Clyde Hart Track and Field Stadium

Baylor is enjoying a truly golden era. With the addition of the world-class Clyde Hart Track and Field Stadium to the unparalleled athletic complex now occupying both sides of the Brazos River, all of Baylor’s athletic champions now have a home on campus.

During the 1920s, Baylor track and field teams competed at Carroll Field on the Baylor campus before moving off campus to Waco Stadium (later called Municipal Stadium) in the late 1930s. In 1960, Baylor Track Stadium, later known as the Hart-Patterson Track and Field Complex, opened on Clay Avenue near Floyd Casey Stadium.

The Baylor track and field program enjoys a stellar reputation due to the guidance of legendary coaches Jack Patterson, Clyde Hart, and Todd Harbour. Baylor's track and field teams have produced nine Olympic gold medals, 36 NCAA championships, and more than 600 All-America performances. The program's most illustrious alumnus, sprinter Michael Johnson, BBA '90, was the star of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and remains the world record-holder in the 400 meters.

Such accomplishments have made Baylor's name synonymous with excellence. The new on-campus stadium, with its amenities and resources for developing student-athletes, will ensure that Baylor track and field's future is as outstanding as its history.

For decades, Baylor track and field athletes and supporters dreamed of returning the program to the Baylor campus. In April 2012, that dream began to take the shape of reality when Baylor track letterman Richard Woodall, BBA '80, MSEco '81, and his wife, Donna, made a lead gift toward an on-campus stadium in honor of his father and mother, Lewis A. and Mary Woodall.

Subsequently, other major gifts enabled the realization of the facility's fully desired scale and components, leading Baylor's Board of Regents to approve the final design and construction of the $18.1-million stadium in October 2013.

Overall, more than $8 million in private gifts have been committed to the project, led by several key members of the Baylor family.

Winston E. Wolfe, Class of '64, whose philanthropy has supported the track program for decades, made a financial commitment that made possible the Winston Wolfe Clubhouse.

The generosity of Bob (BBA '79, JD '80) and Brenda Barkley made possible the Barkley Champions Plaza.

David, BBA '85, MBA '87, and Amy, BS '85, Hodge, and their company Gill Athletics, also generously answered the call as one of the earliest donors to the new facility.

On Feb. 14, 2014, Baylor's Board of Regents approved naming the new facility in honor of Clyde Hart, a 1956 Baylor graduate and track letterman who served 42 years as Baylor’s head track and field coach before retiring in 2005 to become director of track and field.

Designed by Kansas City-based Populous, which also planned McLane Stadium, the home of Baylor football, Clyde Hart Track and Field Stadium accommodates 5,000 spectators and participants and offers one of the country's premier venues for the sport with its outstanding features for competitors and spectator-friendly amenities and atmosphere.

Clyde Hart Track and Field Stadium Quick Facts

The stadium is located on 10 acres directly east of McLane Stadium on the banks of the Brazos River.

• Stadium capacity
  5,000 with 2,060 total fixed seats, including 420 chairbacks
• Project Cost
  $18.1 million
• Track features
  400-meter outdoor track with Olympic-caliber BSS 2000 surface from Beynon in green and beige colors, nine lanes measuring 48 inches in width
• Lewis A. and Mary Woodall Training Center
  13,200-square-foot indoor practice facility features ten track lanes and runways, including pits for two pole vaults and the long and triple jump
• Bob and Brenda Barkley Champions Plaza
  Recognizes winners of Olympic, World, and NCAA titles and honors faithful supporters of the stadium project
• Winston Wolfe Clubhouse
  Includes men's and women's locker rooms and spaces for team and coaches meetings
• Team facility
  Features staff offices, a sports medicine training area including Alter G equipment, hot and cold hydrotherapy tubs, an equipment room and laundry and storage areas
• Field events area
  Supports simultaneous staging of three long or triple jump competitions, three pole vault pits, two high jump areas, one discus, and two shot put areas and offers one javelin and hammer throw area; runway length is 140' for the long jump, triple jump, and pole vaults
• Infield surface
  BSS 2000 surface from Beynon on all runways, north apron area, and west feature events. Tifway 419 Bermuda turf for south apron area and infield
• Video board
  High-definition 16' x 35' video board
• Stadium construction
  Architect: Populous, Kansas City, Missouri. Construction managers: Austin Commercial, Dallas, Texas; Flintco, Tulsa, Oklahoma