Track & Field: Coaching Staff

      Ted Graves returns for his third season as head men’s and women’s track coach at William Jewell College. Graves (WJC class of 1984) was a four-year letterman in football and track, winning the conference discus championship three times. His teams were also conference champions twice while he was a student at WJC.

Graves began coaching at Cabool, MO and has been an elementary Physical Education teacher in Kearney, MO for 21 years. He served as the head track coach at Kearney High School for 11 of those years, winning seven district titles and two conference championships. Under his guidance, the boy’s team finished in the top-10 five times, with over 60 All-State athletes in all.

Coach Graves’ abilities transcend not only from the track and field and in the classroom, but he also helped raise over $100,000 to construct a new Track & Field complex at Kearney and has overseen the construction of the new throwing events field at Jewell.

Ever since graduating from William Jewell College, Graves has been entrenched in the school. He has served as the assistant coach for the throwing events here since 1998, leading ten National qualifiers in that span. He has also been an assistant football coach since 2002.

Graves is married to Julie and they have two daughters, Rachel and Meredith. The Graves reside in Liberty.

“We are very fortunate to have Coach Graves take the helm as head track coach at William Jewell,” Athletic Director Dr. Jim Redd said. “He will no doubt uphold the great tradition and success that we have seen in the past, while looking forward to the bright future in track ahead.”

     Terry Yee begins his fifth season with the Cardinal Track & Field teams after 23 years as Head Track and Field Coach at Graceland University.  At Graceland he coached teams to 8 conference titles in Track and Field, and 4 Men’s and 2 Women’s Cross Country conference championships.  He has coached 6 national champions and 36 All-Americans including 2004 Jewell graduate Matt Levingston, a four time All-American (High Jump, twice Indoor Pentathlon, and Decathlon).  A native of Detroit, Michigan, Coach Yee is also the Head Cross Country Coach at Jewell and will be working with the Middle-Distance Runners, Jumpers and Multi-Event Athletes.

     Marty Hensley is a 1978 Graduate of Jefferson City High School. He was a member of the 1976 & 1977 undefeated 4A State Championship Football Team and was Captain of the 1978 4A State Champion Track Team. He attended William Jewell College where he played on two NAIA National Football Playoff Teams. Upon graduation he signed a free agent contract with the Washington Federals of the United States Football League. After a being released, he returned to William Jewell to help coach the football team to the National Championship game in 1982 and Semi-Finals in 1983. He returned to William Jewell College again in 1996 and 1997 to coach the Wide Receivers. He currently is a Commercial Insurance Broker in Kansas City where he resides with his wife, Julie, and his daughter, Sidney.  He also serves as a consultant for Troutwine & Associates who evaluate players for 10 NFL teams.   Marty works with the sprinters and sprint relays.

     Coach Belt returns to the Track and Field/Cross Country staff for his third year and describes himself as a life-long runner. A graduate of Wadsworth, Ohio, High School, he was a member of The Ohio State University track team for one year and has competed in both road and track races since graduating.  Dr. Belt, an Emeritus Faculty of Business at UMKC, has coached and refereed soccer at numerous levels.  He has a commitment to developing and retaining scholar-athletes at William Jewell College.  He and his wife, Joan, reside in Liberty and have three sons.

      Andy Nordland is in his first year of working with the throwers at Jewell.  A first team All Class, All State and High School All American selection in both football and track in Clarinda, Iowa.  He won multiple indoor and outdoor State of Iowa and Drake Relays titles, was an AAU National Champion and is a former Omaha World Herald High School Athlete of the Year.  Going on to Iowa State University he was an All Big Eight thrower and member of the 1988 Big Eight Championship team.  He has worked as an athlete assistant at Iowa State's track camp, helped many throwers in the Kansas City area and is a member of the National Throws Coaches Association. Andy and his wife Karla live in Kansas City, North where he has worked in the insurance and real estate business for fifteen years. 

     Tom Eisenhauer joins the coaching staff this year after running for the Cards last year.  Tom recently graduated from Jewell in 2006 with a degree in History and a minor in Coaching & Performance enhancement.  He was a member of the track & field team for four years, competing in the 400m hurdles and the 4x400m relay, and the cross country team for two.  Tom grew up in Manitou Springs, Colorado, but has now found a home in Liberty.