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Augusts StrautmanisIn later years, Augusts Strautmanis did not take active part in important tournaments, but after opening of the Sports School at Talsi District in 1954, he became a trainer of the chess section.
Chris Bond (wheelchair rugby)In 2010, he began looking for a team sport to play and contacted Brad Dubberley, the head coach of the Australia national wheelchair rugby team who encouraged Bond to try the sport based on his existing love of rugby.
Craig Newsome Newsome coached the La Crosse River Rats of the Indoor Football League in 2000, located in La Crosse Wisconsin.
Jack Burns (golfer)Burns moved to Warwick, England in 1887 to become the golf professional and greenskeeper at the newly formed Warwickshire Golf Club (now known as Warwick Golf Centre), the first golf club in Warwickshire.
Allan CaidicIn January 2007, Caidic joined with former national teammates Hector Calma and Samboy Lim, as well as former national team head coaches, current national team members and head coach Chot Reyes in expressing their support to Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) and for the lifting of suspension of the country from FIBA-sanctioned tournaments.
Mitch McGaryMcGary declined an invitation to try out for the USA Basketball team that competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade, opting instead to attend the Nike Skills Academy for big men featuring Amar' e Stoudemire and Anthony Davis and the LeBron James Skills Academy.
Jason JordanIn 2009 he led the Crofton House Varsity soccer team to victory at the ISA's on Vancouver Island and works as U-16 Boys coach for Coastal WFC.
Andrew DornIn January 2010, Dorn joined the newly formed Team Fast Break, a professional distance running team sponsored by Fast Break Athletics based in Chattanooga, TN.
April Heinrichs She was named head coach for women's soccer at the University of California, Irvine, on December 19, 2005 and later resigned to accept a position with the U. S. Olympic Committee in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Jimmy Connors On July 24, 2006, at the start of the Countrywide Classic tournament in Los Angeles, American tennis player Andy Roddick formally announced his partnership with Connors as his coach.
Diane MadlIn 2010, Madl continued her involvement with HPTC as an assistant for Boston's Senior Team under the new format for the Women's National Championship.
A. W. TillinghastHe also designed the course at the Ridgewood Country Club, used for the 1935 Ryder Cup and Scarboro Golf and Country Club in Toronto, host of the Canadian Open for four occasions.
Thelma ThallThis perpetual trophy lists the winners from 1933 to the present (sister Leah won the US Open 9 times ; Thelma won the World twice) ; while the winner each year gets a small replica, the original sits at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO.
Jean-Pierre TokotoAfter many successful years at the club, in 2009 he left the team to create a new club, FC TOKOTO, a college preparatory soccer academy.
Sonja HenningAfter graduation, there were few opportunities for women to play professional basketball in the United States at the time, so Henning started her professional career playing in a women's professional basketball team in Uppsala, Sweden in 1992.
Tim FosterAfter a stint coaching at the University of London Boat Club, he joined the UK Sport - sponsored Elite Coach Programme in 2004.
Dominik Meichtry Meichtry moved his training base to Southern California in fall of 2009 to train with Dave Salo for Trojan Swim Club out of the University of Southern California.
Mitchell B. FoxIn 2001, Fox was named President and CEO of The Golf Digest Company, Advance Publications' titles Golf Digest, Golf For Women, Golf World, Golf World Business, and GolfDigest.
Fabien SanchezSetting up his official retirement from competitive cycling in 2010, Sanchez currently works on a full-time position as an athletic director for La Pomme Marseille Cycling Club ().
Norman BlackWith Black, locals Yoyong Martirez, Manny Paner, Marte Saldaña, and head coach Tommy Manotoc, San Miguel won the 1982 Invitational tournament against guest South Korea.
Serghei Mariniuc In 1993, Mariniuc left his homeland Moldova with a thousand-dollar air fare for Santa Clara, California, where he trained and worked as an assistant club coach for the Santa Clara Swim Club.
Jimmy ConnorsConnors was acquiring a reputation as a maverick in 1972 when he refused to join the newly formed Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), the union that was embraced by most male professional players, in order to play in and dominate a series of smaller tournaments organized by Bill Riordan, his manager.
Jack Curley While wrestling experienced its share of ups and downs, Curley continued to experiment in other sports ; and in 1931, he created the pro tennis tour when he convinced Bill Tilden to give up his amateur status.
Ron JourdanIn 1973, Jourdan gave up his amateur status and continued to compete in the high jump as a professional on tour with the newly created International Track Association (ITA).
James E. Davis (police) Starting in 1933, Davis began transforming the pistol range and related facilities of the Los Angeles Police Revolver and Athletic Club (LAPRAAC) in Elysian Park into a true training facility for recruits.
Dan WoodCurrently, he is the head women's golf coach at Ithaca College (New York), where he is assisted by his wife Sandra whom he married in 1986 and who is currently the Women's Club Champion at both the Cornell University Golf Club and the Orange Tree (Florida) Golf Club.
Gene EllensonWhen Buster Bishop, the coach of the Florida Gators men's golf team, fell ill immediately before the 1968 NCAA national tournament, Ellenson accompanied the golfers to the tournament in Las Cruces, New Mexico in his stead.
Thelma ThallIn 1962, she created the North Shore Women's Tennis League on Long Island, NY.
Ryan Powell (lacrosse)He is the first fully endorsed Nike lacrosse athlete in 2004, Ryan helped take Syracuse University to another National Championship while being an assistant coach.
Brent LakatosAlthough Lakatos had taken part in racing events during the summer months since 1996, he did not initially take to athletics and was far more interested in wheelchair basketball, playing for the University of Texas.
Arthur LydiardIn Johannesburg, South Africa, the only athletics club in the world to be named after a coach, the Lydiard Athletics Club, was founded in 2009 to promote Lydiard's training methodology and promote running as a way of life amongst the youth.
Costantino RoccaIn 2008, Rocca opened his own golf academy, the Costantino Rocca Golf Academy, at Golf Club Gerre Losone in Switzerland.
Zak KustokIn his 1997 senior spring, he won the regional competition for the Footaction High School Quarterback Challenge, which qualified him to compete at the Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World against 14 other high school quarterbacks.
Chris Barnes (bowler)Lynda, an accomplished bowler in her own right, currently represents the United States in international competition as a 12-time member of Team USA, and won both the 2008 USBC Queens and 2008 USBC Clash of the Champions tournaments.
Dixie RobertsIn 1943, Physical Culture magazine reported that, as a youngster in upstate New York, Roberts was'' the best feminine baseball player in the county, and was hard to beat at tennis, basketball and swimming''.
Bob GoalbyHe joined the Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour) in 1979, winning twice, and contributed key ideas to the formation and structure of that new Tour, before retiring to a home in his native Belleville, where he has designed several nearby golf courses.
Avery BrundageAs the definition of'' amateur'' varied by sport, many of the battles he engaged in concerned the question of what money or valuables could an athlete accept, while retaining his amateur status, with some sports more liberal than others -- in 1948, tennis allowed expense payments of up to $ 600 per tournament, while boxing permitted valuable prizes as awards.
Mike DeBord On February 1, 2013, DeBord was hired by Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon to be the sports administrator for the school's Olympic sports teams.
Kyle Jones (triathlete)He won the Canadian Junior title in 2003 which sparked a move to Victoria, BC to train at the National Training Centre.
Perry Van der BeckAfter coaching for several other clubs and youth soccer organizations, Van der Beck was hired as the technical director and youth director for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in 2008.
Alice HohlmayerAlice played softball at age five with her brothers and later served as a batgirl and player for the Finke and Herne club, which toured across Ohio, being selected at first base for the All-Star team in the 1937 State's Tournament.
Bill Zadick After retiring from competition in 2008, Zadick was named the Resident Coordinator and Assistant National Coach for USA Wrestling.
Lynette WoodardLynette Woodard (born August 12, 1959 in Wichita, Kansas) is a retired American basketball player who made history by becoming the first female member of the Harlem Globetrotters and who tasted success abroad before finally reaching, at age 38, her dream of playing in the (newly formed) American women's professional basketball league.
Dick JurgensHe occasionally played at the Broadmoor Country Club in Colorado Springs, and moved to California in 1965, where he again played intermittently.
Charlie Jackson (software)Jackson was a member of the 2000 U. S. Olympic Team in the capacity of Assistant Team Leader, Beach Volleyball.
Stephen NegoescoAn international figure in the field of soccer, Stephen Negoesco has been hailed as the best coach in U. S. soccer, and led the University of San Francisco to more than 544 victories (over 700 if you add exhibition games), five NCAA championships (the 1978 championship was later vacated because of an ineligible player), and the U. S. Open Cup (the Dewar Cup).
William Hancock (ophthalmologist)While at Guy's, Hancock took an active part in the establishment's sporting clubs, playing as part of the tennis team throughout his time there, and captaining the team in 1892.
Kelly Holmes Since 2004, Holmes has taken part in Norwich Union sponsored'' On Camp with Kelly'' athletics camps helping train more junior athletes.
Peter VanderkaayOn December 20, 2010, Vanderkaay announced that he would be leaving Ann Arbor and Club Wolverine, where he had trained for over eight years, to move to Gainesville, Florida and train with the Gator Swim Club.
Tim SchulzIn 1989, he became the director of coaching of the Colorado Rush soccer club.
Steve KrulevitzHe also hosts a weekly Tennis Summer camp at Gilman School and began his tenure there as the Varsity Tennis Head Coach in the Spring of 2012, where he led the team to a 12th place finish at the DecoTurf High School National Championships in Kentucky.
Philippe De RidderHe also exercised his management skills in public relations, press group DH, at the FIFA World Cup, 1994 and with professional organizations as general manager at 360 Foot and the U19 Togo National team's European tour in Belgium.
Noora NaraghiThen, she traveled to Tallahassee, Florida, US (in 2010) to learn motocross from Stefy Bau, former women's world motocross champion, the elite worldwide motocross academy for women.
Vasilisa BardinaBardina moved to Denver and worked as a coach at the Evergreen Sports Center, which is where she met former pro Jeff Salzenstein in 2011, who has starting coaching her.
Peter SkourasIn 1989, Skouras also'' Scouted'' for the California Youth Soccer Association-South (CYSA-S) while under the direction of former US National Team Coach, Steve Sampson who implemented a massive youth player identification program in the Southern California area.
Rhonda Faehn After taking over the Florida program in 2003, Faehn has established herself among the top tier of gymnastics coaches in the United States.
Randolph JeromeIn January 2006 Jerome made several attempts to break into the US soccer market, attending trials with several clubs, including Virginia Beach Mariners, but was not picked up by any of the teams.
Beverley WhitfieldIn 1969, Gathercole was appointed as a swimming coach in Midland, Texas, forcing Whitfield's father to raise funds for her to travel to Texas and board with his family to continue her training for six months, where she sharpened her racing skills with more frequent racing in the more competitive American scene.
Bruce BinkowskiOther PA duties have included San Diego Clippers (NBA), San Diego Friars (World Team Tennis), San Diego Sockers (North American Soccer League) (one season both indoor and outdoor), San Diego Jaws (North American Soccer League) and San Diego Gulls (International Hockey League) Binkowski has been married to his wife Christina since December 28, 1980.
George V. Brown In 1899 Brown was hired as an assistant to the Boston Athletic Association (BAA) Athletic Director.
Charlie Sullivan (curler)He coaches Saint John High School's swim team, and has led them to claim 13 New Brunswick Interscholastic Athletic Association swimming banners since 1991.
Bernard MittonMitton retired from the tour in 1984 and joined the Newport Beach Tennis Club as director of tennis.
Euan LittleSince 2009, Little has been the head professional at Dundrum House Golf Club in Ireland.
Kathryn CrosbyFor 16 years ending in 2001, Crosby hosted the Crosby National Golf Tournament at Bermuda Run Country Club in Bermuda Run, North Carolina.
Young Tom Morris Morris learned golf from a young age over the Prestwick Golf Club links, which had been laid out by his father, the Club's professional and greenkeeper, in 1851.
Imi LichtenfeldIn 1944 Imi began training fighters in his areas of expertise : physical fitness, swimming, wrestling, use of the knife, and defenses against knife attacks.
Don JanuaryThe Don January Golf Classic is a golf tournament played annually in the spring that was established to honor him in 1980 by his alma mater, now known as the University of North Texas.
Evonne Goolagong CawleyDaughter Kelly helps run her tennis camps, and son Morgan Kiema Cawley (born 1981) was a National Soccer League player.
Andrew LemoncelloLemoncello joined the McMillanElite training group based in Flagstaff, Arizona in 2007, under the direction of Coach Greg McMillan.
Laird HayesCurrently, Hayes is the Men's Soccer Coach and Professor of Education and Athletics at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California, a post he has held since 1976.
Ian RushOn 26 April 2010, it was announced that Rush had returned to work with Liverpool FC, becoming the Club's new Soccer Schools Ambassador and it was announced he would also work with the Club's commercial team to help develop and support partnerships with other global sponsors and brands.
Jack Fultz As of November 2008, Fultz is an instructor of sport psychology at Tufts University, a fitness consultant and personal coach, and a training consultant to the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge.
Alan Woods (soccer)In 2009, he was hired as the Concorde Fire Soccer Academy coach where he coaches the U-14 girls central team, and currently the U-14 central black team.
Peggy Kirk BellAt that time she competed as Peggy Kirk, and in 1953 she married her high school sweetheart, Warren'' Bullet'' Bell, who had played professional basketball with the Fort Wayne Pistons before turning to business.
Halim Haryanto After moving to the United States he procured a job as a badminton coach at Bay Badminton Center in Burlingame, California, while maintaining international presence.
Joe Frazier After Frazier won the USA's only 1964 Olympic boxing gold medal, his trainer Yancey'' Yank'' Durham helped put together Cloverlay, a group of local businessmen (including a young Larry Merchant) who invested in Frazier's professional career and allowed him to train full-time.
Evan StrongStrong an AASI Adaptive snowboard instructor has taught snowboarding to injured veterans with Disabled Sports USA at The Hartford Ski Spectacular at Breckenridge, Colorado in 2010.
Dominique MouillotShe is now at the national level of'' Amateur Elite'' and is the 2011'' Amateur Elite'' PACA Champion.
Hayatullah Khan Durrani Hayatullah Khan Durrani established Hayat Durrani Water Sports Academy (HDWSA) in 1989 Balochistan's first and only Rowing, Canoeing, Kayaking, Sailing, Swimming and boating training center / academy at Hanna Lake Quetta for the young generation of the country.
Deion SandersIn January 2004, Sanders was hired as an assistant coach to the Dallas Fury, a women's professional basketball team in the National Women's Basketball League, even though Sanders had never played organized basketball either in college or the professional level.
Oscar SchmidtIn 2006, Schmidt, along with other Brazilian basketball greats such as Paula and Hortência, (another Hall of Famer), led the NLB : Nossa Liga de Basquete ('' our basketball league''), an attempted rival to the Brazilian Basketball League.
Levon Julfalakyan Julfalakyan became the head coach of the Armenian national Greco-Roman wrestling team in 1999.
Kiwane Garrishtml invited Garris, along with other popular Chicago area college and high school stars, to try out for its 2006 team.
Peter ChristofilakosPeter has also been a member of the semi-professional soccer team the Springfield Spirits and has also played for the St. Louis Illusion of the Professional Arena Soccer League On June 12, 2010, Peter was named the new head coach of the boy's soccer team at Sacred Heart-Griffin High School.
Derrick WaltonWalton had considered attending Saginaw High School with a close friend of his named Dorian Dawkins, but Dawkins collapsed at a basketball camp on June 12, 2009 due to a heart defect and Walton Sr. got the coaching job at Chandler Park Academy.
Mike DoddIn 2008 Dodd coached AVP stars Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal in the Beijing Olympics.
Avery Brundage As Brundage approached the end of his track career, he began to involve himself in sports administration, at first through the CAA, then through the Central Amateur Athletic Association (of which the CAA was a member) and then, beginning in 1919, in the AAU.
Gil Reyes (tennis) Gil Reyes was the strength and conditioning coach for the basketball program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas before meeting Agassi in 1989.
Nikolai Valuev In 2011, Valuev became the General Manager of Russia national bandy team and he also has as a task to develop the so-called Russian hockey in the country.
Paul Manera In 2013, Paul was consulted by the Australian Future Stars program to organize a high level developmental camp to compete in the Down Under Bowl, which is a tournament played every year on the Gold Coast in Australia between visiting USA high school all-star teams.
Maurice FlitcroftFlitcroft prepared for the tournament by studying a golf instruction manual by Peter Allis which was borrowed from his local library - he further studied from instructional articles by the 1966 PGA Championship winner Al Geiberger, and honed his skills on a nearby beach.
Masami TsuruokaIn 1967 as part of his efforts to promote Chito-ryu karate in Canada, Tsuruoka invited Dr. Chitose, along with Mamoru Yamamoto, later noted as founder of Yoshukai Karate, and some of his students including Mike Foster, to Canada, where they conducted demonstrations, a clinic, and presided over the Canadian National Karate Association tournament.
Lothar OsianderIn 1978, the U. S. Olympic committee inaugurated a National Sports Festival, hiring Osiander as the West team soccer coach.
Sean McAuleyHe has developed ties with clubs in northern California and Michigan, and in April 2009 he travelled to Canada to undertake coaching sessions with Victoria Highlanders.
Rachael Rapinoe In 2011, Rachael Rapinoe was chosen to represent the United States by the International Center's Sports Corps program in the Indonesia America Soccer Exchange where she helped conduct three one-day training clinics for an estimated 200-300 female athletes and 30 coaches.
Margaret HoelzerIn 2009, Hoelzer relocated to Seattle, WA and then to Fullerton, California with coach Sean Hutchison to train at Fullerton Aquatics.
Ron Jacks In 1972, Jacks retired from competitive swimming and turned his attention to coaching starting in Vancouver, BC as the head coach for the Arbutus Swim Club.
Kent EgerEger played out of the Radium Resort in Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia, where he represented British Columbia on two Willingdon Cup teams, and played in four Canadian Amateur Championship s. Eger turned professional in 2006, and began playing competitively on the Gateway Tour in Phoenix, Arizona.
Jacko GillIn late 2012 he changed coaches and is training under the direction of former New Zealand shot champion Courtney Ireland.
Ben RutledgeIn 2006 he combined with former Canadian National Team rower Rob Weitemeyer as well as varsity athletes Stephane Gervais, Robert Miller and Kevin Johns to capture the overall Men's Championship for Storm the Wall, a relay race held annually at the University of British Columbia, widely considered as the largest intramural event in North America.