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Kebba Tolbert
| Title: | Assistant Coach |
| Phone: | 617-495-0793 |
| Email: | ktolbert@fas.harvard.edu |
| Experience: | First season |
| Events: | Sprints, Hurdles, Horizontal Jumps |
Video Bio: Kebba Tolbert
Tolbert is in his first season as the sprints, hurdles and
horizontal jumps coach for Harvard. Tolbert began his coaching
career at Iowa Wesleyan and produced 21 All-Americans and the
school's first national champions. During his tenure, his athletes
set 25 school records, 21 conference records and broke two national
marks.
Tolbert spent two seasons at Mckendree as associate head
coach, helping the team to three national titles and coaching
athletes to 18 national championships.
After his stint at Mckendree, Tolbert joined Syracuse's program as
an assistant coach. During his time with the Orange, Tolbert added
two NCAA qualifiers, one USATF qualifier and an All-American along
with several school records to his coaching resume.
In 2003 Tolbert joined Portland State as head coach of the track
and field and cross country teams. Tolbert found great success with
the Vikings as his teams consistently had top finishes in the Big
Sky conference indoor and outdoor championships and the highest
point totals in school history. Athletes would once again find
great success under Tolbert, producing eight PSU Athletes of the
Year, 22 Big Sky Champions and 79 All-Big Sky honors
recipients.
Tolbert joined the coaching staff at UTEP in 2008 and made an
immediate impact on the Miner's squad, finishing his coaching
career there with two athletes qualifying for the NCAA
championships. Under his tutelage, the program saw four NCAA
titles and seven All-America awards. He also helped coach UTEP's
first women's individual All-Americans in the sprints since 1999
and the first women's NCAA Champions since 2001.
A graduate of Colby College where he earned a bachelor's degree in
philosophy, Tolbert earned his Master of Arts degree in exercise
science in 1996 from Smith.









