Russ Whitenack "I was the head men's track coach at Virginia Tech from 1975 until 2003. Twenty eight years, no outdoor track for 18 of those years, eight athletic directors, and I never had more than five full scholarships to work with. Sounds depressing but I loved it and was
Bill Sellmer All Marine Corp Track & Field Coach 1970 and 1971 Director of the Quantico Relays 1970 and 1971 1970: Inter Service Assistant Coach for International Military Championships, Viareggio, Italy. Team performance: 12 gold medals; 9 silver; and 3 bronze out of 22 events. 1971: Inter Service Head Coach
Winston Russell Coach Russell has to be the coolest old person alive. This phrase was frequently heard at Robertsville Middle School and Oak Ridge High School during Winston Russell’s final years of teaching and coaching at these schools. Located about 25 miles west of Knoxville, Oak
Melvin Maxwell In 1967 Melvin Maxwell took the position of track and cross country coach at Doyle High School in Knoxville, Tennessee. Melvin had just completing his Masters Degree at UT in the same year. It didn't take long for Maxwell to build the Doyle cross country program into TSSAA
Terry Crawford Terry Crawford began her running career at the UT track, representing the Knoxville Track Club (KTC). Terry received coaching and financial support from Chuck Rohe and Charlie Durham of the the KTC. With their support, Crawford became one of the best 440/880 runners in the U.S. winning AIA
Doug Brown Doug Brown, a Michigan native, was recruited to the University of Tennessee in 1971 by Chuck Rohe and proceeded to win nine AllAmerican honors in cross- country and track, including two NCAA steeplechase championships. Doug led the Vols to the 1972 NCAA team title in crosscountry and the
Jerry Householder My undergraduate days were some of the happiest if not the happiest days of my life. I have friends who were college athletes at other universities with whom I share stories, and it seems that none of them had experiences that were as good as mine. We were
Karl Kremser Karl Friedrich Kremser was born on August 3, 1945, in Salzwedel, a town in West Germany. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he was an accomplished high jumper and soccer player. In 1965, he helped lead the Cadets' soccer program to the Final
Bob Barber Bob Barber placed second in the state of Illinois cross-country championships in 1962 in an age when there was only one class of schools in the entire state. In the spring of '63 Barber was ranked 8th in the U.S. by Track and Field News for the high
Wilbur Hawkins I've known Wilbur Hawkins a long, long time. I remember him as a senior at Fulton High. He was undefeated. He ran so fast in the state 880 that his school record still stands. Wilbur ran with a fast crowd at Tennessee. On relay teams. He was a
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