One of the region’s most respected pole vault instructors, Wes Teeple is in his fifth season with the Broncos. Under Teeple’s tutelage Stacy Orosz qualified for the NCAA Regional in 2007 where she broke the WMU pole vault record, setting the new mark at 12’-6.00". Orosz also broke school indoor pole vault record at MAC Championships (12’-7.50").
Teeple coached his daughter, Stephanie, to an appearance at the 2006 NCAA Mideast Regional.
In 2005, he helped all three Bronco pole vaulters (Stephanie Teeple, Stacy Orosz, Emily Browning) break the school outdoor record and helped Orosz break the indoor school record.
Teeple brings more than 25 years of coaching experience at the high school level. He served as field events coach at Sturgis High School from 1990-03 after spending eight years at Centreville High School. In all, Teeple has coached five state champions, 28 state qualifiers, 10 all-state finishers and a pair of runner-ups.
Teeple, 49, has worked with two prep All-Americans, a state record holder and a U.S. Junior National participant. He served as pole vault coach with the U.S. Junior National Team in 2000.
A Detroit native, Teeple capped a stellar four-year career at Eastern Michigan (1974-78) with an appearance at the 1978 NCAA Outdoor Championships. He set the EMU pole vault record and captured two Central Collegiate Conference championships. Teeple graduated from EMU with a bachelor’s degree in secondary education in 1978.
Wes and his wife, Cheryl, have a daughter, Stephanie, who competed for the Broncos and a son, Brad, who competed at Nebraska and Alabama.
