Kyle Lillie

Biography

USTFCCCA Assistant Coach of the Year, Mountain Region (2025) Kyle Lillie, the 2025 USTFCCCA Mountain Region Outdoor Assistant Coach of the Year, is in his fourth season as an assistant coach with the Air Force track and field program, after joining the team in November 2022. A former collegiate thrower at Arizona State University, Lillie has revitalized the Falcons’ throwing program over his first three seasons. His impact was immediately felt in 2023, as his athletes swept the throwing titles at the Mountain West Indoor Championships, added another at the outdoor meet, and combined for nine podium finishes to help the men sweep the team titles. His athletes represented the Academy in all four throwing events at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, while rewriting the program’s record book. Backed by Academy Records in the weight throw, hammer throw and discus throw, the men made 14 improvements to the program’s all-time Top 10 and set seven Air Force Class Records, while Hayden Bullock recorded the best discus distance (194’9”) of any service academy thrower. “The Lillie Effect” continued in 2024, as the men’s throwers had a dominant campaign, highlighted by three MW Outdoor titles and 61 total points toward the Falcons’ third-straight team title. Under Lillie’s watch, Texas Tanner had a stellar sophomore season that included two conference titles, four MW medals, three Air Force Records, the Mountain West and Service Academy Record in the hammer throw, appearances in two events