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Eboh

Kenneth Eboh

Kenneth Eboh was named the Southwestern University Track & Field Head Coach in the Spring of 2020 after spending the previous eight seasons as an assistant coach and interim Head Coach for the 2020 season. Eboh was also named the Interim Head Cross Country Coach in August 2022, but currently holds the title of Head Coach for the Men's and Women's Track & Field squad entering his seventh full season as Head Coach for the 2026-27 school year. 

The program reached new levels in 2026 under Eboh's direction as Lukas Nowlin became a two-time First Team High Jump All-American. Nowlin placed fifth at the Indoor NCAA Indoor Championships and second in the NCAA Outdoors. His second place finish at Outdoor marked the highest individual national finish in school history for any sport. Eboh coached four SAA Event Champions and 15 All-Region nods. Breanna Steele swept her SAA Outdoor events along with being named Southwestern Athlete of the Year. 

In 2025, Eboh helped coach a historic program milestone as Arden Neff was the first All-American in Pirate history and the first women's track athlete to earn SCAC Women's Track Athlete of the Year. The women's team has also garnered back-to-back Southwestern Athletes of the Year in Neff and Steele.

In Eboh's first season as head coach, the Southwestern men's and women's team combined for 13 all-conference finishes, including the individual champion in the women's discus. Additionally, in Eboh's tenure as interim and head coach, the women's team has shattered 36 school records among the 40 records that the Pirates compete in.

Eboh has also helped the Men's squad reach new heights as 27 of 35 male records have been shattered since 2020. In 2026, the squad completed a monumental achievement as Lukas Nowlin claimed All-American status in both the Indoor and Outdoor seasons. The 2026 squad shattered 11 school records. 

Eboh joined the staff in 2012 as the throws coach under five-time Olympian and former Head Track & Field Coach Francie Larrieu Smith.

Before Southwestern University, Eboh served as an Assistant Football and Track & Field Coach at Hanover College. While at Hanover, Coach Eboh was a part of multiple record-setting performances and back-to-back HCAC Championships teams in 2011 (Outdoor) and 2012 (Indoor).

Eboh played at NCAA Division II powerhouse Northwest Missouri State, where the Bearcats won a national championship in 1999 and three MIAA Championships during his tenure.

A 2003 graduate of Northwest Missouri State, Eboh earned a bachelor’s degree in interactive digital media with a concentration in visual imaging. He obtained a master’s degree in coaching and athletic administration from Concordia University-Irvine.    

Year School

Men's SCAC
Finish Outdoor

Women's 
Finish Outdoor
Men's Finish Indoor (SAA) Women's Indoor Finish (SAA) Highlights
2021 Southwestern  4th (SCAC) 4th (SCAC) N/A N/A Tiamara Hill-Johnson first All-Region athlete in program history. 
2022 Southwestern 3rd (SCAC) 5th (SCAC) N/A N/A SCAC Conference Championships marks the highest finish for the men since 2012.
2023 Southwestern 5th (SCAC) 4th (SCAC) N/A N/A Six School Records Broken. 
2024 Southwestern 4th (SCAC) 5th (SCAC) N/A N/A Five School Records Shattered. 
2025 Southwestern 6th (SCAC) 5th (SCAC) N/A N/A Arden Neff finished 7th overall nationally in the 400 hurdles, earning All-American and an Elite 19 honor. Won SCAC in men's high jump and long jump. Women earned titles in 400 hurdles and and triple jump. 
2026 Southwestern 5th (SAA) 6th (SAA) 5 (SAA) 6th (SAA) Pirates earn 12 All-SAA Honorees competing in the SAA first year with both Indoor & Outdoor Championships. Lukas Nowlin earns two All-Americans honors in the High Jump. 5 5 SAA event champions. 










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