Born September 15, 1926, Cleveland, Ohio.

One of the most successful college track and field coaches in history, Jim Bush coached some of the world's top athletes during his 20-year tenure at UCLA. During his time with the Bruins, he produced five NCAA championship teams, 21 Olympic team members and a dual meet winning record that was a glittering 152 victories and only 21 losses, an 87.9 winning percentage. In addition, his UCLA teams won seven Pacific-10 Conference titles and were undefeated in 10 dual meet seasons. Highly regarded by his peers, he was twice selected as "Coach of the Year" by the U.S. Track Coaches Association, serving as president of that group in 1972-73. The author of several coaching books, he was the head U.S. track coach at the 1979 Pan American Games. Bush graduated from the University of California in 1951, competing in the 440-yard dash and the high hurdles. His collegiate coaching career started at Fullerton Junior College in 1960. He moved to Occidental College in 1962, serving there three seasons before going to UCLA. After leaving from UCLA in 1984, Bush served as a consultant in various track and running related activities but returned to the collegiate coaching ranks in 1991 when he was named head coach at the University of Southern California.