HEAD COACH – ROBERT TILLEY

Robert Tilley is a former Oklahoma high school State Champion with a high school PR of 15’6 (4.73).
After graduating from Mustang H.S. he attended Eastern Oklahoma State College where he was
a three time All-American with PR of 16’6 (5.05). After leaving E.O.S.C. he went on to Wichita State
University were he posted a lifetime best jump of 16’11 3/4in (5.18). His coach at Wichita State was
Tom Hays, who is now the current jumps/vault coach at the University of Kansas. Soon after college,
he began coaching at Green Valley High School in Henderson, Nevada. Over the past years, he has
coached 1 State Record Holder, 4 State Champs, 3 Runner-Ups, 13 top 4 finishers, over 50 state
qualifiers and was named 2003 National High School Coach of the Year.
In 1998 he started holding Pure Sky Vault Camps, and after its second year, invitations went out to kids
that were interested in forming a club. So in 1998, Pure Sky Vaulting Club was born. From 1998 thru 2005
practices were held at Green Valley High School. Then, in 2006, with the help of his wife (Tamara Tilley)
we purchased our first UCS Spirit pit and moved to the Club to our current location, at 303 Race Track Rd.
in Henderson, Nevada. Coach Tilley is working hard to share his love of the sport and make EVERY DAY

“A great day to be a vaulter”

EMAIL COACH TILLEY - coachtilley@pureskyvaulting.com

ASSISTANT COACH – RUSS KASHKA

Russ Kashka is in starting his 7th year coaching at Pure Sky. He started in Track & Field at James Monroe
High School in the San Fernando Valley area of Southern California in 1973. Under the coaching of
Dean Balzarett, he placed 2^nd in the Mid-Valley League Championships with a PR of 13’. After
graduation, he moved to Las Vegas to go into the vending machine business with his best friend.
Over the years, he has kept up his interest in the sport of Track & Field and remained a student of the vault.
He married in 1986 to his wife Sandy and now has 3 daughters, Renee, Samantha, & Emily. He coached
his daughters’ teams in the Silver State Girls Soccer league for 8 years before becoming the Volunteer
Pole Vault Coach at Coronado High School in Henderson. Since Coronado's Inaugural year in 2002, he
was lucky enough to have coached 5 Regional Champions and 11 qualifiers to the State Meet.
He hopes to pass on his passion and knowledge of the vault to all the kids he helps coach.

EMAIL COACH KASHKA - coachkashka@pureskyvaulting.com

ASSISTANT COACH – KY EDWARDS

Coach Ky is in his 5th year coaching at Pure Sky Vaulting and is also the Head Track & Field Coach at
Sunrise Mountain High School. He was born and raised in West Texas, he graduated from Midland High
School in 1996, where he competed in football and track & field (pole vault and 300m hurdles). After high
school he went to college at Sul Ross State University, graduating in 2002, and began coaching in
Hereford, Tx in 2003. While there, he coached the pole vaulters at Hereford H. S. for three years. During
that time, he coached 5 Regional Qualifiers and 1 State Qualifier (Blake Yosten-15’3"). After moving to
Las Vegas in 2006, Coach Ky took the Jumps Coach (pole vault, long and triple) position at Chaparral High
School. During his time at Chaparral, the Chap vaulters broke 2 school records, qualified 13 vaulters for the
Sunrise Regional meet, and had vaulters medal (Jose Olague, 3^rd 2007, 2^nd 2008- Carlos Olague, 5^th 2009)
at the State meet each year. Also, 4 long jumpers (3 medalists) and 1 triple jumper qualified for state meet
those years. In his only year at Sunrise Mountain, Coach Ky, had 2 girl Regional Qualifiers in pole vault and
one state qualifier in triple jump. He has high hopes for his future with the Sunrise Mountain Track and
Field team and continues to dedicate his time to improving Pure Sky and all the athletes he has the
opportunity to coach.
" Hard work beats talent, when talent fails to work hard"

EMAIL COACH EDWARDS - kedwards@interact.ccsd.net

ASSISTANT COACH – DANNY CORRIGAN

Coach Danny Corrigan starts his 1st year at Pure Sky this season after graduating from the University of
Southern California. He began his Pole Vaulting career at Green Valley High School as a sophomore
under Coach Robert Tilley where he had a high school PR of 15'-0" (4.57m) and was the Nevada State
Boys Pole Vault Champion his senior year. After graduation, he attended the University of Southern
California, where, under the coaching of Brooks Morris, jumped a lifetime best of 16'-7 ¼" (5.06m) his
Sophomore year at the 2006 NCAA Regional Championships. He was a 2 time Pac-10 Qualifier and
an NCAA Regional Qualifier. After graduation, he re-located to Las Vegas to begin a career in
structural engineering and is a welcome addition to the Pure Sky Coaching staff.

EMAIL COACH CORRIGAN - coachcorrigan@pureskyvaulting.com

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