Some coaches have had great male sprinters while others have had great female sprinters but few have had both. Texas A&M and LSU probably 2 best at having both collegiately. FSU has not really had much success with women sprinters but has many great male ones. Bobby Kersee has had way more success with women than he has with guys at the professional ranks.
Interestingly John Smith used to have more success with men but lately has had less success with men and more with women. Heard from one of the elite guys who Smith coached last year that his workouts are tailored towards Jeter so he left after a year with Smith as he didn't feel the workouts were beneficial. It got me to wondering if certain philosophies have more benefit to helping one gender over the other. Certainly having a tall sprinter is different than a short one so I can see many reasons why males should be trained different than females. Seems to reason that lifting differently for males from the perspective of muscle and bone variations in size would vary in what lifts are more important as well as cellular and hormonal differences in males vs females. Not a physiologist but could see these as key to adapt workouts on track and in lifting to max out athletes performance.
Very interested in hearing others thoughts on this?