Calf roping, also known as tie-down roping, is a rodeo event that features a calf and a rider mounted on a horse. The goal of this timed event is for the rider to catch the calf by throwing a loop of rope from a lariat around its neck, dismount from the horse, run to the calf, and restrain it by tying three legs together, in as short a time as possible.

The event derives from the duties of actual working cowboys, which sometimes required catching and restraining calves for branding or medical treatment. Ranch hands took pride in the speed with which they could rope and tie calves which soon turned their work into informal contests.

The calves are lined up in a row and moved through narrow runways leading to a chute with spring-loaded doors. When a calf enters the chute, a door is closed behind it and a lightweight 28-foot (8.5 m) rope, attached to a trip lever, is fastened around the calf's neck. The lever holds a taut cord or "barrier" that runs across a large pen or "box" at one side of the calf chute, where the horse and rider wait. The barrier is used to ensure that the calf gets a head start. When the roper is ready, he (or, in some roping events, she) calls for the calf, and the chute operator pulls a lever opening the chute doors and releasing the calf. The calf runs out in a straight line. When the calf reaches the end of the rope, that trips the lever, the rope falls off the calf, and the barrier for the horse is released, starting the clock and allowing horse and rider to chase the calf.

Monty Lewis is the head football coach for Friends University in Wichita, Kansas. He accumulated 100 wins in just 15 years as a head coach and has one of the highest winning percentages of any active coach in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.

Before coaching at Friends, Lewis was the head coach for the Southwestern College Moundbuilders and led the team to a record of 60 wins and 32 losses during his tenure to become the "all-time winningest coach in school history" including a 1996 Wheat Bowl victory against Baker University. In terms of head coach winning percentage at Southwestern, Lewis ranks #6 overall.

As a player for the Southwestern College Moundbuilders, Lewis was an NAIA All-American in 1983 and 1984 where he played for head coaches Dennis Franchione and Charlie Cowdrey., including the 1982 Sunflower Bowl victory.