Former Kenyan Olympic 5000 champ and 5 time world cross champion seeks coaching job in USA

So John Ngugi is looking for a job?

Ghost, thank you for your efforts. I hope you can help him to find a good position.

I believe it was John Whetton who burst into Ngugi's home unannounced demanding a blood test, without even saying who he was and not allowing Ngugi to have anyone there to ensure his well being. I would also have refused.

The whole medical blood testing BS is a farce and should be eliminated from athletics.

Correction, from the thread below.

"It was a Tuesday and it was raining heavily. I told them to wait for me to change since I was very tired and wet. I asked them who had sent them and they said KAAA. I also asked them why they wanted to get a sample from me? they only said you will regret", says Ngugi. The next day he heard on the radio that he has been banned from running for four years.

Thus he didn't refuse the test. They didn't wait for him to change clothes.

Thank you for removing my post since I was wrong except for his age. Here it says he is 58. Other sources have him at 60.

Ngugi was born on Maybe, 1962, according to W.A. website but in conversations with the man himself on WhatsApp he claims he is 58. Who knows? Exact birth dates appear to be "flexible" in Kenya, and this is not a reflection of Ngugi's dishonesty but rather a cultural trait in Kenya in general. This would mean Ngugi was 30 when he won his last, impressive world cross, in the snow (!), in Boston 1992.

Ngugi (May 10, 1962) PB's:

3:37.02 (85), 3:56.75 (90), 7:41.52 (92), 13:11.14 (90), 27:11.62 (91), 27:29 (km)(88), 1:01:24 (89)

Great track times, but he was a super monster in world cross country sometimes winning by 20 -30 seconds. Absolute monster man. Check out world cross results from 1986 -1989 (4 straight titles!) and last win in world cross in 1992.

He had an unusual, unorthodox style, difficult to describe.

If you read the linked article here you will see that Ngugi was taken advantage of because of his (alleged) illiteracy and general naïve behaviour. He appears to be a good man, but is currently living in dire poverty. Illiterate or not, surely he could earn a coaching job. He still has an extended family to feed.

Source: Native Son (2005)

"John Ngugi is semi literate if not illiterate.
We hail from the same area. As a salesman back in Kenya in '96, I used to sell products to him at his Boston Wholesalers.
His illiteracy did him in although the govt. wasn't supportive.
A friend of mine whose mum worked as a teller at Nyahururu Barclays Bank told me this story- After Ngugi's win at Boston.
Ngugi, his mum, wife, brothers e.t.c. went to the Bank carrying the prize money in ciondos- African baskets usually carried by women on their back. They hung the strap on their heads.)
They had millions of Kenya shillings and basically caused human traffic at the bank coz of the magnitude.
The teller- the guys mum called them aside and told them that there is somehtin g called "travellers cheque" or even wiring money instead of carrying hard currency.
It was funny but that is what happened.
Today, as the story suggests, the guy is broke"

Do you remember when Kenyan athletes (e.g. Said Al Shaheen/Cherono) signed contracts to run for Qatar? They were promised $1000 for life, after their career was over. Reality is that I think those contracts were not honoured. I think Ngugi should receive same $1000 for life (in Kenya shillings equivalent) for services rendered.

Mo Farah is a multi millionaire in the UK. Ngugi is practically destitute in Kenya. Sad reality.

Good luck to him. It's sad that he's broke but I hope he's not seriously counting on getting a coaching job in the US as a solution. There are so many obstacles and if he's really illiterate he's not going to get hired here as nearly all coaching jobs are at schools.

I don't think he's (Ngugi) seriously "illiterate" but possibly that he has some basic weaknesses which should not undermine or impede future coaching efforts. Remember, Henry Rono never completed his degree at Washington State, but that did not stop him getting coaching gigs in many places, including a National coaching role in Yemen a few years ago, where he was quite successful.

I say this as I communicate with him (Ngugi) through WhatsApp and he responds with fluency albeit short messages. I think when you respond correctly (without typos) within seconds it shows he doesn't even have time to use Google translate. He's well capable of coaching. Please give this monster a job. Thank you.