Chris Beene enters his sixth year as head cross country/track and field coach at South Plains College.

The cross country and track teams continue to flourish under Beene as his squads won five NJCAA titles in the 2008-2009 seasons, beginning with the men's half-marathon in November, his track teams then swept the men's and women's indoor and outdoor titles in March and May.  For his teams efforts, Beene was named the 2009 Outdoor track and field head coach of the year.

In 2008, Beene was named NJCAA Division I Coach of the Year. He was also named Men's Coach of the Meet at both the 2007 and 2008 NJCAA National Outdoor Track and Field Championships after his SPC men's team won national titles.

Beene came to SPC from Wayland Baptist University in Plainview. He was named Women's NAIA Region 5 and 6 Coach of the Year in 2003 and 2004 and Men's Sooner Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2003 and 2004.

He came to Wayland from Texas Tech, where he spent four seasons as assistant coach. During his time at Tech, he was in charge of coaching the multi-events, pole vault and javelin.

Beene also had previous assistant coaching experience at Abilene Christian and Texas A&M - Kingsville. Two of Beene's decathletes won NCAA Division II national titles during his time at ACU.

Beene has coached two athletes, Stephen Moore and Trafton Rodgers, who both went on to win USATF Men's Heptathlon Championships. Both competed in the USA Olympic Trials with Rodgers in 2000 and Moore in 2000 and 2004. Moore also won a gold medal in the decathlon at the Pan American Games. Moore won the USA Indoor Championship and placed fourth at the World Indoor Championships in Barcelona, Spain.

In all, Beene has coached 47 individual national champions, five regional championship teams, one NAIA conference championship team and five NJCAA national championship teams. He has also coached over 140 All-Americans. Two athletes that Beene coached, Sally Kipyego in the 1500 meter run and 5000 meter run, and Daryl Burgess in the 110 meter hurdles, currently hold NJCAA national records.

A former All-American decathlete, Beene received both his bachelor's and master's degrees in kinesiology from Angelo State.

Beene and his wife Corye have one daughter, Faith, as well as a son, Sage.

Blaine Wiley is in his fourth year at South Plains College. After serving two years as Assistant Coach, he was promoted to Associate Head Coach in 2008. Wiley came to SPC after four seasons as an assistant coach at Texas State University.

Wiley's duties include coaching the men's and women's sprinters, hurdlers, jumpers and relay teams. He received his USATF Level 1 Track and Field Certification in December of 2002 and earned his USATF Level II Certification in the Jumps in July 2006. He also attended the 2007 USA Track and Field High Performance Summit, a USATF Level III Conference.

In 2007, Wiley's first year as an assistant at SPC, he coached 7 NJCAA National Champions and 34 NJCAA All-Americans. He coached Derrick Reescano to NJCAA Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Year honors and Patrick Lee to NJCAA Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year honors. His athletes set 15 school records in 2007. That year the SPC men swept the NJCAA Indoor and Outdoor National Championships and the SPC women finished 3rd indoors and 2nd outdoors.

Wiley continued his success in 2008 when he coached 9 NJCAA National Champions, and15 NJCAA All-Americans. His athletes set 14 school records in 2008. Wiley also coached Renny Quow to a personal best time (44.82) and 7th place finish in the 400 meters at the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing, China. For his efforts, Wiley was recognized as the 2008 NJCAA Men's Assistant Coach of the Year as the Texans won their second straight NJCAA Outdoor National Championship. The SPC women finished as National Runners-Up for the second consecutive year.

2009 was the best year to date for the track programs at South Plains College. Along with winning 5 NJCAA National Team Championships, including a sweep of both men's and women's indoor and outdoor titles, Wiley coached 6 NJCAA National Champions and 24 NJCAA All-Americans. His athletes also set 20 school records in 2009. Wiley coached LaToy Williams to the fourth best performance in the World in the 400 meters (44.73) and a berth in the World Track & Field Championships in Berlin, Germany. Williams was recognized as the 2009 NJCAA National Athlete of the Year for his performance at the National Championships in Hutchison, Kansas.

During Wiley's four seasons as an assistant at Texas State, the Bobcat men and women won seven Southland Conference Team Championships. His sprinters claimed 16 Southland Conference individual and relay championships, 112 All-Southland Conference awards, 63 All-Time Top 10 performances, 28 NCAA Regional qualifying marks, and eight school records. Two of his athletes qualified for the NCAA Division I Championships. While at Texas State, Wiley coached LaJuana Lovett to Southland Conference Indoor and Outdoor Athlete of the Year and High Point Athlete honors in 2003 and 2004. He also coached Camilla Davis to Southland Conference High Point honors in 2006.

Before joining the staff at Texas State, Wiley was a standout sprinter for the Bobcats from 1997-2000. During his time as an athlete at Texas State (formerly Southwest Texas) he was a member of the 1998 and 2000 outdoor conference championship teams and was a two-time team captain.

Wiley was a member of the school record Sprint Medley Relay team. He also ran the second and fourth fastest times in school history in the 100 meters, the second fastest time in school history in the indoor 200 meters, and was a provisional NCAA qualifier and ranked in the top 100 in the USA in 2000 in the 100 meters (10.29). His 6.66 in the 60 meters stands as the school record for times run at altitude. Wiley ended his career as a 5-time Southland Conference finalist.

Wiley graduated from Texas State University in May 2000 with a degree in Business Administration He completed his Master's degree in Secondary Education in May 2008. His wife Julie is also a graduate from Texas State and was a member of the Bobcat track & field team from 1996-2000. They have two sons, Hayden Blaine Alan (4) and Landon James, born April 3, 2009.