Blaine Wiley - Track & Field, Cross Country Coach

Blaine Wiley

Title:
Assistant Coach - Sprints/Hurdles
Email:
bwiley@ia.ua.edu
Phone:
205-348-3570

Personal Information

Education: Texas State, 2000 (bachelor's); Texas State, 2008 (master's)
Spouse: Julie
Children: Hayden Blaine Alan, Landon James

Coaching Experience

2015-present: Alabama, Assistant Coach
2006-15: South Plains Community College, Assistant Coach
2002-06: Texas State, Assistant Coach

Playing Experience

1997-2000: Texas State

Blaine Wiley enters his 10th season as an assistant coach with the Alabama track and field program, overseeing the sprints, hurdles and relay contingents for the Crimson Tide.

Wiley's Time at Alabama

Through nine seasons, Wiley has guided his group to the following accolades:
- Three NCAA champions
- 11 SEC champions, spanning across individual events and relay events
- 16 current UA school records

Notable Crimson Tide student-athletes coached by Wiley

Tamara Clark
- Was a nine-time All-American, four-time SEC champion and the 2021 national runner-up, spanning across various indoor and outdoor sprints and relay events, who competed at The Capstone from 2018-21.
Robert Dunning
- Was a two-time All-American and a two-time SEC champion as a hurdler who competed at Alabama during the 2020 and 2021 seasons. To this day, Dunning still holds the outdoor school record for the 110-meter hurdles.
Natassha McDonald
- Was a three-time All-American and a three-time SEC medalist, spanning across various sprints and relay events, who competed for the Tide during 2019-21. To this day, McDonald holds nine top-10 placements on UA's all-time top-10 list, spanning across the indoor and outdoor 400m, 4x100m relay and the 4x400m relay events.
Khaleb McRae
- Was a three-time All-American and three-time SEC medalist, spanning across the 400-meter and 4x400-meter relay events, who competed for Alabama during the 2022-24 seasons. Recently, McRae made his World Championships debut, as a member of Team USA, where he finished as a 400-meter semifinalist and a silver medalist with the 4x400m relay contingent.
Samuel Ogazi
- Is a five-time All-American and the reigning SEC and NCAA 400-meter champion who is coming off a World Championships performance in the 400m. In 2024, Ogazi became an Olympic finalist in his Olympic debut. Ogazi currently holds the school record in the outdoor 400m.
Tarsis Orogot
- Is a current student-athlete for the Tide who has earned All-America honors in three consecutive seasons (indoor and outdoor). In 2024, Orogot won SEC gold in the outdoor 200m before making his Olympic debut in Paris. Orogot holds the 200-meter indoor and outdoor school records for Alabama.
Mauricia Prieto
- Was a five-time All-American who competed at UA in the 2018 and 2019 seasons. Prieto was a mainstay in the Tide's 4x100m and 4x400m relay events, while also competing individually in the 200m.
Jereem Richards
- Earned All-America honors in five separate events as a student-athlete at Alabama during the 2017 season, winning SEC gold in indoor 200m and NCAA silver in indoor 200m. Richards is a three-time Olympian and, recently, was the only 2024 Paris Olympics finalist to compete in the 2025 World Championships event final for the 400m, where he won silver – his third Worlds medal of his career.
Chris Robinson
- Was an eight-time All-American, five-time SEC medalist and the 2023 NCAA national champion (400m hurdles), spanning across the 400m hurdles and the 4x400m relay events, who competed for the Tide during the 2023 and 2024 seasons. Robinson recently made his World Championships debut as a member of Team USA, competing in the 400-meter hurdles where he reached the semifinals.
Domonique Williams
- Was a four-time All-American and the 2017 SEC outdoor 400-meter silver medalist who competed at Alabama during the 2016 and 2017 seasons. Throughout her time with the Tide, Williams held a consistent presence in UA's relay events, as she also competed individually in the 400m.

At South Plains College

Wiley's success with the sprints/hurdles/relays contingents:
- 107 individual and relays national champions
- 186 combined First Team All-Americans
- 43 school records
- Seven National Athlete of the Year honors
- 124 NJCAA All-Time Top-10 performances