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Kyle Rago

Kyle Rago

  • Title
    Head Coach
  • Alma Mater
    Olivet Nazarene University

• Kyle Rago is in his 5th season as Head Coach of the Saint Xavier men’s cross country and track & field programs in 2018-19.

• During his time at Saint Xavier, Rago has seen his student-athletes earn five NAIA All-American honors; one in cross country, three in indoor track & field, and one in outdoor track & field.

• A total of 15 All-CCAC Team awards have been earned by Saint Xavier cross country and track & field athletes since Rago took over the program in 2014-15.

• In 2017, Alan Guzman claimed the CCAC cross country individual title, and was named CCAC Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Year.

• Of the 25 fastest cross country times in program history, 13 have been set during Rago’s tenure.

• Ten school records in indoor track & field, and 11 outdoor records have been set in the five seasons with Rago at the helm.

• Saint Xavier has claimed five individual cross country titles with Rago as head coach.

• Prior to his arrival at Saint Xavier, Rago spent six seasons at Olivet Nazarene University, as the cross country and track & field recruiting coordinator as well as the strength and conditioning coordinator for distance athletes.

• During those six seasons, Rago helped the ONU program grow from 60 student-athletes to over 140 in 2013-14.

• A former middle-distance runner for the Tigers, Rago was a four-time NAIA national qualifier, and set six school records. Rago was named team captain for both cross country and track & field teams during his junior and senior seasons.

• Rago graduated from Olivet Nazarene in 2007, with a degree in social science education.


Year-by-Year Coaching Record | Cross Country
Year CCAC Finish NAIA Finish
2014 6th (174 pts.)
2015 3rd (110 pts.) 3 individual qualifiers
2016 9th (213 pts.) 1 individual qualifier
2017 4th (97 pts.) 3 individual qualifiers
2018 3rd (104 pts.) 3 individual qualifiers

Year-by-Year Coaching Record | Track & Field
Year CCAC Indoor T&F NAIA Indoor T&F CCAC Outdoor T&F NAIA Outdoor T&F
2015 N/A 49th (2 pts.) 6th (51.5 pts.)
2016 N/A 7th (26 pts.)
2017 7th (14 pts.) 9th (6 pts.) 65th (1 pt.)
2018 6th (16 pts.) 9th (9 pts.)