Keveset tudunk a nagy futók, jelentős futóeredmények hátteréről, főleg azokról a stopperral és kockás füzettel álldigáló "szürke eminenciás" edzőkről, akik kipréselték a tanítványokból a legendás futásokat. Íme egy angol nyelvű vendégposzt innen, amiben bemutatunk pár trénert, köztük Bowermant, Cerutty-t, Lydiardot és Náczi bácsit.
America's Greatest Track & Field / Cross-Country Coaches: One of the most important things in being a top running coach is the ability to attrack the top talent to train under you. Once successful, reputation develops a life of its own, but initially, the training program must produce results. And that is exactly what happened in the cases of Bob Timmons, Fred Dwyer & Frank Gagliano.
Born: August 8, 1915, Philadelphia, PA
Died: March 22, 1981, Juno Beach, FL, age 66
Villanova University track and field coach;
Attended Villanova University, 1932-1935
Villanova track coach, 1949-1981
Wife: Catherine (Kay), born February 20, ?, died February 21, 1981
Was the legendary Villanova track / cross-country coach for decades. One of his 'secrets' was his 'Irish Connection'. Ron Delany won the 1956 Melbourne Olympic 1,500m and from then on, steered many Irish kids to Villanova University. Many of those 'kids' were older and in their 20's, like Donal Walsh and John Harnett.
James (Jumbo) Elliott (August 8, 1915 – March 22, 1981) was an American track and field coach, often considered to be one of the greatest of all time. His achievements include producing five Olympic gold medal winners between 1956 and 1968.
As a student at Villanova, Elliott ran in the 220 yard, 440 yard, and 880 yard events. After he graduated in 1935, he became the school’s part-time track coach while working for a company that sold contracting equipment. From 1949, when he took over at Villanova, until his death in 1981, Elliott achieved a coaching record that will be hard to duplicate. During that span, his teams won eight national collegiate team titles, three National AAU team crowns, and 39 IC4A indoor, outdoor, and cross country championships. Individually, his athletes won 316 IC4A titles, 82 NCAA crowns, and 62 National AAU championships. They set 22 world records outdoors and another 44 indoors. His Olympic Gold Medalists were Ron Delany in the 1956 1500m, Charles Jenkins in the 400m in 1956, Don Bragg in the 1960 pole vault, Paul Drayton in the 1964 4×100m relay, and Larry James in the 1968 4×400m relay. Elliott is perhaps best known for developing outstanding distance runners, including Delaney, Marty Liquori, Eamonn Coghlan, and Sydney Maree.
Just some of the excellent runners who trained under Jumbo included: H. Browning Ross, Fred Dwyer, Ron Delaney, Marty Liquori, Eamon Coghlan, Sydney Maree, Dave Patrick, Charlie Messenger, Donal Walsh, Dave Wright, Tom Donnelly, Frank Murphy, Ian Hamilton, Don Page, Chris Mason, Desmond McCormack, Phil Banning, Dave Hyland, Lewis Kotekas, Tom Sullivan, Wilson Smith, Les Navy, Paul Sanborn, Steve Gentry, Dick Buerkle, James Burhans, Wilson Smith, Jr., Byron Beam, Billy McLoughin, John Lamont, Kevin McCarey, Tom Gregan,
One of the first runners discovered by Elliott, was H. Browning Ross the founder of the Road Runners Club of America.
In 1981, he was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame. In 1995, he was inducted into the USTFCCCA Hall of Fame. The track at Villanova is named in his honor. Two of his assistant coaches are also members of the USTFCCCA Hall of Fame: Jim Tuppeny, who later went on to coach at the University of Pennsylvania, and Jack Pyrah.
Robert L. Timmons---AKA Bob Timmons---article---article---article
Born: June 20, 1924, Joplin, MO
Died: Still alive
Kansas track coach;
Wichita East, track and field coach, ? - 1966
Kansas University, track and field / cross-country coach, 1966 - 1988
Bob coached Jim Ryun at Wichita East HS, and under his tutulege, became the first HS 4-minute miler in 1965. Bob had other outstanding runners at Wichita, like Mike Peterson, who sacrificed his own race to rabbit for Ryun in his quest.
In 1966, Bob was hired to coach track and cross-country at Kansas University. He coached the Jayhawks to 31 league titles and 4 national championships before he retired in 1988.
Left-Right: Wes Santee, Jim Ryun, Ada Easton, Billy Mills, Bob Timmons, Al Oerter.
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William Jay Bowerman---AKA Bill Bowerman
Born: February 19, 1911, Portland, OR
Died: December 24, 1999, Fossil, OR, age 88,---d. in his sleep at home.
University of Oregon, head track coach, July 1, 1948 - March 23, 1973;
He was hired to coach Oregon University track and cross-country. His most famous runner was Steve Prefontaine. Pre became a fan favorite and the Eugene fans would chant, "Pre! Pre! Pre!" when he raced at Hayward Field.
Bill coached many famous track men. Archie San Romani, Steve Prefontaine, Kenny Moore, Bill Dellinger, Mac Wilkins (discus), Jack Hutchins, Dyrol Burleson, Harry Jerome, Siegmar Ohlemann, Les Tipton, Gerry Moro, Wade Bell, Dave Edstrom, Roscoe Divine, Jim Grelle, Bruce Mortenson and Phil Knight, and the Kvalheims.
Bill has coached 31 of his runners to Olympic teams, and 12 broke American records, with 10 sub-4 minute milers. In 24 seasons, his teams have had only 1 losing season. They have won NCAA team titles 4 times, finished 2nd place twice, in 16 of 24 seasons, they have finished in the top 10. Bill's teams compiled a dual meet record of 114-20 (.843). He coached the 1972 US Olympic team and started the world-famous Nike shoe co. Steve Prefontaine was only his latest but greatest & most famous running star. He was played by Donald Sutherland in Without limits.
Coach Bowerman/Steve Prefontaine.
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Frederick Anthony Dwyer, Jr.
Born: July 19, 1931, Brooklyn, NY
Died: Still alive
Notre Dame University, November, 1949
Attended Villanova University, February, 1951 - 1953
US Army
Essex Catholic HS (Newark, NJ), track / cross-country coach, September, 1961 - fall, 1969
Manhattan College (Bronx, NY), track / cross-country coach, fall, 1969 - summer, 1993
Father: Frederick, born New York around 1909; Mother: Malvina, born New York around 1910; Wife: Jane
Coach Dwyer's main claim to fame is that he was Marty Liquori's HS coach and coached him to become the 3rd US HS runner to break the 4-minute mile. But he was so much more than that!!
Fred began as a Villanova miler (4:00.8) under Jumbo Elliot. He moved on to become the most successful track and cross-country coach in New Jersey at Essex Catholic HS in Newark, NJ. Although Marty Liquori (1967, 3:59.8 - Villanova) was Fred's most conspicuous success story, like Frank Gagliano at Roselle Catholic, Fred developed many runners behind Marty that were of uniform excellence. Jim McLaughlin, Ralph Vreeland, Dave Lynch (1968, 4:15 (R) - West Point), Mike Keogh (1970, 4:10.1 - Manhattan), Greg Ryan (1965, 4:18.0 - Georgetown), Fred Lane (1966, 4:14.8 (R) - Georgetown), Jack O'Leary (1964, 4:16.3 - Villanova), Art Martin (1966, 4:18.0 (R) - Holy Cross). That right there is 6 sub-4:20 HS milers. Quite an impressive accomplishment for a HS coach!
Essex Catholic was an all male Irish Christian Brothers Catholic HS located in Newark, NJ (2,800 students). Fred Dwyer (4:00.8 Villanova) coached Marty Liquori, Mike Keogh, Greg Ryan, Fred Lane, Dave Lynch, John O'Leary & Martin, Jim McLaughlin, Ralph Vreeland, Milt Irvin, Bob Gray, Mike Flannery, Jim Scheidemann, Matt Chadwick, Kevin Hayes, Tom Hays, Seve Tobia.
Fred also coached javelin thrower Mark Murro to a national HS javelin record of 252'8 feet in 1967. He coached shot putters Rudy Guevara & Bob Gray.
Coach Dwyer coached his Essex Catholic teams to 3 NJ HS state outdoor track titles. Coach O'Leary coached Inman, Bazo, Rapp & Tim Lee. After 1972, coach O'Leary left Essex Catholic for the public school system and Essex Catholic became a memory. The school closed in 2002.
In 1969, Manhattan College, a small Christian college for men in the Bronx, NY, hired the 2 most successful New Jersey HS track and cross-country coaches to begin a long rebuilding process, to challenge Villanova as the East's preeminent track and cross-country power.
Fred Dwyer was hired in 1969 to coach Manhattan College in the Bronx, along with Frank Gagliano, as his assistant. Dwyer and Gagliano had been able to build a galaxy of running stars in HS because they susscribed to high volumes of long distance training. They trained high schoolers like college runners.
Coached Manhattan's track & cross country teams from 1969-1993. Led the Jaspers to the 1973 NCAA Indoor Championship and was named National Coach of the Year. NCAA District II Coach of the Year three times. He coached four IC4A Championship teams and numerous Olympians and All-Americans.
Just a few of the runners who trained under coach Dwyer at Manhattan College included: Ed Walsh (1-year), Tom Donahue, Mike Keogh, Tony Colon, Pete Squires, Joe Savage, Matt Centrowitz, John Lovett, Marty Walsh, Chris Inman, Ed McBridge, Paul Squires, Gary Beach, Ted DiBiasi, Dan Sullivan, Richard Dorais, John Rothrock, Tom Kearsley, John O'Brien, Warren Gordon, Ray Naudain, Tom McFarland, William Hunter, Kevin Kearney, Chris Condon, Cliff Bruce, Al Logie, Tom Mauger, Pat Keane, Bob Brady, Pete Gaughn, Dave Tierney, Eric Standifer, Pat Petersen, Luis Ostolozaga, Conor Boyle, Marty Ludwikowski, Guy Emmons
I ran briefly under coach Dwyer in 1969. He didn't require me to train with the team and I only got into a single mile race. I ran 4:42. My name is Bill Burgess. I can add my personal testimony that this kindly Irishman was one of the toughest, hard-nosed men around, while at the same time, the nicest, kindest man with a heart as big as all of Ireland. He is deeply disappointed that many of today's running coaches have abandoned the Arthur Lydiard system of laying the groundwork of endurance with roadwork, which makes the tough interval track workouts make sense. Track workouts without the underlying foundation of roadwork do not allow for the evolution of HS track records.
1955 Wanamaker Mile, Milrose Games, Madison Square Garden, NYC. L-R: Wes Santee, unidentified lady, Fred Dwyer.
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Francis Xavier Gagliano---AKA Frank Gagliano---AKA Gags---article---article
Born: March 20, 1937, Brooklyn, NY
Died: Still alive
Attended Mount St. Michael HS (Bronx,NJ), (quarterback of FB team), 1955-1958
Attended University of Iowa, (Bachelor of Arts)
Attended Columbia University
Attended University of Richmond,
Roselle Catholic HS (Roselle, NJ), track / cross-country coach, 1960 - summer, 1969
Manhattan College (Bronx, NY) assistant track / cross-country coach, fall, 1969 - 1974, (along with Fred Dwyer)
Rutgers University, track coach, 1974 - 1983
Georgetown University (Washington, DC), Director of Track and Field, fall of 1983 - 2001
Reebok Enclave Track Club (Washington, DC), founder / coach, 1992 - 2001
Nike Farm Team (Stanford, CA), 2001 - ?
Oregon Track Club (Eugene, OR), coach
Frank was the quarterback for the Mount St. Michael HS football team. He was rated one of the top forward passers in the New York Metropolitan area. Frank was the quarterback for the University of Richmond FB team, 1955-1959.
Once Frank got rolling at Roselle Catholic HS, he developed so many excellent runners he seldom knew who would run better on a given day, including Gene and Paul Maffey, Rich Stickles, Joe Savage, Mike Garvey, Charles Scannella, Walt Kopy, Fred Geiger, Rich Gill, Ed Brennan, Joe Darowski, Jim Migliorini, Jerry Ghuzzi, Al Johnson, Dan Maffey, Bob Weir, Tom Weber, Rick Libinate & Bob Bradley, Mike Garvey, Charles Scannella, Art Battles, Ed Markowski, Doug Maluchnik, Paul Corrigan, Roger Radecki, John Accaidi, Doug Hull, Joe Abitanti, Deven Mulvaney, Bill Carroll;
Frank was the second most successful track / cross-county coach in New Jersey, at Roselle Catholic HS, after Fred Dwyer of Essex Catholic HS in Newark, NJ. They were both hired to build the running program of Manhattan College in 1969, to challenge the running hegemony of Villanova in the East.
They brought in hot prospects including Pete Squires, Tony Colon, Mike Keogh, John Lovett, Marty Walsh and Joe Savage. Savage had trained under Gags at Roselle Catholic. Keogh followed his HS coach, Dwyer, to Manhattan.
Gags was Fred's assistant and stayed until 1974, when he was offered the position of track coach at Rutgers University.
At Georgetown Coach Gagliano produced 140 All-America performers, five Olympians, seven individual national champions, and 23 BIG EAST championship teams. Since coaching professionals exclusively, Coach Gags' has trained countless numbers of athletes to USATF Nationals Finals, World Championship teams, World Championship finals, Olympic Teams and Olympic Finals.
Coach "Gags" recruited some of the finest athletes in the nation to the Hilltop, hundreds of young men. From these outstanding performers, under his watchful eye and through his prodding and emotional encouragement, the best of the best emerged: Olympians John Trautmann '91, Steve Holman '92, Kevin McMahon '94, Rich Kenah '92, Bryan Woodward '97; and NCAA champions Michael Stahr '88, Ethan Frey '91, Michael Jasper '91, Trautmann, Holman, Kenah, and Woodward. He coached 58 individual IC4A champions and 140 All-America performers. His student-athletes set 46 school records.
Born: August 7, 1958, Havana, Cuba
Died: Still alive
Alberto attended Wayland HS (Wayland, MA), ?-?, and the University of Oregon, ?-?. Alberto was a HS standout as well as a college running star. As a high schooler, he won his state cross-country race in 1975. At Oregon, he joined Bill Bowerman's powerful stable of runners. They won the 1977 NCAA cross-country championship, and he won the individual race the following year. From 1980-82, Alberto won 3 straight NYC Marathons.
Throughout his career, he set six U.S. records and one world record. After a long absence from the sport to focus on his health, Salazar returned in 1994 to compete as an ultra-marathoner.
Like Gerry Lindgren before him, Alberto found success by subscribing to high-volume mileage in training. This running philosophy in training put them both in a class of their own in comparison to their peers.
Recently, Alberto works for Nike, as coach of the Nike Oregon Project. He has helped many top runners, including: Alan Webb, Mo Farah, Galen Rupp, Adam Goucher, Kara Goucher, Dan Browne, Amy Yoder Begley, and Dathan Ritzenhein.
Some of the Greatest Running Coaches Outside the US »»» Percy Wells Cerutty---article---article---wikipedia
Died: August 14, 1975, Portsea, Victoria, Australia, age 80
Percy was instrumental in popularizing the Long, Slow Distance route to track and road performances. He distained track training and anarobic, interval training. He advocated a natural diet. He trained Herb Elliott to winning the 1960 Rome Olympic 1,500m Gold medal in world record time. Some of his other runners under his training were Albie Thomas, Dave Power, Don MacMillan, John Landy, Les Perry, and marathoner Bob Prentice. He retired from coaching runners in 1969.
Born: September 5, 1908, Hungary
Died: January 4, 1998, Budapest, Hungary, age 89
Mihaly was the chief advocate for strictly anarobic, interval training. His students included Sándor Iharos, István Rózsavölgyi, László Tábori, Bob Schul and Jim Beatty. One of his students, Sandor Iharos once held the world records in the 1,500m, 3,000m, 2-miles, 5,000m and 10,000m.
Born: July 6, 1917, Auckland, New Zealand
Died: December 11, 2004,---age 87,---d. in Houston, Texas while on a lecture tour.
Arthur took the best of the systems of Percy Cerutty and Mihaly Igloi and fused them into an efficient system. He advocated road runs in the morning to build endurance, combined with interval track workouts. His system was adopted in a basic form by most American running coaches. Bob Timmons, Bill Bowerman and Fred Dwyer promoted the Lydiard system of running training.
Both Timmons and Dwyer subscribed to the theory, that if a high school runner wanted to run like a college runner, they needed to train like one. That meant high training mileage, of 100 miles per week, supplemented by daily morning road runs. He also promoted running as a tonic for general health, jogging for the masses. Some of his students were Murray Halberg, Peter Snell and Barry Magee.
Born: January 29, 1923
Died: September 17, 2005, age 82
Les Perry (29 January 1923 – 17 September 2005) was an Australian long-distance runner who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Franz Stampfl
Born: November 18, 1913, Vienna, Austria
Died: March 19, 1995, Melbourne, Australia, age 81
Franz F. L. Stampfl MBE (born Vienna 18 November 1913 - died 19 March 1995 Melbourne) was one of the world's leading athletics coaches in the twentieth century. He pioneered a scientific system of Interval Training which became very popular with sprint and middle distance athletes.
Stampfl was a great proponent of the interval style of training where athletes run high-intensity distance trials followed by short recovery periods. An example could be 12 repetitions of 400 metres with a 200 metre jog between each.
Stampfl was involved in a car accident in 1980, his vehicle being hit while stationary at a traffic light, and was left a quadriplegic. Despite this, he continued to coach.
At the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, Stampfl coached 11 of the athletes in the Australian team. He trained many successful Australian athletes during his lifetime; most notably: Ralph Doubell - 1968 Olympic Gold Medal 800 metres - World Record
Other Stampfl athletes included Olympic finalists Tony Sneazwell, Alan Crawley and Merv Lincoln, in addition to Commonwealth champions Peter Bourke, Sue Howland and Judy Peckham. His other famous students inclueded Roger Bannister, Chris Brasher, Chris Chataway & Brian Hewson.
