all college coaches have to be a little narcissistic as 70% of your job is trying to convince high schoolers that running for you for 4 years is the best life decision they'll ever make.
but I would say Diljeet Taylor seems to crave the spotlight more than others. but at least she backs it up with results. and she doesn't buy ready made Kenyans, she gets high schoolers and slowly develops them, and considering the quality of runners she gets and the amount of runners who want to run for her when they turn pro maybe its not narcissism but rather confidence.
I think both things can be true: Diljeet Taylor is narcissistic AND she's a really good, confident coach.
Diljeet is someone who i think is definitely vain, but Im not sure about narcissistic. she seems to make good connections. she handled defeat at the cross championships incredibly well and sportsmanlike.
I was having a conversation with someone on a run about coaches who are the most narcissistic. It started about coaches in the area but then they made me think.. who are the most narcissistic high profile track coaches? Could be HS or college. I’m interested in the stories and backgrounds.