Sinclair Pitts has worked at Eastern New Mexico University as assistant coach for the track and field program since summer 2024. The Magnolia, Arkansas native came to Portales after five seasons coaching at Southern Arkansas University where he also competed for four years.
Pitts works directly with the throws group at ENMU.
During the 2024-25 season, he guided two Greyhounds to compete at the 2025 NCAA DII outdoor track and field championships in Pueblo, Colo. He coached first team all-LSC and all-south central region honoree Alex Williams. He also worked with second team all-LSC and all-south central region honoree Kennedy Ulmer on her way to nationals.
He also helped Noe Ybaben-Burciaga and Kooper Ellis earn the top two marks in school history in the weight throw. He was a key mentor in guiding Hemon Joseph to win the conference title and break the school record in the decathlon at the 2025 LSC championships in Portales. Pitts helped Ulmer set the school record in the discus and hammer, while also aiding Ulmer to the second best mark in the indoor shot put.Â
At the 2025 LSC outdoor championships, the women's throws squad scored 17 points and the men's team earned 20 points. Both programs finished fifth overall in the meet.
In his five years on staff at Southern Arkansas, Pitts coached 48 all-conference honorees and helped the program earn seven Great American Conference championships top-three team finishes.
From 2022-24 he was an assistant coach for the program and from 2020-21 he served as a student assistant coach.
He mentored several conference champions over his tenure and guided one student-athlete to qualify for the 2024 NCAA DII outdoor championships in discus.
Pitts is one of the most decorated student-athletes at SAU. He won the conference championship in shot put in 2019. He also holds six conference runner-up finishes – hammer (2017, 2018, 2019), discus (2018, 2019), and shot put (2018).
The newest Greyhound coach holds a bachelor’s in university studies from Southern Arkansas.
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