Track & Field
- Title:
- Assistant Coach Throws
- Email:
- Felipe.Valencia@sfasu.edu
Felipe Valencia enters his second season in the Piney Woods with the Jacks. He will oversee the Men’s and Women’s Throws program.
During the 2026 season, the Lumberjacks throwers set the tone for the indoor and outdoor season. Under the guidance of Valencia, Kason Reed, James Williams, Victor Ramos and Tynslee Richards became top 10 in their respected events. In the Indoor season Kason was SLC Runner up in the weight throw now 7th all time, and James is 5th all time in school history in the shot put. In outdoors, we have Tynslee Richards ranked 6th best performance in school history, Victor Ramos coming at 5th all-time in Hammer, and Kason as the 3rd best Shot putter outdoors. Coach Valencia guided Kason Reed to his first Regional Championship appearance in Fayetteville, Arkansas and came out ranked 38th.
Coach Valencia previously coached at University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio from 2021-2024 where he guided athletes to the first ever Men’s team titles in school history. Valencia led student-athletes break 10 out of the 12 throwing school records under his leadership. In his 3 years at UIW he had multiple Southland Conference Champions in Shot Put, Weight Throw, and Javelin.
Valencia volunteered at UTRGV with the throws program in 2020-2021 where he was mentored by throws coach Brad Foote.
As a student-athlete, Valencia attended University of Houston competing on the track and field team from 2015-2019 and was a part of numerous Conference Championship titles and 3 times Conference Champion in the Shot Put. Valencia competed for the Mexican National Team from 2016-2021 and was selected to represent Team Mexico in the 2016 NACAC U-23 Championship in El Salvador where he finished 5th place.
Valencia holds a Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and Master’s degree in Hospitality Management from the University of Houston and a Master’s degree in Sport Management from University of the Incarnate Word.
