Kevin Gideon was named the head cross country coach at LeTourneau in June 2024 and begins his second season in the role in 2025. Gideon enters his fourth year overall with LeTourneau in 2025-26.
FAST FACTS
- Years at LeTourneau (XC head coach): 1 (2024-present)
- Total Years at LeTourneau: 3 (2022-present)
- Men's Conference XC Titles: 1 (ASC, 2024)
- Conference Coach of the Year: 1 (ASC, 2024-men)
PROGRAM ACCOLADES UNDER GIDEON (XC)
- 1 conference championship (ASC, 2024-men)
- 1 conference individual champion (Walker Reeves, 2024)
- 7 men's all-conference honorees
- 3 men's conference runner of the week honors
- 17 academic all-conference honorees
- 2 women's all-conference honorees
TRACK DISTANCE ACHIEVEMENTS UNDER GIDEON (SINCE 2023)
- 4 men's program records
- 1 men's conference champion
- 3 all-conference honorees
- 1 men's indoor all-region selection
- 3 women's program records
- 1 all-conference honoree
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
In Gideon's first year as head coach of the cross country programs, LeTourneau captured the ASC title on the men's side and Walker Reeves was the individual champion. The men put seven runners on All-ASC teams and Gideon was named the Coaching Staff of the Year. The women had two runners earn All-ASC recognition.
In track, records were set again as Gideon's distance men's runners had three program records, while the women set two individual records and one relay mark.
AS ASSISTANT COACH
Gideon spent two years as the top assistant with the LeTourneau cross country programs and coaching distance runners in track. He will retain his position as an assistant coach with the track program for a third year in 2024-25.
During his two years as an assistant with cross country, Gideon helped the men's team to a pair of top-four finishes at the ASC Championships, including a third-place finish in 2022. He guided David Dugan to ASC Freshman of the Year honors in 2022 and coached six All-ASC honorees over the last two years between the two teams. Gideon also organized the home cross country meets and was vital in the recruiting process.
Gideon's work will continue with the track program that has experienced success in distance events during his two years in the role. Gideon coached Spencer Gambrell to an ASC title in the 5,000-meter event in 2023 and has guided a pair of All-ASC runners in track.
QUOTABLE
"I’m thankful to take this next step and continue pushing the cross country program forward," Gideon said at the time of his hiring. "Thanks to Dr. Sceggel for his support and encouragement throughout this process."
“I’ve been impressed by the development of Kevin over his two years on campus, and excited to see him promoted to the leader of the cross country program," Sceggel added. "He is a great discipler with a strong understanding of the technical aspects of the sport. As a result, we are thrilled to see the ways he will lead this program in the years ahead.”
"The vision for the cross country program is to create a unified team around the common goal of being student-athletes who are being cultivated as disciples and pursuing excellence," added Gideon. "This means we are a team that is working hard in the classroom, pushing each other on our runs and in our faith."
PRIOR TO LETOURNEAU
Gideon competed in track and cross country at Cedarville University, where he earned a degree in exercise science in 2020. He was an NCCAA Indoor All-American as part of the Yellow Jackets' distance medley relay team.
Gideon finished his master's degree in kinesiology at Central Missouri in May 2022. While at Central Missouri, he helped coach the women's team to the 2021 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) indoor championship, earning MIAA Women's Indoor Coaching Staff of the Year honors. He coached two athletes to individual championships, collecting the 2021 MIAA 5000-meter and 3000-meter steeplechase titles.
