Western Kentucky track and field head coach Erik Jenkins has announced the hiring of Nigel Bigbee as an assistant coach who will work primarily with the Hilltopper jumpers and hurdlers.
Bigbee, a native of Indianapolis, joins WKU following coaching stops at Iowa Central Community College, Barton Community College and Nebraska where he has mentored 41 individual national champions since 2009.
A 2007 graduate of Indiana State, Bigbee studied business management and captained the Sycamore track squad en route to earning All-Missouri Valley Conference honors in the 60-meter hurdles, 110-meter hurdles and 4x100-meter relay as a student-athlete.
Following his graduation, Bigbee headed to the Big Ten from 2007-09, working on the Nebraska track & field coaching staff focusing primarily in recruiting.