Texas A&M University-College Station Equestrian

McKAY UP CLOSE PERSONAL Hometown: Littleton, Colorado Education: Colorado State (BS in Equine Science); Texas A&M (MAgr in Equine Behavior) Children: Tanner and Tayden COACHING CAREER 1998-99: Texas A&M (graduate assistant) 1999-00: Texas A&M (co-head coach) 2000-: Texas A&M (head coach) Record: 158-100 COACHING HONORS 2012 Big 12 Coach of the Year 2017 NCEA Coach of the Year 2024 SEC Co-Coach of the Year 2024 Inducted into the NCEA Hall of Fame COACHING NOTABLES 65 NCEA All-America Honorees 12 Team and Discipline National Championships 3 NCEA Overall Team National Championships 2018 NCEA Reining National Champions The only head coach in program history, Tana McKay is in her 27th season at the helm of the 12-time national champion Texas A&M equestrian team. During her time in Aggieland, she has taken the team from club sport status -- overseen by the animal science department -- to arguably the most decorated athletic-department-sponsored equestrian program in the country. The Aggies have won nine western riding team national championships in addition to capturing the overall NCEA National Championship title in 2012 and 2017 and the first-ever overall Varsity Equestrian National Championship in 2002. The Aggies won the first ever NCEA Reining National Championship during the 2018 NCEA Championships. McKay guided A&M to four consecutive western national titles from 2009-12, and her squads won four of the five western crowns awarded in the history of the Varsity Equestrian Nati

Abby O’Mara enters her ninth season on the Texas A&M equestrian staff and fourth as the associate head coach after being given the title on May 3, 2022. O'Ma...

Rachael Hake was named assistant coach for Texas A&M equestrian in July 2023. She will focus her duties in the jumping seat discipline. Hake comes back to Ag...

Ruth Sorrel was named the Director of Operations and an assistant coach for the Texas A&M equestrian team in the summer of 2024. An industry leader for nearl...

Renowned American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) judge and professional horsewoman Suzy Jeane is in her eighth season as an assistant coach with the Texas A&M equestrian team. Hayley Riddle rose to prominence during the 2020-21 season under Jeane’s tutelage as the junior was named a NCEA First Team All-American and the SEC Co-Horsemanship Rider of the Year. Riddle, who entered the season with six career wins, compiled a 9-1 record and was named MOP three times. In 2019-20, Jeane continued her success as the Horsemanship team registered an 8-2-2 ledger and finished No. 3 in the NCEA rankings. The team was led by seniors Katie Conklin and Ashley Davidson, who each tallied eight wins and earned NCEA All-American and SEC All-Horsemanship accolades. In Jeane’s first season in Aggieland, Texas A&M earned the No. 2 seed at the NCEA Championships in Horsemanship as the team posted a 12-3-3 record with four shutouts against Fresno State, Georgia, UC Davis and South Carolina. Three Aggies earned All-America honors as Alex Albright and Sarah Orsak earned first team recognition and Davidson earned honorable mention distinction. Orsak went on to win the AQHA Collegiate Horsemanship Championship. Jeane has broken many barriers for women in the equine industry as she was the 2004 AQHA Professional Horsewoman of the Year and became the first female president of the National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA) in 2000. She has also raised, bred and shown many world champions in several breeds. S