Eagle staff
Bob Timmons, who set the foundation for championship cross country and track programs at Wichita’s East High and the University of Kansas, died Tuesday in Lawrence. He was 91.
Former KU athletics administrator Richard Konzem, Timmons’ student manager in the late 1970s, told friends of Timmons’ death Wednesday.
Timmons coached track and cross country at Kansas for 23 years, leading Jayhawk teams to four national titles and 25 conference championships. He coached 11 individual NCAA champions from 1966 to 1988.
Wichita State track and field coach Steve Rainbolt competed in the high jump and decathlon at Kansas from 1975-80.