Who would sponsor her again after that? In a business sense it is much better to be accused than admitted.
First, she was convicted and banned for intentional doping, at several levels by several independent bodies, not just accused.
Second, clearly Nike doesn't care either way. Lots of dopers have come back after their ban, and had no trouble getting a sponsor.
Everyone may not be aware, but the way the WADA Code works, you can be banned for presumed and deemed intentional doping, without establishing intent or knowing use or fault or negligence.
Really? She was there for 10 years and lived a very nice life. You are clueless. That is higher than the average salary in the area. Everyone is not homeless.
She was making almost $100k at Cal which is equivalent to $125K today. Money has not been am issue.
This is not enough to live in the bay area.
First, she was nowhere near 100k. More like 75k. I know because I was associated with the program and we followed that kind of thing. You may be getting that from Bobby Lockharts salary now but she was no where near that. Now, you wanna talk about a failed disasterpiece at Cal? That’s the one. Second, she stayed too long at Cal and I’m guessing she knew it. 7 years working for Tony Sandoval. Waaaay longer than your average assistant (sure she was head XC but that was just a title, everyone knew how it actually worked). It’s been a minute since I was associated with the program or the Houlihans but I’m guessing Shayla realizes she stayed faaar too long and doesn’t want to make the same mistake twice. One can debate what the right amount is & whether sound strategic decisions were made in the past. However, no one familiar with the Iowa situation should be surprised she quit. Zero support for distance. Even less now that collegiate track and field is about to fundamentally change (although yes one could argue she should have seen that coming, but…”Big10” when everything else is collapsing). And to have to live in that backward wasteland through it all? Most of you would do the same. And let’s be honest, the only reason we are having this conversation is because of her last name. DOZENS of other collegiate coaches out there doing the exact same thing. Because that’s the way it works in any profession. Unless your career is not a main priority.
Coach H saved us at Cal. She came in and in a couple short years had the best recruiting class ever assembled, got our teamS to NCAAs, and should have been the director when Coach S retired.
She got pushed out for Coach Bobby L and the ship has now sunk. We SUCK NOW
two years later she was the ONLY FEMALE. Coach in the NCAA in ANY SPORT to win a conference title with a men’s team at UCSB. Earning Coach of the Year.
Shayla killed it as an athletes, as a coach, got screwd by Robyne after being the BEST COACH EVER for Cal and stilll went on to be Coach of the Year in a different conference. Lol you nerds all mad because you hate her sister.
Coach Shayla was a true tier 1 coach then her sister got popped and now you trolls go after her lol. So she’s had a few jobs chasing a dream. More can be said for her drive to find a place where she can succeed than any hater in here can by posting anonymous hate. Lmao. In the past 8 years she has been the highest achieving coach ever at Cal and the best coach in a decade at UCSB. Facts matter in an investigation
Serious question. She seems to get a lot of coaching opportunities at D1 schools but never is very successful and only stays for a short time at each. What is her appeal to these programs that they keep hiring her?
Never very successful!?!?!?!?
only coach in CAL HISTORY to lead both genders to NCAAs
only FEMALE coach in the ENTIRE COUNTRY to win a conference title with a men’s team IN ANY SPORT
She won COY for that.
yea that doesn’t seem ver successful….. Cal is doing so much better since Bobby took over. UCSB? Killing it now she is gone
Serious question. She seems to get a lot of coaching opportunities at D1 schools but never is very successful and only stays for a short time at each. What is her appeal to these programs that they keep hiring her?
Never very successful!?!?!?!?
only coach in CAL HISTORY to lead both genders to NCAAs
only FEMALE coach in the ENTIRE COUNTRY to win a conference title with a men’s team IN ANY SPORT
She won COY for that.
yea that doesn’t seem ver successful….. Cal is doing so much better since Bobby took over. UCSB? Killing it now she is gone
I first read this thread and assumed she was terrible. Then I read this and assumed it was fake news. Then I looked it up and this is real hahahaha. Omg you trolls had me for a second
Shayla Houlihan brought her sister into her coaching when she:
a) publicly spoken on behalf of her innocence; not as a family member, but as a professional athlete; coaches are responsible for what they say in record
b) brought her sister to speak to a college team, while her sister was serving a ban; it wasn’t a ‘scared straight’ format, it was tone deaf, poor decision-making at a state institution
Shayla is a bad coach. It has always been more about her than setting up athletes for performance excellence.
Want an example of a long-serving, loyal assistant coach? Look no further than NAU and Jared Cornfield. Seems like he has done okay while helping facilitate decent program success. Want another, how about Laurie Henes before she was elevated and got a title? She’s done okay too.
Shayla will never find coaching satisfaction or success because she isn’t willing to plant her feet and do the necessary work while staying out of the spotlight herself.
A) Maybe she was innocent and if not she’s family so seems reasonable not to through her under the bus.
B) I bet the college kids really enjoyed having her speak, doper or not she is famous, an icon in the sport and knows how to work hard and excel in the sport. Are you telling me you people would lose your mind of the baseball coach brought Barry Bonds or Mark McGuire for a quick chat with the baseball team?!?! You are probably the same person who believes people who don’t share your political views should not be allowed to speak at colleges despite free speak being a cornerstone of America… maybe her whole convo with the team what “don’t do drugs and work hard!” But who knows and who cares.
She has jumped around but is clearly not a bad coach, cal horrible since she left, ucsb horrible since she left (she prob left because she knew director was leaving) Iowa distance horrible when she stared and less good now.
Don’t care about NAU.
She may never be satisfied because that’s how successful people that want to be the best think but she won’t make anywhere worse for being there. NOTICE HOW THERE HAVE BEEN NO FORMER ATHLETES ON HERE TALKING TRASH… just losers who can’t get jobs like she can.
Why are you making that accusation of me? Sounds like you are the troll. I have tried to provide facts when people have provided incorrect information.
Who would you hire at Grand Canyon? The applicants were crappy assistant coaches and high school coaches amd some idiot JUCO guys. Then you have a female who has many years of high level pro and college experience. She is a former D1 runner amd professional runner. This is a slam dunk hire.
Her resume is crazy spending a year here or a year there, it's gotta become a red flag at some point. You want to hire a coach who can build a program.
Apparently.you don't know what you are talking about. AD's love experience. There is a lot of stuff that new coaches don't know. And she is a female. She can go wherever she wants.
Her resume is crazy spending a year here or a year there, it's gotta become a red flag at some point. You want to hire a coach who can build a
Lots of people move around. She was at Cal for 7 years and was rolling. Sadly Tony stepped down and Robyne went with a Yes man knowing full well he wouldn’t care of they depleted the xc resources for sprints and throws. the next few years has led her to a great situation with a school flush with cash. Stop hating
Coach H saved us at Cal. She came in and in a couple short years had the best recruiting class ever assembled, got our teamS to NCAAs, and should have been the director when Coach S retired.
She got pushed out for Coach Bobby L and the ship has now sunk. We SUCK NOW
two years later she was the ONLY FEMALE. Coach in the NCAA in ANY SPORT to win a conference title with a men’s team at UCSB. Earning Coach of the Year.
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