So who is the lead distance coach at UCLA? Johnny Gray or Forest Braden?

WEEEELLLL, kinda complicated, but here goes. The short answer is there is no "lead distance" coach. As you can see from a quick scan of the website, UCLA is a split program and that they "share" coaches. This doesn't seem to be the clear case with the distance events. It is pretty obvious that Braden was the selection by the new men's head coach and Gray was the pick by the women's coach. Of course you would think that would mean that Gray has the women, and Braden has the men. Now, where their specific duties lie is anyone's guess. Of course Gray has an absolute wealth of middle distance knowledge. There is no doubt that in the 800m-1500m area, he can get it done. Braden as is evident by his still developing running career, is a distance specialist and could probably hold his own coaching anything from 3k-10k. This is the cross season, so they are probably sharing the work load as they both adjust to the new surroundings. Now, where it pans out after a year or two will be anyone's guess.

Gray is such a dumbshit in person it's likely he'll just hand out workouts from other sources with no thought involved.

That\'s all the Vin does too. Maurica and Andy are the brains.

Big Wop Nose wrote:

That's all the Vin does too. Maurica and Andy are the brains.

Not true. Vin writes the workouts and acts as the figurehead. Maurica and Andy facilitate the workouts.

Big Wop Nose wrote:

That's all the Vin does too. Maurica and Andy are the brains.

Not true, Vin writes workouts, and consults with the athletes individually.

Dellinger just photo copied last year's work outs and posted them on the board.

Actually, Andy and Maurica get the workouts from Kelly MacDonald.

Stanford T&F wrote:

Actually, Andy and Maurica get the workouts from Kelly MacDonald.

Not true either. Same thing at Washington: Greg writes the workouts, and Kelly facilitates them.

not true wrote:

[quote]Stanford T&F wrote:

Actually, Andy and Maurica get the workouts from Kelly MacDonald.[end quote]

Not true either. Same thing at Washington: Greg writes the workouts, and Kelly facilitates them.

Not true, either. Bill wrote the workouts, Jill posted them on the board, Gil facilitated them, Will massaged the girls' groins, and Phil taped up ankles. That's a smooth collegiate operation!

That simple shit is left to the low paid underlings. Metcalf and Vin massage the Alumni Assn and in Vin's case, the masters of Nike from China as well.

I just got an email from Greg Metcalf confirming that Kelly Strong designs all the workouts for both the men and women at UW. Hope this helps.

Actually, the workouts for all the Pac 10 schools are decided upon in the Netherlands, written in Dutch, of course. The Pac 10 coaches then count on their assistants to do the necessary translation into English, at which point they are posted on the bulletin board in the locker room. For better or for worse, though, all these workouts are for the half-marathon.