For the last 17 years, Doug Wells has served at the Director of the Cerritos College track and field program. Last year, he helped guide the Falcon women’s program to their second state championship in school history, with the first coming in 1981. He helped celebrate the championship with women’s head coach Michael Allen after the team came within four points of winning the title the year before and settled for second place. In addition to the championship, the track program is getting a brand new surface, as well as throws area, which is the goal Wells had been working on for years. In addition to the success of the women’s program and the new surface, he also saw the men’s team place ninth at the state championships. The success of the women’s program the last two years has also seen them win back-to-back Southern California and South Coast Conference championships for the first time in school history.

                At the conclusion of the track season last year, Wells was chosen to serve as the Head Manager for the U.S. National Track and Field Team and guided them at the NACAC Under-23 Team, which was held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He was selected by a special staff selection meeting of the International Competition Committee at the USA Track and Field National Convention.    

                In addition to running the track and field program and serving as the men’s cross-country coach for the past seven seasons, Wells also spent 10 years as a Falcon assistant football coach, until retiring from the gridiron eight years ago. Wells has had a great deal of success as a track and field coach, especially at Taft College. In 10 years at Taft, he guided his teams to a state championship and seven conference titles, while Wells was named the California Coach of the Year twice. At Cerritos, he was named the California Coaches Association Coach of the Year for the third time in his career, while he was awarded the Coach of the Year honor by the California Track and Running News five times.

                Wells attended Porterville Union High School, where he was a football and track star. He transferred to the University of Utah, where he competed in the NCAA Championships and was an All-American as a decathlete in 1970, while also playing fullback on the football team. Wells continued to compete in track events and won several shot put and discus National Championships in Master’s competition. Wells earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Physical Education from the University of Utah.