Russ Rogers
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Born | Russell Rogers January 9, 1939 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Hurdling |
Medal record | |
Russell Rogers (born January 9, 1939) is an American former athletics competitor and coach.
Biography
Rogers competed in football, basketball, and track for Malcolm X Shabazz High School. He competed collegiately for the Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks track and field team in the NCAA. He was inducted into the school's hall of fame in 1982.
Rogers, a specialist hurdler, won a bronze medal in the 400 meters hurdles at the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo, which he bettered with a silver in the same event at the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg.
Rogers won the British AAA Championships title in the 440 yards hurdles event at the 1962 AAA Championships.
Beginning in 1969, Rogers coached the Essex Wolverines track and field team in New Jersey. From 1978 to 1986, Rogers was the track and field coach of Fairleigh Dickinson University.
In 1988 he was sprint coach for the US Olympic track and field team in Seoul, which famously included Carl Lewis.
Between 1989 and 2006, Rogers coached athletics at Ohio State University. He earned Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year honors in 1992 and 1993 when he led Ohio State to consecutive Big Ten outdoor titles.
References
- ↑ "True Amateurism Commands High Price". Lansing State Journal. July 24, 1968.
- 1 2 "Essex Hall of Fame Inductees". essex.edu.
- ↑ "Hawks Hall of Fame: Russ Rogers". umeshawksports.com.
- ↑ "Only Gold Winner For Canada". The Ottawa Journal. August 2, 1967.
- ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ↑ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ↑ "Tulloch the Triumphant". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). July 15, 1962. Retrieved May 5, 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Russ Rogers (2007) - FDU Hall of Fame". FDU Knights Athletics.
- ↑ "Lewis, coach kiss and make up". The Press Democrat. September 20, 1988.
- ↑ "Longtime OSU track coach retiring". Dayton Daily News. June 7, 2006.