ESPN.com - OLY - Meet USA Track & Field Coaches

 Wednesday, August 23
Keys to success: coaches
 
 
MEN'S COACHING STAFF
Name Event Comments
John Chaplin Head coach Former coach, Wash. State
Dick Booth Jumps Assistant coach, Arkansas
Dixon Farmer Decathlon Coordinator, ARCO Training center; assistant manager
Rob Johnson Racewalks, marathon Coach, Wabash College
John Moon 100, 200m, 110 hurdles, 4X100m relay Coach, Seton Hall
Fred Newhouse ------------------ Head manager
Jerry Quiller 1,500-10,000m Coach, West Point
L. Jay Silvester Throws Former coach, BYU; four-time Olympian
Bubba Thornton 400, 800m, 400m hurdles, 4X400 relay Men's coach, Texas

WOMEN'S COACHING STAFF
Name Event Comments
Karen Dennis Head coach Coach, UNLV
Sandy Fowler Throws Coach, Alabama
Ernest Gregoire LT, TJ, Hurdles Outstanding coach, international experience
Judy Harrison Racewalks, marathon Former coach, San Jacinto College
Mamie Rallins Head Manager 11 WRs; Coach, Hampton University
Rita Somerlot High jump, pole vault, mulits Ohio Coaches Hall of Fame inductee
LaVerne Sweat Sprints, relays Women's coach, Norfolk State University
Mark Young 800-10,000m Coach, Yale

SUPPORT STAFF
Name Comments
Dean Clark Athletic trainer
Michael Conley Director of Elite Athlete Programs
Keith Henschen Sport psychologist
Cherl Parker Athletic trainer
Bruce Tenen USOC liason
Ralph Vernacchia Sport psychologist