West Texas A&M University Athletics

Sweetgall joined the Buffalo Athletics staff in August of 2000. He has directed the department’s compliance operation since the fall of 2010. The Athletics program has reached cumulative student-athlete GPAs of over 3.00 for eight straight semesters while he has overseen the academic services area.
 
Prior to taking over the compliance and academic areas, Sweetgall was the men’s cross country coach from 2007 to 2010. He assisted in the return of WTAMU’s track & field programs to intercollegiate status during that time period, and remains as the department’s administrator for both track & field and cross country.
 
Sweetgall has also held duties in the areas of fund raising and directing ticket operations and media relations during his tenure at WTAMU.
 
A proponent of community service, Sweetgall has been a member of the Canyon Lions Club since 2004. He has been the organization’s treasurer and a member of its Board of Directors since 2006. He has been named the Club’s Lion-of-the Year twice.
 
Sweetgall previously was the Director of Athletics Development at Emporia State University, and handled sports information and assisted with corporate fund raising at Missouri Western State University. He holds both his Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from The Ohio State University.
 
His wife Linda supervises the WTAMU post office. Their daughter Lindsey and son-in-law Chase are both graduates of WTAMU and Canyon High School. Lindsey is currently an attorney with a law firm in Virginia.