team. He attended Harlan High School in Chicago, where he lettered in track for coach Gerald Richards, football for coach Sherman Howard, and baseall for coach Lee Umbles, before graduating in 1969.
Holloway and his wife, Irma, have two sons, Wayne and Warren, and reside in Homewood,IL. Warren also graduated from the University of Iowa, where he played wide receiver for the Hawkeyes and was a sprinter on the track team.
