History will be made in Budapest. For 1st time ever at Worlds, coaches will now get medals. Good idea or not?

nice move but how about adding that if an athlete gets busted for doping the coach & agent also gets an equal ban

I like this as much as I like obligatory gifts. Not at all.

I imagine scenarios in which an assistant coach actually plays a more influential role, or where a primary coach is not liked at all. If you want to honor a coach, do so. Don't make it mandatory.

Anything that terrifies the participation trophy crowd, I'm all for it

This subtracts value from the medals the athletes receive, coaches should receive a plaque they can hang on their wall, or a ring, or small trophy. Please reserve the medals for the athletes only.

Of course, if their athletes get busted the coaches should also forfeit their medals.

Don't ask me how I know but rumors say that Bob Kersee was absolutely fuming after hearing about this medals for coaches thing.

"Miss me with that worthless junk covered in a nanometer of gold. If the organizers really wanted to show appreciation they'd offer coaches a cash prize, an appearance fee, or two weeks at a Bora Bora resort."

His exact reaction was less literal and more in the spirit of Clay Davis from The Wire, according to first hand accounts. USATF on the other hand did not expect any of their coaches to have a reaction to this, neither positive nor negative, thus they not prepared to reply when Kersee said "this won't go unpunished."

1992 and 1996 US Olympians got beautiful leather jackets. Super classy with personalized inner pockets with our names and other personal information. Raised dark Olympic rings on the back of the jacket, sleek silk lining, small Olympic rings on the edge of the collar. Hand made jackets.

We were asked to vote on whether coaches should also receive a leather jacket and the resounding vote was, "NO." These were super special tokens for having made the US Olympic team. The coaches got plenty of other clothing, bags, shoes and other swag. Now they are to get medals, too? Ugh.