Speakers

As of June 24, 2008

General Session

  • Dr. Rick McGuire (head coach-Univ. of Missouri, Chair-USATF Sports Psychology) The Coach-Someone Special
  • Dr. Will Wu (HPC coordinator of Skill Acquisition) on motor skill learning and concepts

Sprints

  • Amy Deem (Univ. of Miami, coach of Lauren Williams)
  • Brooks Johnson (U.S. Olympic Women's Head Coach '84, Chair of High Performance Division USATF, former Stanford, Cal-Poly SLO coach)
  • Dwayne Miller (2004 USOC Development Coach of the Year, LaShawn Merritt's coach)
  • Caryl Smith Gilbert (Univ. of Central Florida coach)
  • James Williams (USATF Sprints Board Events Chair)

Endurance

  • Juli Henner (former GMU coach, now coach of several elite athletes)
  • Dr. Iain Hunter (biomechanist)
  • Bob Larsen (former UCLA coach, Olympic coach, coach of Meb Keflezighi)
  • Terrence Mahon (Run Mammoth Project coach)
  • Jerry Schumacher (Univ. of Wisconsin)
  • Pat Tyson (former coach of national champion Mead H.S.)

Hurdles

  • Curtis Frye (Univ. of North Carolina, Olympic Coach)
  • Mike Holloway (Univ. of Florida)
  • Ralph Lindeman (Air Force Academy, Olympic Coach)
  • Dr. Ralph Mann (biomechanist)
  • John McNichols (USATF Men's Hurdle Chair, Indiana State)
  • Rahn Sheffield (San Diego State Univ.)
  • George Williams (U.S. Olympic Men's Head Coach '04)
  • Gary Winckler (Univ. Of Illinois)

Vertical Jumps

  • Jim Bemiller (Univ. of Tennessee)
  • Sue Humphrey (U.S. Olympic Women's Head Coach '04, USATF Women's Development Chair)
  • Jan Johnson, (U.S. Olympian, Sky Jumpers)
  • Dave Kerin (USATF Women's HJ Chair)
  • Peter McGinnis (biomechanist)
  • Dave Nielsen (Idaho St., Stacy Dragila's coach)
  • Pat Licari (Univ. of Washington, Brad Walker's collegiate coach)
  • John Rembao (Univ. of Cal-Berkeley)
  • Diane Wholey (Texas Tech)

Horizontal Jumps

  • Randy Huntington
  • Al Joyner (Chula Vista USOC Training Center coach, Olympic Gold medalist)
  • Rock Light (Texas Tech)
  • Dr. Mel Ramey (biomechanist)
  • Joe Walker (Univ. of Mississippi)

Throws

  • Brett Halter (Univ. of Missouri, Christian Cantwell's coach)
  • Ramona Pagel (former U.S. Record holder in shot, Fresno State coach, Kim Kreiner's coach)
  • Bud Rasmussen (USATF national throws coach, Ian Waltz's coach)
  • Mohamad Saatara (Univ. of Northern Arizona throws coach)
  • Bing Yu (biomechanist)

Auxiliary

  • Duncan Atwood - javelin (U.S. Olympian in javelin)
  • Ingrid Skoog - nutritionalist (Oregon State)
  • Dr. Rick McGuire - sports psychology (Univ. of Missouri, USATF Sports Psych. Chair)
  • Cliff Rovelto - combined event training (Kansas State Univ.)

ELITETRACK Gold Medal Clinic by HPC

  • Dr. Larry Judge (Ball State, USATF Coaching Education throws chair)
  • Dan Pfaff (coach of elite Tri Valley Athletic group)
  • Tom Tellez (former Univ. of Houston coach, Carl Lewis, Mike Marsh, Jenny Adam's coach)
  • Mike Young
  • Dr. Will Wu (HPC Director of Skill Acquisition)

Note: This HPC advanced level clinic is best suited for coaches who have a fundamental understanding of the sport sciences.