Roger Kingdom
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Full name | Roger Nona Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Vienna, Georgia, United States | August 26, 1962||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Pittsburgh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Roger Kingdom
Early life and athletics
Born in
He had a long and distinguished career on the track in the
Kingdom set a 110 m high hurdles
His progress was hampered some in 1991 when he underwent
Kingdom retired from active athletic competition in 1999.
In 2006, Kingdom was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. He was inducted along with NFL's Bap Manzini and MLB's Jim Russell.
In 2018, Kingdom was included in the inaugural class of the University of Pittsburgh Pitt Athletics Hall of Fame
Coaching
Kingdom joined the
On March 6, 2014, Kingdom was hired as the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the NFL's Arizona Cardinals. Kingdom worked with head strength and conditioning coach Buddy Morris, his own strength coach at the University of Pittsburgh, and focused on improving the team's speed.[2]
Kingdom then spent the 2018 season as the Interim Director of Track & Field/Cross Country at the University of Central Florida
In 2019, Kingdom returned to the NFL as the speed and conditioning coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In Tampa, he again worked under head coach Bruce Arians, who was the Cardinals’ head coach during Kingdom’s tenure in Arizona.[3]
In 2021, Kingdom won a Super Bowl title in Super Bowl LV.[4]
Personal life
Kingdom is a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity.
He currently resides in Orlando, Florida with his wife, Mary. They have three daughters: Jierra, Cierra and Carina.
Achievements
(110 m hurdles unless stated)
- 1983
- 1983 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship
- collegiate national champion, 13.53 sec.
- 1983 Pan American Games - Caracas, Venezuela
- gold medal 13.44 seconds
- 1983 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship
- 1984
- 1984 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship
- 55m hurdles collegiate national champion, 7.08 sec
- Los Angeles, U.S.
- gold medal 13.20 sec.
- 1984 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship
- 1988
- 1988 Summer Olympics - Seoul, South Korea
- gold medal 12.98 sec.
- 1988 Summer Olympics - Seoul, South Korea
- 1989
- 1989 IAAF World Cup - Barcelona, Spain
- gold medal 12.87 sec. Wind Aided
- 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Budapest, Hungary
- 60 m hurdles gold medal 7.43 sec.
- 1989 IAAF World Cup - Barcelona, Spain
- 1990
- Seattle, USA
- gold medal 13.47 sec.
- 1995
- 1995 World Championships in Athletics - Gothenburg, Sweden
- bronze medal 13.19 sec.
- 1995 World Championships in Athletics - Gothenburg, Sweden
See also
- Olympic medalists in athletics
References
- ^ "Roger Kingdom". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ Weinfuss, Josh (8 April 2014). "Gold medalist Kingdom can teach speed". ESPN NFL. ESPN. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ "Roger Kingdom". Buccaneers.com. Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ "Super Bowl LV - Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Kansas City Chiefs - February 7th, 2021". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-02-19.