1985-1995 Coach Stan Huntsman

Coach Stan Huntsman 1986- 1995

• 2000 Inductee Into HOH

•  11 SWC Titles (Six Outdoors, Two In Cross Country And Three Indoors) 

•  Teams Swept SWC Triple Crown (Indoor, Outdoor, Cross Country) In 1991-92 And 1993-94

• NCAA Outdoor Track Runner-Up In 1987 And 1988

• Coached Nine NCAA Individual National Event Champions

• Coached 79 UT All-Americans (50 Outdoor, 19 Indoor, 10 Cross Country) 

• 1988 U.S. Olympic Track Coach In Seoul, Korea

Coach Stan Huntsman accomplishments at Texas (1985-1995)

NCAA Outdoor Top 5 Finishes: 1986, 1987*, 1988*, 1989, 1991
NCAA Indoor Top 15 Finishes: 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992
NCAA Cross Country Top 15’s: 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
*- denotes NCAA runner-up

SWC Championships (11)
Cross Country: 1991, 1993
Indoor: 1992, 1993, 1994
Outdoor: 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995

NCAA Individual Champions
Indoor: 2
Outdoor: 9

1986-9 Scores At Nationals- Stan Huntsman- 3rd at the National meet outdoor

1986- finished 3rd at the outdoor championships –  Eric Metcalf, Dag Wennlund, and James Lott won individual national championships,

Finished 3rd in the SWC- Pablo Squella, James Lott,  and Eric Metcalf lead the team.   Finish 5th in the indoor championships. At the Texas relays Leach, Laing, Patterson, and Squella set a stadium record for the sprint medley relay . Sang wins the 3000 steeplechase and Wennlund defends his javelin title. 

1987-5  Scores At Nationals- Stan Huntsman And Runner-Up For Outdoor National Championship. –

Horns finished 12th in the indoor NCAA championships.

Dag Wennlund 1st In The Javelin

Winthrop Graham 2nd In The 400 Hurdles

Eric Metcalf 3rd In The Long Jump

Jason Leach 7th In  The 100 Meters

Patterson, Kelly,Brown, Graham 7th In The 1600 Relay

1988-10 Scores At Nationals- Coach Stan Huntsman. 

Runner-Up For Outdoor National Championship. 

Texas lost to Arkansas in the SWC. It ended a two year reign as SWC champions.

Texas Highest Finish At The NCAA Outdoor Meet (2nd) 

See slide show below

Rusty Hunter wins the decathlon in the SWC in its inaugural year 1988.

At Nationals:

Rusty Hunter 3rd In The Decathlon at the NCAA tournament- . Qualifier US Olympic trials, Indianapolis. 

 Stefan Petersson 4th In The Javelin

Washington, Jones, Johnson, Leach 6th In The 400 Relay

Johnny Washington 7th In The Triple Jump

Hampton, Wheeler, Squel, Graham 7th In The 1600 Relay

1988- 1989- 6 Scores At Nationals- Stan Huntsman

 Texas finishes 4th in the SWC.  4 qualifying athletes help Texas finish 15 out of 50 at Nationals

Harry Green, Jeff Cannada, Shelton, and Stefan Petersson lead the team in points.

1989-1990-4 SCORES AT NATIONALS

oden sets a world record of 292-4 feet in the javelin. 

Warren Smith 4th In Pole Vault

Tyrone Scott 6th In Triple Jump

Lance Wilson 7th In Shot Put

1990-1991-6 Scores At Nationals- Coach Stan Huntsman

After a bad indoor season, the 1990 men’s track team prepared for the outdoor season. Horns finished 3rd nationally in the indoor meet. Led by Patrick Boden and Quintus Hampton, the team performed beyond expectations. These Horns had a serious shot at winning the national championship. The team beat UCLA, who had not lost a dual track meet in the last 50 competitions. Qualifiers for the NCAA championship included Noyes Livingston, Scotty Miller, Warren Smith, and Lance Wilson.

Horns place 5th in the NCAA outdoor championship, the 5th top-5 finish in Stan Huntsman’s 6 seasons at Texas.

The 4 x 400 relay won the event for the first time in 15 years at the Texas Relays. Keith Keller set 9 personal bests to finish second in the decathlon.

  Patrick Boden in 1989, 1990, and 1991 is the National Outdoor Champion in the Javelin. He is also 

NCAA and UT record holder – 292-4 (89.10m) – 1990
– Three-time NCAA Champion (1989-91)
– Three-time All-American
– Undefeated in collegiate competition (12 meets over 3 years)

Patrick Boden joined Jerry Thompson and James Lott as a three-time winner of the NCAA championship meet.  

John Poole 6th In Javelin at nationals

Lance Wilson 6th In Shot Put at nationals

Eric Polonski tied for high-scoring honors at the SWC indoor meet.  Outdoors SWC Texas placed 1 through 4 in the decathlon. Keith Keller won the event. This was Texas’ first outdoor win in the SWC since 1987. It was the first time that Texas won the triple crown (cross country, outdoor, indoor.) since 1973-1974. Outdoor Horns finished 15th. 

1991 -1992-2 Scores At Nationals- Stan Huntsman SWC champions

1992- Texas wins the first SWC indoor since 1975.  

Arkansas leaves the SWC for the SEC and for the first time in 11 straight years the Horns win the SWC indoor and outdoor championship. Eric Polonski, a distance runner, and Lance Wilson lead the team. The pole vaulters take 1-2-3 and 5 in this event. Keith Keller wins the decathalon , and Tyrone Scott wins the broad jump.

1993-2 Scores Scores At Nationals- Stan Huntsman

1993 indoor- Texas wins the SWC with 30 points from Steve Sisson and Eric Polonski.  Pole vaulters captured the top 3 spots. Du’Aine Ladejo was the first Longhorn to win the 400 SWC in an indoor meet.  Alan Luther the All-swc football player finished 5th in the shot put in his first meet.  In the national meet, Steve Sisson finished 3rd in the 5000 meters shattering the school record by 8 seconds.   

1993 – outdoor-  Todd Lockwood won the decathlon at the SWC meet.  Steve Sisson was high point man for the Horns.   

Men win the SWC indoor title. Eric Polonski and J.J. Miller also win their events in the SWC meet.

Steve Sisson is 5th nationally In 10,000. He places first in the SWC meet in the 5000.

Du’aine Ladejo was 6th nationally In 400 and held 8 of the 10 fastest 400 meters in Texas Longhorn track history.

Du’aine and James Colbert are hurt for the indoor national meet which has negative consequences for the Longhorns. In the outdoor season, Ladejo is back and the Horns are second in the Texas 1600 relay.

1994-3 Scores Scores At Nationals- Stan Huntsman SWC Champs and SWC Coach of the Year.



Last SWC Championship before moving to the Big 12. It is their 4th straight outdoor SWC championship. Aaron Fox is 2nd in the decathlon. Wayne Guidry wins the pole vault for the Longhorns. It is the first time in 18 year the Longhorns win the pole vault.

Richard Duncan is high scorer in the SWC event with a win in the high jump and a 3rd in the triple jump and broad jump.

Richard was the first SWC athlete to medal in three events.

Derek Spears 6th 400 Hurdles at nationals

Wayne Guidry 7th Pole Vault at nationals

1995-4 Scores At Nationals- Stan Huntsman

Derek Spears 3rd 400 Hurdles

Dwayne Riley 6th In 110 Hurdles

Derek Spears 7th 110 Hurdles