Head Men's and Women's Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Coach
Clyde Morgan

Clyde Morgan enters his fifth season as the head coach of men's and women's indoor track and field programs. Morgan led the Tomcats to the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Men's Championship and earned conference coach of the year honors in his first full season as the head coach in 2004.

Over the past four seasons Morgan has helped three student-athletes earn all-America honors and had 15 hit national qualifying marks. The Tomcats have also seen six conference MVP selections, 96 individual conference champions and 156 all-conference performers during that span.

Morgan, a 2000 Thiel graduate, had spent four seasons as an assistant coach with the Tomcat football team and has worked as an assistant with the track and field program for three years prior to becoming head coach. Morgan also served as the director of mulicultural affairs at Thiel before assuming his head coaching duties.

Morgan starred for the Tomcats both on the football field as well as on the track. He earned all-PAC recognition as a kick returner during his junior season and was also named an all-American selection for his efforts. He won three-straight PAC titles in the 110-meter high hurdles, a feat never accomplished before or since his reign. He was also a two-time conference champion in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles. He was a three-year captain with the track and field team as well as a three-year captain with the Tomcat football team.

Morgan has been a part of four PAC championship teams during his years at Thiel, winning two as a student-athlete (1996, 1998), taking a share of the title as an assistant in 2003 and winning as the head coach in 2004.

As a local scholastic standout at Chaney High School in Youngstown, Ohio, Morgan was an all-city selection for four straight seasons, running the 110-meter high hurdles, the 300-meter intermediate hurdles, and the 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relays. He was a two-time district champion in the 300-meter hurdles and was an all-state selection during his senior season.

Morgan and his wife, Jennifer, reside in Greenville. He has two sons: Braylen and Ziair. He also holds USATF Level I Track and Field certification and is also certified in Jumpstretch Flexband training. He was named to the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division III Hall of Fame Committee in January 2008.

Assistant Men's and Women's Track & Field Coach
Barbara Blue

Barbara Blue is entering her fourth season as the women's throwing coach for the indoor and outdoor track and field teams.

Blue is a 2004 graduate of Mount Union College where she earned her bachelor of arts degree with a major of media studies and minor of business administration. While attending Mount she was a member of the Raider swim team. In high school Blue was a member of the track and field team for four years where she excelled in the shot put and discus. 

Along with assisting the track teams she is also the Co-Director of student activities and Greek Life and the Resident Director of Stewart Hall.

Assistant Men's and Women's Track & Field Coach
Rico Franklin

Rico Franklin enters his first season as an assistant with the men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field teams.

Franklin, a 2002 Thiel alumnus, graduated with a degree in art as well as an elementary education cerification. He was a four-year member of the Tomcat football program where he was a four-time all-PAC selection (3 first-team, 1 second-team) as a defensive back, two-time team MVP and two-time all-American. Franklin was a two-time PAC champion in the 110-meter high hurdles (1999, 2000) and was named the PAC's Most Outstanding Performer in 1999 when he won the 110-meter hurdles, the long jump and the triple jump. He was a four-time NCAA Division III national qualfier for the Indoor Championships in the 55-meter high hurdles and still holds the College record in the 60-meter hurdles (8.53, 2001).

Prior to joining Coach Morgan's staff Franklin served as an assistant track and field coach at Case Western Reserve University under head coach Dennis Harris for five years, working primarily with the jumpers and hurdlers.

Franklin, pursuing a master's degree from Youngstown State University in Student Life Leadership, also serves as the resident director of Flo West Hall on campus. He has also recently earned his U.S.A Track and Field (USATF) Level 1 Coaching Certification.

Assistant Men's and Women's Track & Field Coach
Carl Hinderliter

Carl Hinderliter enters his second year at Thiel after serving as the head men’s and women’s track coach at Reynolds High School for 16 years.  Prior to that, he was an assistant in the program for 11 years. 

During his tenure as head coach he produced 84 PIAA state qualifiers and 35 medalists, including eight state champions, four silver medalists, and 27 District 10 champions.  His women’s teams won four county titles and the men’s teams garnered two.  Additionally, his 1994 girl's team was the Pennsylvania state runner-up. 

Hinderliter has the distinction of coaching Mercer County’s only four-time individual state champion, regardless of sport, while Reynolds currently holds the state record of most female high jump champions with six. 

Hinderliter and his wife, Carol, reside in Greenville. They have three sons: Miles, a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University; Sean, a student at the University of Arkansas; and Brandon, a student at Greenville High School.

Assistant Men's and Women's Track & Field Coach
Kevin Pool

Kevin Pool is in his second year as an assistant for head coach Clyde Morgan. Pool also serves as the College's head men's and women's cross country coach.

Pool, a 2005 Allegheny College graduate, was a three-time NCAA Division III all-American for the Gators. He finished third at the 2005 indoor track and field national championships in the 5,000 meters and posted a pair of top 20 finishes at the cross country national championships. His 10th place finish at the 2003 national championships was the highest-ever finish by a male North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) runner.

Pool was a nine-time all-NCAC selection, a seven-time NCAC champion and three times was named the MVP of the NCAC while earning four all-Mideast selections in cross country.  He set five school records while at Allegheny, including marks of 14:32 in the indoor 5,000 meters, 8:21 in the indoor 3,000 meters, and 30:23 in the 10,000 meters.  Over his career he helped lead the Gators to six NCAC team titles and their first appearance at the NCAA cross country championships in 2002.

One of Pools' most recent accomplishments was his time of 2:24.44 at the 2006 Chicago Marathon. He has also recently earned his U.S.A Track and Field (USATF) Level 1 Coaching Certification.