Personal Coaches Housing & Credential Package

Transitional Personal Coaches Policy and Housing & Credential Package (2009 only)

USA Track & Field has the opportunity to purchase additional housing and credentials for the World Championships. Housing and credentials will be offered to personal coaches (coach of record), at their cost, of athletes who make the Team. Since the housing/credential packages are limited, the Personal Coaches Policy will be used to identify those who will be offered the housing/credential package. Personal medical will be accommodated if space/credential is available, with priority going to personal medical who are serving multiple athletes. All personal coaches applying for the Personal Coaches package must be a member of USATF. Athletes may only apply for one coaches’ housing/credential package. Athletes can only apply for a personal medical package for an individual who has professional credentials to support the request.

Personal Coaches Policy – Used to establish Rank Order
• Prioritized by the number of athletes who have medaled at an Olympic Games and/or World Championships
• Prioritized by the probability of having a medal winner
• Prioritized by athletes whose marks rank in the top 5 in the World by July 1, 2009
• Prioritize by number of competing athletes coach works with
• Participated in USATF Coaching Education Program/Seminars

USATF reserves the right to deny or revoke a credential for any reason, including where USATF has reason to believe that an individual (a) has committed an anti-doping rule violation or materially contributed to the commission of an anti-doping rule violation; or (b) is under investigation by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (“USADA”) or other authorities with respect to a potential anti-doping rules violation; Or (c) has engaged in conduct deemed by USATF to reflect a pattern of unethical behavior.
Personal Coaches Housing

August 6 – August 10 – Training Camp (available up to 9 days prior to first day of athlete’s competition)
August 11- 25 – Competition Housing

Athletes/Coaches will receive information about the housing/credential package offered for personal coaches at the World Championships during Team Sign-up at the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Personal Coaches should attend Team Sign-up with his or her athlete so they can complete an application for the housing/credential package. Housing/credential packages are available on a first-come, first-served basis per the Personal Coaches Policy.

Some personal coaches will be accommodated in the athlete hotel. The Personal Coaches Policy will be used to rank coaches. Coaches with the highest rankings will have the first right of refusal for housing in the athlete hotel. The housing (3 meals/day included) and credential package for the athlete hotel from August 11 – 24 is estimated to be between $125 - $150 per person per day for a twin room (2 per room) and credential. Singles will not be available. Cost may fluctuate because of the value of the U.S. dollar to the Euro. The cost of the training camp days from August 6 – 10 will be available at Team Sign-up. The personal coach/medical or athlete must provide credit card information to USA Track & Field when the housing/credential application is submitted.

The IAAF will have a small amount of housing at other properties in Berlin. The properties are all within 15 minutes of the Athlete Hotel. Personal coaches/medical who submit a housing/credential application but do not receive housing in the Athlete Hotel will be placed at one of these properties if space is available. Cost for this housing will be at a higher rate than the athlete hotel.
All housing/credential applications must be submitted at Team Sign-up. Coaches who do not know their travel plans at Team Sign-up should complete the application with estimated dates. Coaches have until July 10th to submit a revised application. Revised application must be forwarded to sandy.snow@usatf.org.

USATF will notify personal coaches/medical no later than July 15 regarding their housing and credential requests. USATF must pay for the housing once reservations are made; thus, credit cards will be charged by USATF on or around July 20, 2009. No refunds will be given unless a replacement coach can be found.

Personal coaches who do not receive housing/credential per the Personal Coaches Policy may request a Training Track credential, if extras become available, for $60. A Training Track credential provides access to all training facilities (competition venue is not included), the official transport system, as well as free public transport. It is to be noted with regard to the official transport system, however, that this type of accreditation will not allow you to have access to transport to the competition venue, nor to the spectator stands in the stadium. Tickets to attend the competition should be purchased online through the Berlin 2009 website: http://www.berlin2009.org/131-1-buying-tickets.html.

A coach who receives a staff housing/credential, but who is also a personal coach who is eligible by the above criteria, will not be eligible for the extra officials housing/credential. This program is strictly for personal coaches and may not be passed on to anyone else. This credential does not grant access to the warm-up track. USATF will receive transferable passes for entrance to the warm-up track; however the transferable pass does not grant access to the competition stadium. The coach must have a ticket or credential to access the competition stadium. Tickets are the responsibility of the individual coach/support staff if they do not receive full accreditation, as USATF will not provide tickets for this purpose.

USATF will post in rank order the names of personal coaches eligible to receive a World Championships credential and/or housing on the World Championships webpage at www.usatf.org on July 16, 2009. Credentials and housing will be assigned by the individuals rank order established by the Personal Coaches Policy listed in this document. Personal Medical will be accommodated in the same manner if credential /housing is available. Members are encouraged to make USATF’s National Office Staff aware of any factual circumstances that might reflect unfavorably on an individual’s worthiness to hold such a credential.

The housing/credential package is not available for spouses of coaches, medical staff or friends and family.