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Harry Marra named Nike Coach of the Year by USA Track & Field, note by Larry Eder

Larry EderbyLarry Eder
November 14, 2012
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Harry Marra & Ashton Eaton, 2012 Olympic Trials, 
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Coaches in our sport, work with athletes for years for the athlete to develop. On the high school and college tracks, track & field and cross country coaches work 46 weeks a year, six days a week, two hours, fifteen minutes a day (at high school level, triple that as a college coach) with the 1.4 million athletes at high school and 300,000 at college level. 


Athletes who continue on, pursuing the elite world of the sport, are focused on their sport for ten to fifteen years. Good coaching, and a strong coach-athlete relationship are key in the success of an athlete.

Harry Marra was named the 2012 Nike Coach of the Year by USA Track & Field and I have to note how happy I am for Coach Marra. 

Harry Marra has championed multi events for thirty plus years, and this year, one of his athletes, Ashton Eaton set the WR in the decathlon plus won the Olympic Trials and the Olympics! 


Marra named Nike Coach of the Year

11/14/2012
 

INDIANAPOLIS – Legendary coach Harry Marra has been named USA Track & Field’s 2012 Nike Coach of the Year, USATF announced Wednesday. Marra will be honored during the Jesse Owens Hall of Fame ceremony on Saturday, December 1, as part of the USATF Annual Meeting in Daytona Beach, Fla.

The combined events coach for the Nike Oregon Track Club Elite, Marra coached 2012 Jesse Owens Award winner Ashton Eaton to two world records, a World Indoor title and an Olympic gold medal in 2012 – all in just three competitions.

“Coach Marra’s passion for the sport of track & field goes beyond what he does with athletes on the track,” said USATF CEO Max Siegel. “He is a person who truly gives back and works to grow our sport. It was great to see him and the athletes he coaches enjoy the unprecedented success they achieved this year.”

“This year has been great,” Marra, 65, said. “Getting an award like this is a direct reflection on the athletes. For me being the age I am, thanks needs to go to every athlete I have coached and to all the mentors I had as a young coach and athlete coming up. I’m also very thankful to Nike and to USA Track & Field.”

Eaton’s 2012 season will mostly be remembered for the world record he set in the decathlon at a rain-soaked Hayward Field at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Eugene, Ore. He set world decathlon records in the 100m and long jump in the process before running a personal best in the 1,500m to set the world record of 9,039 points. Eaton then went on to London and claimed Olympic gold. His season also included setting the world record for the third consecutive year in the heptathlon in winning the World Indoor title and winning a USA Indoor championship in the long jump.

“Coach Marra has proven to be a true athlete-centered coach,” said Nike VP, Global Running/Track & Field Sports Marketing John Capriotti. “His ability to get his athletes to perform at their peak level speaks to his technical expertise and also his ability to work as a partner with an athlete to break new barriers. He has been among the best in the world for years and will continue to be for years to come.”

“Ashton had a great year, and the biggest thing to me is that he handled things extremely well,” Marra said, who also spent ten years as the head track and field coach at San Francisco State and ten years as the USA national decathlon team coach. “Looking back on Ashton’s season I thought maybe I would be considered for this, but it was nothing I expected. I am in this for the kids. If it happens great, but I am here for the athletes I coach. As a coach I never put myself in front of the athletes.”

Marra’s top athletes also include NCAA indoor pentathlon record holder Brianne Theisen, Paul Terek, Sheldon Blockburger, Bart Goodell, Paul Foxon, Brian Brophy and Steve Koel.

The Nike Coach of the Year Award has been given annually since 1998. A list of past winners can be found here.

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    Larry Eder has had a 51-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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