Who will get Steve Dolan

He will stay at Princeton. He's already turned down some decent offers.

Fred Samara must be ~60 years old. Steve Dolan (another decathlete, and previously a successful head coach at DIII) is presumably Samara's heir apparent. I would think that Princeton would work very hard to retain his services.

What a difference! Just a few years back, Steve was catching a lot of grief (mostly on these boards) about his distance guys' "nonperformance" at the Heps (Ivy League) track championships, and RoJo's Cornell guys were ruling the roost at those same meets (and contributing to CU's long winning streak at Heps). In recent years, Steve's guys (who were always competitive in xc) have shown they can do the job at Heps, and RoJo's distance guys are taking O-fers at the meet. Not so coincidentally, PU is winning Heps now.

Congrats to Steve, who soldiered through the sh!tstorm without whining (at least publicly--dunno what he did in private!) and has established himself as one of the country's best.

It seems like he's a great match at Princeton and and he's got a good gig there but man I'd be interested to see what he could do with some scholarship money and five years. Maybe he starts a post collegiate team around Cabral?

Are you kidding! He has more scholarship money than Vin had at Standfurd back in the day. He is doing a great job, but dont EVER feel bad for a guy at a school that almost every parent in the country would want to send their kids too, and that gives out HUGE FA packages cause it has to spend it's endowment.

This is not a post against the nice job Dolan has done, just against a stupid statement by some uninformed idiot. (par the course around here)

[quote]Coach of the Year wrote:

It seems like he's a great match at Princeton and and he's got a good gig there but man I'd be interested to see what he could do with some scholarship money and five years. Maybe he starts a post collegiate team around Cabral?

I love it when the people using the word "idiot" don't know the difference between "to" and "too." Many DI programs have several full scholarships to offer distance runners. There is not one distance runner on Princeton's distance squad on full ride. Yes, there is good need based money at Princeton and recruiting is made easier by that and the attractiveness of the Ivy league. However, he does not have the money at his discretion that other top tier DI programs do. There are plenty of athletes who have turned down Princeton due to the tuition.

wtfnfsgafmk wrote:

Are you kidding! He has more scholarship money than Vin had at Standfurd back in the day. He is doing a great job, but dont EVER feel bad for a guy at a school that almost every parent in the country would want to send their kids too, and that gives out HUGE FA packages cause it has to spend it's endowment.

This is not a post against the nice job Dolan has done, just against a stupid statement by some uninformed idiot. (par the course around here)

[quote]Coach of the Year wrote:

It seems like he's a great match at Princeton and and he's got a good gig there but man I'd be interested to see what he could do with some scholarship money and five years. Maybe he starts a post collegiate team around Cabral?