Cal Poly alum Greg Kraft (pictured above in 1977) is one of six coaches that will be inducted into the 2022 United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Coaches Hall of Fame.
Cal Poly Alum Greg Kraft to be Inducted into USTFCCCA Coaches Hall of Fame
8/30/2022 4:47:00 PM | Track and Field
NEW ORLEANS, La. — Cal Poly alum Greg Kraft is one of six coaches that will be inducted into the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Coaches Hall of Fame as part of its 2022 class.
Kraft competed on the Cal Poly track and field team for three years as a high jumper, before graduating with a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1978. Kraft started his 40-year coaching career at Cal Poly in 1979-80 as a graduate assistant under legendary Mustang coach Steve Miller, who was inducted into the Cal Poly Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998 and the USTFCCCA Coaches Hall of Fame in 2005. Kraft later received his master's degree in physical education from Cal Poly in 1987.
After leaving Cal Poly, Kraft spent a year on Indiana State's staff before reuniting with Miller at Kansas State to serve as an assistant coach for the Wildcats from 1981-85. He was an assistant coach at Virginia for four years prior to becoming the head coach at South Carolina in 1989.
In 1996, Kraft took over the program at Arizona State where he served as the director of track & field and cross country for 23 years. He led the Sun Devils to unprecedented success during his tenure, including four NCAA team titles across the 2007 and 2008 indoor and outdoor track seasons.
Kraft was a four-time USTFCCCA Coach of the Year and three-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year at Arizona State. At least one Sun Devil won an NCAA individual title in 13 of his last 16 years as director, and overall Kraft saw his student-athletes win 38 national titles, earn 21 Olympic berths and take home more than 300 All-America honors since 1998.
Josh Culbreath, Halston Taylor, Art Venegas, Mark Wetmore and Sue Williams are the other five members of the 2022 class. Kraft and the rest of inductees will be honored at the 2022 USTFCCCA Coaches Hall of Fame Ceremony on Tuesday, Dec. 13, at the USTFCCCA Convention in Denver, Colo.
While at Cal Poly, Kraft also met his future wife, Maggie Keyes-Kraft, who was inducted into the Cal Poly Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991 and was Cal Poly's first All-American cross country runner on the women's side.
Kraft competed on the Cal Poly track and field team for three years as a high jumper, before graduating with a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1978. Kraft started his 40-year coaching career at Cal Poly in 1979-80 as a graduate assistant under legendary Mustang coach Steve Miller, who was inducted into the Cal Poly Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998 and the USTFCCCA Coaches Hall of Fame in 2005. Kraft later received his master's degree in physical education from Cal Poly in 1987.
After leaving Cal Poly, Kraft spent a year on Indiana State's staff before reuniting with Miller at Kansas State to serve as an assistant coach for the Wildcats from 1981-85. He was an assistant coach at Virginia for four years prior to becoming the head coach at South Carolina in 1989.
In 1996, Kraft took over the program at Arizona State where he served as the director of track & field and cross country for 23 years. He led the Sun Devils to unprecedented success during his tenure, including four NCAA team titles across the 2007 and 2008 indoor and outdoor track seasons.
Kraft was a four-time USTFCCCA Coach of the Year and three-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year at Arizona State. At least one Sun Devil won an NCAA individual title in 13 of his last 16 years as director, and overall Kraft saw his student-athletes win 38 national titles, earn 21 Olympic berths and take home more than 300 All-America honors since 1998.
Josh Culbreath, Halston Taylor, Art Venegas, Mark Wetmore and Sue Williams are the other five members of the 2022 class. Kraft and the rest of inductees will be honored at the 2022 USTFCCCA Coaches Hall of Fame Ceremony on Tuesday, Dec. 13, at the USTFCCCA Convention in Denver, Colo.
While at Cal Poly, Kraft also met his future wife, Maggie Keyes-Kraft, who was inducted into the Cal Poly Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991 and was Cal Poly's first All-American cross country runner on the women's side.
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