Chuck Rohe Coaching Tree

Thad Talley "What a day! What a day! What a beautiful day! You should have to pay to practice on a day like today!" Thad Talley heard this before every practice when he was running at Furman University for Coach Chuck Rohe and he said it himself before every track

Mike Juras Mike Juras was a middle distance runner at UT in 1966 and 1967. He ran on the mile relay team and earned a varsity letter before a serious hamstring injury in his sophomore year ended his track career. Despite his inability to run track, Juras stayed in school

Chick McGeehan Charles "Chick" McGeehan was an outstanding dual-sport athlete at the University of Tennessee. He graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1969, upon which he served in the United States Army as a Special Services Officer. His military service included a tour in Chu Lai, Viet Nam where

David Job David Job, a native of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, had a standout pole vaulting career at the University of Tennessee during the 1964-66 seasons. During that time he earned three letters and claimed the school pole vault record in 1965. Before his college career ended, he was called to

Denis Flood Denis Flood was a Southeast Conference (SEC) track champion and decorated former Marine, who served in Vietnam from 1967-68, was severely wounded, and ran for the Marine varsity cross country and track teams. In the decades since, he served as a Naval Intelligence Officer and a contractor in

Mike Tomasello A longtime coaching great, Mike Tomasello now has over 28 years of experience, including tenures at Stanford and Tennessee. Tomasello arrived at the University of Tennessee in 1963. As a student-athlete, he was a member of 12 SEC title teams in cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track.

Norm Witek Norm Witek worked for 47 years as a professor and coach at Brevard College in Brevard, North Carolina. "I started as an instructor and head track/cross country coach," he says, "We won Brevard College's first national title, in the marathon, followed by four straight national cross country championships

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