Is Valmon the best option the U.S. has? His teams at Maryland have been terrible for the past few years! His athletic credentials are very impressive, but his coaching results are at best sub-par. I guess he won't be actually coaching the athletes in London, if he were they would be in trouble!
When he was coaching at Georgetown, I saw this dude try to pick a fight with an athlete from Penn State after the PSU 4 x 4 won over G-Town in a chippy race (read: lots of contact & elbows).
Classy guy.
We needed to pick a minority and a female to avoid any future racist and gender bias.... Has nothing to do with credentials....
Amy Deem has excellent credentials
It is a joke , cruel at best that he got the role. These positions are dealt out on attendance at the national convention , ass kissing and having a good lobby at USATF. Nothing to do with being qualified. Part of the Hightower group.
Little coaching involved with the exception of relay's which by record the US has done very poorly at. ( dropped batons ! )