Austin Billings joined the Yellow Jackets in August of 2022 as Head Track and Field Coach.
After serving as an assistant coach for four years, Billings enters his first head coaching role here at BHSU.
Billings most recently served as an assistant track and field coach at Nicholls State from 2021-2022 where he worked closely with sprinters, hurdlers, jumpers, throwers and multis and led three student athletes to break 10 school records.
Prior to NSU, Billings coached at the University of Montevallo from 2018-2021, and was named NCAA DII South Region Indoor Assistant Coach of the Year in 2021. While at Montevallo, he coached standout Da’Shaun Morgan to two NCAA DII South Region Athlete of the Year honors, three Gulf South Conference Athlete of the Year honors, and three All-American selections.
Billings ran as a decathlete at Samford University from 2014-17 before eventually staying on as an assistant coach there for the fall of 2018.
Billings received a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from Samford University in May 2017 and currently resides in Deadwood, S.D.
