Home ofRustler AthleticsCentral Wyoming College

Bio

Layton Westmoreland joins the Rustlers after a successful stint as the assistant coach for the Hill College Lady Rebels. Coach Westmoreland assisted in practice planning while heading the skill development, social media branding, and recruiting efforts for the Lady Rebels, assisting them in their 3rd conference title in 4 seasons with their 4th consecutive 20-win season. The Lady Rebels ended the season Receiving Votes for the NJCAA Top 25 poll.

Layton Westmoreland joined the Lady Rebels as an assistant coach for the 2021-22 season having spent the previous two seasons at McMurry University under Head Coach Brittany Densman-Roes.

At McMurry, Westmoreland was the lead on recruiting as the program's recruiting coordinator as well as media content handling the program's multiple social media accounts. In addition, Coach Westmoreland designed the program’s skill development for in and out-of-season development. At McMurry, Westmoreland coached multiple all-conference caliber players and the 2021 ASC Conference Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year.

Westmoreland came to the War Hawks after leading Newcastle High School’s girls' basketball program to the Regional Quarterfinals of the 1A Texas UIL Playoffs for the 2018-2019 season. 

Before his time at Newcastle where he spent a single season as the program's head coach, accruing a record of 23-11, Westmoreland started his coaching career in San Antonio, Texas where he was a part of the basketball community in multiple facets. Westmoreland was a skill development trainer (2013-18) with Spartan Basketball, known for training high-level basketball players in the Greater San Antonio area, as well as their involvement with WNBA and NBA players in the off-season. 

With his training experiences, Westmoreland was able to speak at the Minnesota Girls Basketball Coaches Association Annual Fall Clinic in 2014 on ACL Injury Prevention in female basketball players, after working closely within Alan Stein’s Stronger Team Nation, a network of basketball-specific strength & conditioning coaches across the country. Formerly a performance enhancement coach, Westmoreland was brought into Spartan Basketball due to his background and expertise in performance enhancement and was even a contributor with STACK Magazine Online for many years. 

While training with Spartan Basketball, Westmoreland coached at the high school level at The Christian School at Castle Hills (2016-18) and the Christian Academy of San Antonio (2013-16), where he started his Head Coaching career at 23 years old. Both institutions were a part of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS). In his 6 years in coaching high school, Westmoreland accrued a record of 118-62 (65.5%). 

Westmoreland also spent a season in the WNBA with the San Antonio Stars (now the Las Vegas Aces) as coaches support staff during the 2017 season under 1st Year Head Coach Vickie Johnson, who is now Head Coach for the Dallas Wings. Spending a lot of time working in the day-to-day responsibilities of player development under the guidance of Assistant Coach Latricia Trammell, who is now an Assistant Coach for the Los Angeles Sparks, Westmoreland was able to gain tremendous knowledge and experience. On game days, Westmoreland would assist the coaching staff in pre-game development on the court and would track defensive statistics during the game. 

Westmoreland earned his Associate’s Degree from Western Texas College where he played for their men’s soccer team, graduating in 2010 before attending William Penn University on a basketball scholarship to play under esteemed head coach John Henry. Westmoreland received his Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education in 2012.

Westmoreland is a native of Snyder, Texas, and resides in Hillsboro, Texas with his wife, Samatha, and their dogs, Kira & Buddy.