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Bob Kersee
Personal information
OccupationTrack coach
EmployerUSA Track and Field
SpouseJackie Joyner-Kersee

Bob Kersee (born in the Canal Zone, Panama) is an American track coach. He was the coach and husband of Olympic gold medallist Jackie Joyner-Kersee. He now coaches the American hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.

Career

He is a graduate of San Pedro High School, Los Angeles Harbor College where he was a state finalist in the hurdles, Long Beach State University (B.A. Physical Education 1978) and California State University, Northridge (Masters in Exercise Physiology). While at Northridge, he coached their track team. In 1980 he moved to the University of California, Los Angeles, where he was an assistant coach for four years. He then became the head coach and established his reputation for training elite level athletes. Many of those athletes have themselves become elite level coaches. In 1989, sprinter Angela Bailey stated that she did not want to train with Kersee due to suspicions about performance-enhancing drugs. In 2005, Kersee was selected USA Track & Field Coach of the year. He also won the award in 2015.

Athletes trained by Bob Kersee

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Awards

References

  1. "Sprinter links Bob Kersee to steroids".
  2. Surber, Tom (November 29, 2005). "Kersee named Nike Coach of the Year". USATF. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  3. "Kersee Named Nike Coach of the Year". UCLA. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  4. "Free thinker: Athlete now artist on a new track - Sweet TnT Magazine". Sweet TNT Magazine. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  5. Hill, Jerry. "'HUGE BLESSING TO BE HERE' Former All-American McReynolds Competing at Olympic Trials". Baylor Bears.
  6. "Athing Mu coached by Bobby Kersee, joins Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone". NBC Sports. 2022-11-02. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  7. "World Athletics awards leaves audience wanting more". 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2021-12-01.

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