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Edward Stanley Temple (September 20, 1927 – September 22, 2016) was a women's track and field pioneer and coach. [ 1] Temple was Head Women's Track and Field Coach at Nashville 's Tennessee State University for 44 years and was Head Coach of the U.S. Olympic Women's Track and Field Team twice, in 1960 and 1964, and Assistant Coach in 1980. [ 2]
Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994) was an American sprinter who overcame childhood polio and went on to become a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games. Rudolph competed in the 200-meter dash and won a bronze medal ...
Ken Sparks (February 25, 1944 – March 29, 2017) was an American football coach and player. He served as the head football coach at Carson–Newman University in Jefferson City, Tennessee from 1980 until his retirement at the end of the 2016 season. He is currently the record-holder for the most wins as a coach in NCAA Division II history.
1980-2000s. Known for. Golf coach, Tennessee State University. Catana Rhoda Johnson Starks (December 30, 1944 – September 6, 2020) was an American athletics coach. She was the first African-American woman to coach a men's team at the collegiate level, when she coached the men's golf team at Tennessee State University from 1986 to 2005.
Bobby Dodd. Robert Lee Dodd (November 11, 1908 – June 21, 1988) was an American college football player and coach, college baseball coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Georgia Tech from 1945 to 1966, compiling a record of 165–64–8. His teams won consecutive Southeastern Conference (SEC ...
Brent Brevard, Hernandez’s former track coach, told WFAA that the Chisholm Trail High School sophomore was an outstanding student-athlete. “He worked hard and cared about the teammates ...
The Tennessee Volunteers men's track and field program began in 1901 and first started intercollegiate competition in 1909 when the SIAA was formed. Records before the 1921 season were not kept, and are therefore incomplete. The Vols did not compete in the 1918 and 1919 seasons due to World War I. The team later joined the Southeastern ...
August 11, 2024 at 8:03 PM. Former Tennessee track and field standout Christopher Bailey is bringing a gold medal home from Paris. Bailey ran in the men's 4x400-meter relay for the United States ...