Bio

Kit Harris begins his first season as the head women’s wrestling coach at Baker for the 2023-24 season.

As a 1995 BU graduate, Harris returns to the Baker University campus after spending 28 years as head wrestling coach at Baldwin High School and Washburn Rural High School in Topeka, Kan. He is the first-ever Kansas coach to win both a boys and a girls team state championship. He coached Baldwin teams to two 4A State championships and a third-place trophy, in addition to nine other top-10 team finishes. During his tenure there, Baldwin also won 12 Regional team championships and 11 League championships.

Harris lives in Baldwin with his wife Sarah of 27 years. They have three children, sons Cael and Ty, and daughter Malin.

COACHING HONORS

• 313 Dual Wins

• Coached 197 State Qualifiers, 63 State Placers, 20 State Finalists, 10 State Champions

• 16 Team State, Regional, and League Championships

• National Girls Coach of the Year, 2021

• 2x Finalist for National Boys Coach of the Year

• 3x Midwest Sectional Coach of the Year, 7 states

• 2004 Wrestling USA magazine’s State Man of the Year

• 3x Kansas 4A Coach of the Year

• 3x Kansas 4A Regional Coach of the Year

• 3x Kansas Coaches Association Coach of the Year

• 6x Lawrence Journal-World All-Area Coach of the Year

• Selected as coach for KWCA Senior All-Star Dual, KC Metro Dual, KS vs. MO Girls Rogue Dual

• Coached 23 wrestlers selected for Senior All-Star Duals

• Coached 81 Academic All-State wrestlers

• Team Kansas Cadet Freestyle/Greco-Roman coach for 7 years

• Team Kansas Cadet Freestyle Director, USAW-KS

• Team Kansas Cadet Duals coaching staff

• Team Kansas Southern Plains coaching staff 

• 10 years coaching Freestyle/Greco-Roman wrestling clubs

• Served 3 terms as President of Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association

• USAW Bronze certified coach

• Selected for Coaches Development Seminar at Olympic Training Center in 2003

• NCAA Wrestling official