Bob 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 Michelle McLaughlin, the youngest U.S. Olympian to compete in track and field since 1972.

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 2005 he was selected USATF Coach of the year.

In 1989, sprinter Angela Bailey stated that she did not want to train with Kersee due to suspicions about performance-enhancing drugs.

Athletes trained by Bob Kersee

 * Andrea Anderson
 * Jerome Bettis
 * Jeanette Bolden
 * Valerie Brisco-Hooks
 * Kori Carter
 * Kerron Clement
 * Ginnie Crawford (née Powell)
 * Shawn Crawford
 * Gail Devers
 * Allyson Felix
 * Greg Foster
 * Florence Griffith Joyner
 * Joanna Hayes
 * Dawn Harper
 * Natasha Hastings
 * Sherri Howard
 * Magnolia Howell
 * Jackie Joyner-Kersee
 * Ty Law
 * Nicole Leach
 * Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
 * Tiffani McReynolds
 * Brandon Miller
 * Athing Mu
 * Jenna Prandini
 * Keni Harrison
 * Morolake Akinosun
 * Sha-ri Pendleton
 * Michelle Perry
 * Andre Phillips
 * Monica Seles (tennis player, trained by Bob Kersee in 1993)