Travis Pope

Biography

Travis Pope enters his 3rd season on the Southside as the Head Cross Country and Assistant Track & Field coach. In three seasons, Pope has heightened the standard of UAB Cross Country as he has taken the Blazers from 13th to sixth in the American Conference Cross Country Championships. Pope comes to UAB after serving as the assistant coach at the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley. While at UTRGV, he handled training and recruiting for mid/long-distance. Pope would also coach 20 top-ten all-time performers through his stint coaching the Vaqueros, including a second-place finish for Ricky Mendoza in the WAC outdoor championships and a third-place finish for Miguel Escamilla in the WAC indoor championships, both in the 800m. Pope served as a volunteer assistant coach at LSU for three years (2019-22). At LSU, he assisted in training design for mid and long-distance athletes, facilitated practices, day-to-day program operations, and meet management. He helped coach the 2021 Men's Outdoor Track & Field National Championship team and some of LSU's highest-placing men's and women's teams at SEC and NCAA South Central Regional Championships. He also served as an educator and coach at Creekview High School in Canton, Ga. for four years, coaching Track & Field and Cross Country for three of the four. He was a three-time Region 6A and Cherokee County track & field/cross country coach of the year. Pope coached six state champions and four region championship teams and led three cro