In a career that has spanned nearly 40 years, Dick Booth established himself as one of the world’s most successful jumps coaches. Holding a resumé that includes the tutelage of 49 NCAA individual champions and 150 All-America performers, Booth’s record speaks for itself. Currently an assistant coach at the University of Alabama, he boasts…
For an accidental coach, Beverly Kearney’s success seems almost preordained. Kearney, a national-class sprinter at Auburn, was working three jobs in Southern California in the early 1980s when she decided she’d better go back to school and get her master’s degree. She enrolled at Indiana State and moonlighted as a graduate assistant coach on the…
Whether it was winning a pair of NCAA titles while at UCLA or successfully coaching four major-college programs, Tom Jones lived and breathed track & field. Jones passed away in March 2007 at age 63 following a lengthy battle with cancer. Over three decades, he served as the head track & field coach at North…
Deanne Vochatzer is the head women’s track & field coach at the University of California at Davis and was head women’s coach of the 1996 Olympic Track & Field Team. Vochatzer was named NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year in 1990, 1991, and 1999. Vochatzer graduated in 1971 from Chico State with a…
Deanne Vochatzer is the head women’s track & field coach at the University of California at Davis and was head women’s coach of the 1996 Olympic Track & Field Team. Vochatzer was named NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year in 1990, 1991, and 1999. Vochatzer graduated in 1971 from Chico State with a…
An outstanding track & field athlete and coach, Percy Beard was a world-class hurdler who later became the long-time coach at the University of Florida. As a collegiate high hurdler at Auburn University, Percy Beard learned from fellow USTFCCCA Hall of Famer Wilbur Hutsell. Like USTFCCCA Hall of Famer “Weems” Baskin, who preceded Beard at…
A successful coach at the high school, collegiate, and international levels, Jimmy Carnes compiled a 161-11 career dual meet record, highlighted by four conference championships and six state crowns. Carnes began his collegiate track & field career as a talented middle distance runner at Mercer University in the 1950s, graduating in 1956. His first coaching…
A former head coach at Stanford University (1979-92) and California Polytechnic State University (1993-96) and High Performance Division Chair for USA Track & Field, Brooks Johnson had a coaching career that spanned five decades. Johnson was a talented high school track athlete in Plymouth, Massachusetts who later competed for Tufts University. After graduation, he earned…
