It appears he is still coaching. How does he still have a job at the school?
https://www.sjnd.org/athletics
“Cross country is a very demanding sport and I develop a training program that prepares each runner to take on the challenges of racing,” Coach Fong said about his coaching philosophy. “I also try and balance sports with their education to help develop values and life skills that contribute to their success in the future, including in and out of college,” he added.
Having run Boston Marathon in the past, I have some experience with the course and for the life of me I can't see how you would cheat. Unless you had someone with a car or you took the train and hopped on and off the course. It would not be easy. Now NYC Marathon, is much easier to lop-off large parts of the course. I tend to feel this may have been a technical issue with his timing chip.
Did you even read the article? BAA removed his result. He had missed many timing mats at multiple marathons over the years.
Why would this affect his employment?
Read the article. Would you want him to coach your child?
Not sure how I've never seen this site before. Great investigative work and pretty disgraceful behavior.
coachy wrote:
Read the article. Would you want him to coach your child?
I'd let the coach of a 3:50 miler coach my kids. Even if he is a little looney.
From the one of the message board posters in the article:
Meredith A Mills November 19, 2021 at 3:43 pm
This is fascinating! I know Tony as we ran for the same club and I have always insisted that he cheated in the 2007 CIM race. I passed him just after the half marathon point (you can see from the results that I was about 15 seconds behind him at the half). He was hurting. He walked off the course and said to someone that he was dropping out. CIM is a small race and I am pretty aware of who is around me – I never saw him pass me again and lo’ and behold he came into the finish just ahead of me (wearing different clothes even). I told several people over the years that he cheated in that race! They only had a timing mat back then at the half so it would have been harder to catch someone who hopped into a car then and drove to the 40K mark and hopped back in. Yes, he is a respectable runner still at his age, but yes, he is a cheater. Meredith Mills
Mr. Slowpoke wrote:
Not sure how I've never seen this site before. Great investigative work and pretty disgraceful behavior.
You missed the whole Frank Meza thread and fiasco here. It's still there if search his name.
for real lol
4:59 wrote:
Why would this affect his employment?
Cooper Teare went to a tiny religious high school? I assume religious schools are all about integrity and conduct and expect their employees to live with those values.
Wait, nevermind, I forgot how hypocrital most of the modern religious schools are now. I dont know Tony personally, so can't speak to his integrity. The other coaches I know at his school are extremely religious, though, to the point that anybody not as devout as them is looked down upon and judged.
simp wrote:
coachy wrote:
Read the article. Would you want him to coach your child?
I'd let the coach of a 3:50 miler coach my kids. Even if he is a little looney.
Then you don't have kids. Someone that has cheated in at least 10 races wouldn't be someone I would allow to coach my kids.
Leave the dude alone.
coachy wrote:
simp wrote:
I'd let the coach of a 3:50 miler coach my kids. Even if he is a little looney.
Then you don't have kids. Someone that has cheated in at least 10 races wouldn't be someone I would allow to coach my kids.
Do you see someone who lied about their background like saying they were a 9x all-American the same?
Definitely looks like a serial cheater. Oh well. Not sure how removing him from the results is a consequence. He still has the medal, gear, and pictures.
holterskolter2 wrote:
4:59 wrote:
Why would this affect his employment?
Cooper Teare went to a tiny religious high school?
Jason Kidd and Damian Lillard also attended that tiny high school, for what it's worth.
zcteamyng wrote:
holterskolter2 wrote:
Cooper Teare went to a tiny religious high school?
Jason Kidd and Damian Lillard also attended that tiny high school, for what it's worth.
I'm confused as to what you're suggesting is the relevance? Is it that Jason Kidd is a drunk driver who beat up his ex wife, and that reflects on the high school, and how they might be willing to hire a serial cheat?
Because I dont think Damian Lillard appears to have any of those sort of issues, at least that I know about.
Wow, Tony is a very revered coach in our small conference and was recently named coach of the year for the CA north coast section. This is will be shocking news in our little neck of the woods. SJND of Alameda is a Catholic college prep school, but it functions more like a small independent high school than a highly religious parish school.
coachy wrote:
Read the article. Would you want him to coach your child?
Yes, absolutely. If he could help my child to become as good as Cooper Teare, and to set him up for as successful a college and pro career as Teare, sign him up! He could easily have had Teare under 4 in high school but instead left plenty in the tank and kept him healthy and developing.
Who really cares what someone does in a marathon as long as it doesn't affect the big awards?