Cameron Babb was tabbed to restart the Ichabod men’s and women’s track and field and cross country programs on Aug. 10, 2015 after a more than 35-year hiatus at Washburn.
While at Washburn, Babb has led both the Ichabod track and field teams and cross country teams to steady improvements entering year 11 of the revamped programs.
In 2024-25, the Washburn Ichabod men's track and field and cross country programs finished in ninth place in the USTFCCCA Program of the Year awards. It was the second time in program history that the Ichabods have appeared in the final standings of the award. Beginning in the fall with cross country, Washburn finished in 24th place in the national meet for 24 points. In the indoor season, the Ichabods finished in 16th place to add 16.5 POY points. The outdoor season concluded with an 18th place finish for 18.5 points giving Washburn 59 points total.
The 2023-24 Ichabod track and field teams had record-setting performances as the men's squad finished a program-best 14th at the outdoor NCAA Championships while placing third at the MIAA Outdoor Championships and finished 21st at the NCAA Indoor Championships. The women's track and field team also shined as they finished a program-best 23rd at the NCAA Outdoor Championships taking third at the MIAA Outdoor Championships. The women's indoor finishes were program bests finishing 19th at the NCAA Championships and fourth at the MIAA Championships. On the cross country side, the Ichabod men's cross country team to new heights as they finished a program-best fourth at the NCAA Central Regional sending two individuals to the National Championships. The Ichabod men's team also finished a program-best second at the MIAA Cross Country Championships scoring a total of 82 points as David Kibet won the individual championship
During the 2022-23 season, the Ichabod men's program was one of 16 in the NCAA D2 ranks to score in the cross country national championships, the indoor track and field championships and the outdoor track and field championships earning honors as one of the USTFCCCA's Programs of the Year after qualifying based on the institution's finish at the NCAA Championships.
Between cross country and the track and field programs, Babb has coached 169 all-MIAA selections, 140 all-region picks, 79 All-Americans and 125 NCAA Championship qualifiers and 25 MIAA Indoor and Outdoor event champions. In the classroom, the Ichabods have been equally successful with 458 MIAA Academic Honor Roll and 65 MIAA Academic Excellence Award winners as well as 40 MIAA Scholar Athletes and 110 USTFCCCA Scholar Athlete awards and two CSC (CoSIDA) Academic All-Americans.
Babb completed his first season as Assistant Track & Field Coach for West Texas A&M in 2014-15 school year after primarily taking over the coaching duties of WTAMU’s jumpers, javelin and multi-event athletes who accounted for five of the program’s seven All-America awards in 2014.
In a very successful first season in Canyon in 2015, Babb helped coach the Lady Buff indoor team to a second-straight Lone Star Conference title while program-best national finishes were achieved by the men’s and women’s indoor teams and women’s outdoor team. Additionally, the Buffs finished a program-high eighth place in the USTFCCCA Program of the Year rankings. During the 2015 seasons, Babb coached his athletes to eight national qualifiers, three First-Team All-America and two Second-Team All-America accolades, and three LSC titles.
Babb joined the WT coaching staff after an outstanding three-year tenure and the previous two as head coach at Limestone College in Gaffney, S.C. In 2013, his first at the helm of the program, Babb led the Saints to one of their most successful seasons in school history as his men’s team won its first-ever Conference Carolinas Outdoor Team Championship. That season he also coached the NCAA DII Southeast Region Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year and was named the Conference Carolinas Outdoor Head Coach of the Year and the NCAA DII Southeast Region Indoor Head Coach of the Year.
In only two years running the Saints’ program, Babb coached the school’s first track & field national qualifier, and eventually four total, including its first track & field All-American. Additionally, under his three-year watch on the staff, the men and women combined to break an astounding 59 school records.
Prior to arriving in Gaffney, Babb coached for two years at Blue Valley North High School (Kan.) where he was mentored by former DI and USA National Coach Rick Attig (University of Kansas & University of Nebraska). There, Babb coached six Kansas State qualifiers in jumps, five of whom scored at the state meet, and helped the boys team to an Eastern Kansas League Championship.
Babb’s first stint in the coaching realm was at his alma mater, Emporia State. As the assistant in Emporia, Kan., he coached 21 national qualifiers, 13 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) champions, eight NCAA DII All-Americans, four school record holders, and one NCAA DII National Champion in jumps and multi-events.
He was a student-athlete himself at Emporia State from 2003-07 where he was a five-time qualifier for the NCAA Division II National Championship in the long jump, decathlon, and javelin events. In 2006, Babb won the MIAA decathlon championship. During his athletic career with the Hornets, he was a 12-time All-Conference selection and competed in the decathlon at the USA Junior National Championships as a freshman in 2004.
Babb earned a B.S. in Health Promotion and a minor in Coaching from Emporia State in 2007. In May of 2014, he completed his M.S. in Health, Physical Education and Recreation, also at Emporia State. Babb also has a teaching background at both Emporia State and Limestone College in fitness and aerobic conditioning.
He lives in Topeka with his wife, Jaimilyn, and sons, Christian and Lincoln.
