With a background that includes producing 27 All-Americans and numerous conference championships, Stratton continues TCU's great Track & Field tradition.
From the time he took over the reins of TCU's track and field program in early September, Monte Stratton began the process of continuing the tradition which has led to the Flyin' Frogs becoming nationally renowned as being one of the nation's top collegiate track and field programs.
The 48-year-old Stratton was named head coach after having guided the University of Texas-Arlington track teams for the previous ten years.
Championship seasons and national rankings have been the norm for Stratton, as during his time with the Mavericks his squads captured twelve Southland Conference indoor and outdoor titles (nine men's and three women's championships). Plus, 27 of his athletes earned all-American honors.
In all, he guided 11 athletes and a relay team to 132 berths in the NCAA Indoor Championships, and 25 athletes and three relay teams to 33 bids at the outdoor national meet. And, hurdler McClinton Neal represented the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.
Prior to UT-Arlington, Stratton was an assistant at Southern Methodist University. His appetite for winning was whetted when, in 1983, the Mustangs claimed NCAA national team titles both indoors and outdoors.
His coaching career began in the Texas high school ranks, where from 1969 to 1979 he headed the programs at Corpus Christi King, then Austin Westlake and later Richardson High.
A native of Breckenridge, Texas, Stratton gained all-American honors as a sprinter at Abilene Christian University. He received his B.S. degree from there in 1969, then teamed his Masters degree from Southwest Texas State in 1974.