Meb wins NYCM, Rowbury medals at Berlin WC, and Al Sal didn't coach them yet het gets NIKE Coach of the Year ?

What about Trey Hardee's coach? A WC gold is pretty nice. Especially in a sport where you must be good at 10 different events.

I know I'm going to get ripped apart for this but what about Mark Wetmore? An NCAA title, American Championship title, a few NCAA records, and an American Record.

I'm still leaning towards Hardee's coach though.

You start with enough athletes and enough of a budget and it's hard not to have a few stick...but this year he came up empty at Worlds...so I wonder...He's good though.

For high ratio of success/athlete, I gotta give props to Clyde and Cook (again). Talk about consistency.

And with Cook look how well two of his athletes did after they parted ways...

We should appreciate Clyde, Cook, AsSal, Larsen, Vigil, Mahon for sure. Kersee and Smith brought home the most medals this year.

Worth more than a win on the world stage?

sdfadfasdf wrote:

AR 5k?????

1&DONE wrote:

Salazar has produced more sub 13s than every American coach combined...

Could you please explain?

I don't. He's progressed to also-ran status. Wake me when he WINS a race against anything other than b-level or domestic competition.

Montesquieu wrote:

After sixth in the WC 10000, 12:56, and third in the WC Half, you don't think Ritz is good enough to win a WC/Olympic event?

coach D wrote:

The IAAF WORLD coach of the year? Clyde Hart

3 gold medals and 1 silver. Coaches IAAF Athlete Of the Year Sanya Richards.

But Clyde's not even close to coach of the year in the US, but somebody who won NOTHING is?

US sprinters and hurdlers won 12 medals in Berlin, including 5 gold, not counting relays. The 3 "distance" medals won were won by middle distance people: Long distance runners won NOTHING as usual. If you're going to make believe that US distance runners even matter internationally, there's only one distance runner of any kind good enough to win any WC/Olympic event, and you know who he is and who his coach is.

How much did Nike pay off USATF THIS TIME?

Forgetting Shumacker?

1&DONE wrote:

Didn't take long for the Nike haters to come out. Mahon is a great coach, but I certainly wouldn't give him the award after a couple sub-par performances from Hall and a bombed race for Kastor in 2009. Salazar has produced more sub 13s than every American coach combined...

Compared with Olympics, WC on track, and Boston, Berlin, London, Chicago, and NYC marathons? Nope, not even close.

Count it or not wrote:

Let's ask the letsrun.com experts. Is the IAAF 1/2 Marathon a race that matters ?

How about the Wisconsin boys?

Schumacher had Teg at 12:58, right behind Ritz. Also went 1-2-3 at US Champs in the 5k.

I mean the guy has coached

Solinksy: 3:37, 7:36, 13:12, 2nd Indoor Champs 3k, 2nd Outdoor Champs 5k

Teg: 3:34, 3:56, 7:34, 8:07, 12:58, USA Outdoor Champs 1st

Jager: 3:54 miler and only 13:22 this year but 2nd Outdoor Champs, 8th 2008 Junior World Champs

Bairu: Canadian 10k Champ, Canadian 5k Track Champ

Re: the prev poster mentioned "Compared with Olympics, WC on track, and Boston, Berlin, London, Chicago, and NYC marathons? Nope, not even close."

So did Schumacher's kids medal at any of those ?

I wouldn't point to "Schumacher's kids" as giving Schumacher the nod over AlSal, yet I also wouldn't point to AlSal's cult as giving the nod over Schumacher. Both are pretty equal, contrary to the dipshit saying that AlSal has coached more sub-13 runners than every other US coach combined.