Roland Whiting is the director of cross country operations/head coach of the men’s and women’s track and field programs.
Prior to returning to his alma mater, he spent the last seven years at Methodist University as the head track & field coach. Whiting also served as the head coach of the men's and women's cross country teams during his first three seasons.
In his final season at Methodist, the Monarchs recorded several conference champions, national qualifiers, an indoor & outdoor track and field All-American in the 400m, as well as several school records. They had an Academic All-American and a national runner up in the 400 meter hurdles.
Under his tutelage at Methodist, the Monarchs had the program’s first female All-American since 2012 in the 60 meter and 100 meter races. In all, there were five All-Americans and seven student-athletes qualify for the NCAA Championship Meet.
Whiting spent the previous four seasons as head coach of the men’s and women’s cross country teams at Neumann University. He joined Neumann when the programs were reinstated in 2008 following a seven-year hiatus. After his first year, the Knights decided to add track and field and Whiting built the program from the ground up coaching both programs his final two years.
Whiting worked to build both programs during his tenure at Neumann. Since the reinstatement of cross country the program has produced more than 30 All-Academic Conference athletes. In the Knights’ short track and field history, Whiting’s programs began to receive national and regional recognition with their first NCAA track and field championships appearance, which produced their first All-American. Whiting also coached six All-ECAC performers and 18 Mason Dixon All-Conference performers.
Before coaching at Neumann, Whiting was an assistant coach on Lincoln’s 2007 NCAA Division III national championship indoor team. Whiting helped to train several All-American athletes at Lincoln including 2007 NCAA Woman of the Year finalist Ashley Parker.
Whiting was a 12-time All-American and a member of five NCAA Division III national championship teams as a student-athlete at Lincoln. He is also a member of the school record 4x100-meter relay team. Whiting earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Physical Education.
Prior to returning to Lincoln, Whiting was an assistant track and field coach at Widener University, where he helped the Pride win three Middle-Atlantic Conference championships. He also coached four All-Americans and a host of national championship qualifiers. Whiting also coached at Roman Catholic High School in Philadelphia where he produced nine all-Catholic athletes and five state qualifiers.
Whiting is a member of USTFCCCA and USATF associations.
