Leon Pullen
Assistant Track and Cross
Country Coach
Coach
Leon Pullen is entering his first year with the Colonel track and field/cross
country team but is not a stranger to the EKU family. The Dayton, Ohio
native competed for EKU from 1992-1996. As a sprinter, he is currently in
the top five in three different sprinting categories at EKU. After he
completed his eligibility, he continued to contribute to the team by being a
student coach until he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology in
1997. He earned in Master of Education in Sports Administration from Xavier University
(OH) in 2006.
Before
coming to Eastern Kentucky University,
Coach Pullen interned at the University
of Kentucky athletic
department in the Center for Academic and Tutoring Services (C.A.T.S.).
While at UK,
he worked with women’s basketball, volleyball, men’s and
women’s track and field, men’s and women’s tennis, and
men’s and women’s swimming and diving. Coach Pullen worked
professionally for a number of years but has always had a passion to coach.
“This
is an opportunity of a lifetime to give back the university that helped mold me
into the person I am. Coach Erdmann and Coach Moore are men I respect so
much and I am glad to have the opportunity to learn from them. I hope I
can be an effective teacher and leader such as them and help student-athletes
reach their potential academically and athletically”.
Leon has one son, Jayden.