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Bob Kersee
Bob Kersee is an American track and field coach. For the UCLA Bruins, he was an assistant coach (1980–1984), head coach (1984–1993), and volunteer coach (since 1993). Athletes he coached include the late Florence Griffith Joyner, Jackie Joyner-Kersee (whom he later married), Gail Devers, Allyson Felix, and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.
Kersee has been called a "drug coach" referring to allegations that his athletes took performance-enhancing drugs. Angela Bailey testified at a Canadian government inquiry that Kersee could not train drug-free athletes. Darrell Robinson gave a notarized statement that Kersee supplied him with anabolic steroids. The Athletics Congress has declined to investigate their allegations.
Kersee was born in the Canal Zone, Panama. He was educated at San Pedro High School, and then attended Los Angeles Harbor College and California State University, Long Beach. He graduated from college in 1978 with a degree in physical education.
Initially intending to become an NFL coach, Kersee instead became a track and field coach at the suggestion of his sisters. His training group is known as Formula Kersee.
In 1980, Kersee moved to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he was an assistant coach for four years whilst working towards a master's degree in exercise physiology. He then became the head coach in 1984, winning six conference championships during his tenure. He stepped down as head coach in 1993.
He established his reputation for training elite level athletes, and continued working for the UCLA Bruins as a volunteer coach alongside his personal coaching. Amongst the famous athletes he has coached are Florence Griffith Joyner, Gail Devers, Al Joyner, Allyson Felix, Greg Foster, Andre Phillips, Kerron Clement, Shawn Crawford, Athing Mu, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee, whom he later married.
He has been called a "mad scientist" of coaching, and is often criticized for not racing his athletes often.
In 1985, Canadian sprinter Angela Bailey was coached by Kersee at UCLA. Four years later, she testified at a Canadian government inquiry into performance-enhancing drugs about a conversation she had with Kersee: "I said that I've heard these rumors that he was a drug coach. The only reason I'm going to go down to the United States is if you can make me that promise that you can coach me without drugs. But if you can't, then I won't be there. And he basically said, 'Just believe in me, just trust me.'" Bailey had left UCLA after six months, because Kersee was unable to coach clean athletes: "He didn't know how to coach me because I was drug-free. And I didn't improve."
Bob Kersee
Bob Kersee is an American track and field coach. For the UCLA Bruins, he was an assistant coach (1980–1984), head coach (1984–1993), and volunteer coach (since 1993). Athletes he coached include the late Florence Griffith Joyner, Jackie Joyner-Kersee (whom he later married), Gail Devers, Allyson Felix, and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.
Kersee has been called a "drug coach" referring to allegations that his athletes took performance-enhancing drugs. Angela Bailey testified at a Canadian government inquiry that Kersee could not train drug-free athletes. Darrell Robinson gave a notarized statement that Kersee supplied him with anabolic steroids. The Athletics Congress has declined to investigate their allegations.
Kersee was born in the Canal Zone, Panama. He was educated at San Pedro High School, and then attended Los Angeles Harbor College and California State University, Long Beach. He graduated from college in 1978 with a degree in physical education.
Initially intending to become an NFL coach, Kersee instead became a track and field coach at the suggestion of his sisters. His training group is known as Formula Kersee.
In 1980, Kersee moved to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he was an assistant coach for four years whilst working towards a master's degree in exercise physiology. He then became the head coach in 1984, winning six conference championships during his tenure. He stepped down as head coach in 1993.
He established his reputation for training elite level athletes, and continued working for the UCLA Bruins as a volunteer coach alongside his personal coaching. Amongst the famous athletes he has coached are Florence Griffith Joyner, Gail Devers, Al Joyner, Allyson Felix, Greg Foster, Andre Phillips, Kerron Clement, Shawn Crawford, Athing Mu, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee, whom he later married.
He has been called a "mad scientist" of coaching, and is often criticized for not racing his athletes often.
In 1985, Canadian sprinter Angela Bailey was coached by Kersee at UCLA. Four years later, she testified at a Canadian government inquiry into performance-enhancing drugs about a conversation she had with Kersee: "I said that I've heard these rumors that he was a drug coach. The only reason I'm going to go down to the United States is if you can make me that promise that you can coach me without drugs. But if you can't, then I won't be there. And he basically said, 'Just believe in me, just trust me.'" Bailey had left UCLA after six months, because Kersee was unable to coach clean athletes: "He didn't know how to coach me because I was drug-free. And I didn't improve."