Chris Jelks
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- Title:
- Head Coach
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- Phone:
- 606.546.1331
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- Email:
- cjelks@unionky.edu
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- Year:
- 2
Bio
- Joined the Bulldog staff in July of 2020.
- Became the head coach in July of 2021 after serving one year as an assistant.
- In his first two years as the Bulldog coach, seven different program records have been set. Has also coached three different athletes to NAIA National Tournament berths.
- Spent 2017-20 as the head coach of Taylor County High School track & field programs.
- Founder, president, and head coach of Kentucky Elite Track Club, which has produced 128 championships, 30 national place finishers, four national champions, and assisted over 50 athletes to receive college scholarships.
- Served as vice president of the KTCCCA and helped organize annual track & field and cross country clinics for coaches in the state of Kentucky.
- Served as the head track coach at Elizabethtown Independent High School from 2015-17, winning the 2016 region championship and having four athletes win state championships.
- Was the middle school track and cross country coach for North Hardin Middle School from 2013-15.