you're right, he is the best damn coach in the world...for one guy. WHen you look at most of his other collegiate athletes they have gotten slower since hs. Great coaching there. So if we are measuring him as a pro-coach, pretty good. As a college coach not so much.
According to the linked doc the head track coach (Harvey)at U of A makes 81,000 a year. From this we can probably guess Li makes 50k-60k per year. That is a solid income for a guy whose team finished last in the Pac-10 with the highest possible scoring points.
(http://www.abor.asu.edu/1_the_regents/meetings/board_book/Jun2006/Item%2012-UATrackFieldCrossCntry.pdf the head)
sigh:
http://www.thewatcherfiles.com/bloodlines/index.htm
being part of that usually helps you win things important.
In case you're wondering why Coach Li acts the way he does, its his sense of entitlement.
He kinda has a good reason, and Phil Knight is happy to oblige, especially when Lagat wins 2 golds.
keep it real letsrun.
Follow the money...
http://www.letsrun.com/2007/li1128.php
Did you notice the name of the award?
"USATF Nike Coach of the Year"
His Nike athlete won the World Championships!
No Coach helping an Adidas, Asics, New Balance or Saucony athlete would have won it.[/quote]
Sexy theory, but it's easily refuted. Bobby Kersee, a Nike coach, won the Nike COY award a year or so ago. But, at the time he was (and still coaches) coaching an Adidas athlete: Allyson Felix. She's had a pretty good career so far @ 21 years old.
Hmm, and how well is Mo running now? And Lagat? And Cheseret? And Mutanya?
mo left because the training was extremely fast and low mileage and because he could not handle the academic load.He is not a pro. he works in a shoe store in riverside, ca. Great humble guy, hope he runs fast soon.
False information: Lanana was named Pac-10 and region coach of the year.
The official release on Lanana being named. Where do you guys come up with this bogus stuff? Just make it up ... then people believe it?!
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