Staff Directory
Kristian Dillard
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- Assistant Track & Field Coach
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Former Abilene Christian associate head coach Kristian Dillard joined the Liberty track & field coaching staff as an assistant for the 2023-24 season, reuniting with Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Lance Bingham. Dillard primarily works with the Flames’ sprinters.
During Dillard’s first season with the Flames, he coached the duo of Omari Lewis and Reese Webster to three CUSA titles and program records in four different events. Lewis clocked a wind-aided 9.88 to win the CUSA men’s 100 championship, while Webster helped Trinidad and Tobago qualify for the Paris Olympics in the women’s 4 x 100 relay.
Prior to arriving in Lynchburg, Dillard spent the previous five years (2018-23) as a full-time assistant at Abilene Christian, the first two of which were spent under Bingham’s direction. Dillard coached the Wildcats’ sprinters, assisted with the multi-event athletes and oversaw weight training for the sprinters, jumpers and distance runners.
Dillard helped coach Abilene Christian to its first-ever Southland Conference women’s indoor track & field team title in 2021. That meet saw Taylor Tolen race to the women’s 200 title, her first of five individual conference victories. Tolen, who improved her 100 time from 12.04 in high school to 11.34 at ACU, also led the Wildcats to the 2022 WAC women’s 4 x 100 relay crown.
On the men’s side, Dillard also oversaw a considerable amount of relay success. Abilene Christian clocked 3:07.76 for third place at the 2019 Texas Relays 4 x 400 during a stretch of three straight Southland 4 x 400 titles for the Wildcats (2019 indoor, 2019 outdoor and 2020 indoor). Most recently, ACU took fourth place in the 2023 Texas Relays men’s 4 x 200 final.
Dillard also helped guide JJ Ply to an eighth-place finish in the decathlon at the 2022 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Ply became Abilene Christian’s first-ever first team All-American at the NCAA Division I level and recorded a personal-best score of 7,857 at the 2022 Mt. SAC Relays.
Dillard served as a volunteer assistant at Abilene Christian during 2017-18, the year he and wife Aleah first arrived in Abilene to work with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). Prior to that, the Dillards worked for FCA in El Paso, Texas from 2014-16.
A native of Argyle, Texas, Dillard was a sprinter for the UTEP men’s track & field team for two seasons (2012 and 2013). He helped UTEP claim the team title at the 2013 Conference USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships and made two NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round appearances (2012 – 4 x 100 and 2013 – 200). Dillard’s top times included 10.74 (100), 21.26 (200) and 48.62 (400).
Dillard and his wife, Aleah, have one daughter, Charlie Anne.
During Dillard’s first season with the Flames, he coached the duo of Omari Lewis and Reese Webster to three CUSA titles and program records in four different events. Lewis clocked a wind-aided 9.88 to win the CUSA men’s 100 championship, while Webster helped Trinidad and Tobago qualify for the Paris Olympics in the women’s 4 x 100 relay.
Prior to arriving in Lynchburg, Dillard spent the previous five years (2018-23) as a full-time assistant at Abilene Christian, the first two of which were spent under Bingham’s direction. Dillard coached the Wildcats’ sprinters, assisted with the multi-event athletes and oversaw weight training for the sprinters, jumpers and distance runners.
Dillard helped coach Abilene Christian to its first-ever Southland Conference women’s indoor track & field team title in 2021. That meet saw Taylor Tolen race to the women’s 200 title, her first of five individual conference victories. Tolen, who improved her 100 time from 12.04 in high school to 11.34 at ACU, also led the Wildcats to the 2022 WAC women’s 4 x 100 relay crown.
On the men’s side, Dillard also oversaw a considerable amount of relay success. Abilene Christian clocked 3:07.76 for third place at the 2019 Texas Relays 4 x 400 during a stretch of three straight Southland 4 x 400 titles for the Wildcats (2019 indoor, 2019 outdoor and 2020 indoor). Most recently, ACU took fourth place in the 2023 Texas Relays men’s 4 x 200 final.
Dillard also helped guide JJ Ply to an eighth-place finish in the decathlon at the 2022 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Ply became Abilene Christian’s first-ever first team All-American at the NCAA Division I level and recorded a personal-best score of 7,857 at the 2022 Mt. SAC Relays.
Dillard served as a volunteer assistant at Abilene Christian during 2017-18, the year he and wife Aleah first arrived in Abilene to work with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). Prior to that, the Dillards worked for FCA in El Paso, Texas from 2014-16.
A native of Argyle, Texas, Dillard was a sprinter for the UTEP men’s track & field team for two seasons (2012 and 2013). He helped UTEP claim the team title at the 2013 Conference USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships and made two NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round appearances (2012 – 4 x 100 and 2013 – 200). Dillard’s top times included 10.74 (100), 21.26 (200) and 48.62 (400).
Dillard and his wife, Aleah, have one daughter, Charlie Anne.
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