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Trevor Graham is an American professional track and field coach since 1993. Graham is the inventor of the drive phase and many different strategies/techniques for the 100 meters that is being used worldwide by all coaches and athletes. Graham is the only coach in the world that can scientifically explain the drive phase.

Athletic Career
Graham is a graduate of Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Graham is an NCAA division II 400m Champion and a 1988 Olympic Silver medalist for his birth Country Jamaica. Graham is a graduate of Sheepshead Bay High School in Brooklyn, NY and is the Eastern States 800 meter champion.

Coaching Career
Graham is one of the top sprint coaches in the World. Graham is the only coach in the world to have successfully coached both men and women champions in the Olympic 100 meters and Olympic 200 meters. As well as, both men and women World Champions in the 100 meters, 200 meters, and 60 meters. Total, Graham’s athletes have won a combined number of 64 Olympic and World Championship medals.

Balco Scandal
Graham played a critical role in the BALCO (Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative) scandal of June 2003, when he received a syringe containing an on identify substance that was given to him by former shot putter CJ hunter. Graham anonymously sent the syringe containing the unidentified substance to the United States Anti-Doping Agency. Graham later found out that the substance was Tetrahydrogestrinone (THG) and was being used by USA Track and Field athletes and Football players. On September of 2003, Federal agents raided Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO) the distributor of Tetrahydrogestrinone (THG) and arrested and charge Victor Conte of distributing steroids and money laundering. In June of 2004, IRS Agents question Graham in his attorney’s office in Raleigh, North Carolina for two and a half hours about how he got the syringe and his relationship with BALCO owner Victor Conte. During the interview Graham was also asked about an individual that he knew back in the late 1990’s by the name of Angel Guillermo Heredia from Laredo Texas and has no ties to BALCO.

In 2004 after Justin Gatlin won the 100m gold medal at the Olympic games in Athens Greece, Graham was ask by the Chicago tribune if he was the one that anonymously sent the syringe containing the unidentified substance to the United States Anti-Doping Agency. Graham answered, “Yes, that it was the right thing to do”. After his statement, Graham was victimized by members of the United States Track and Field staff and the United States media. After Gatlin failed a test for testosterone precursor, announced in July 2006, Graham stated in an interview that Gatlin had been set up by a massage therapist. One July 31, 2006 The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said that Graham could face a two-year ban if evidence links him to any doping violations and the United States Anti-Doping Agency decides not to take action.

On August 3, 2006 the United States Olympic Committee banned Graham from its training facilities. This was the first time a coach received a ban without violating USOC and United States Anti-Doping Agency rules. Later that month, Nike ended its contract with Graham.

On May 29, 2008 in San Francisco, California Graham was convicted of one count of lying to the IRS about the last time that he spoke to Angel Guillermo Heredia from Laredo, Texas on the phone. A mistrial was declared on two other counts, as jurors could not reach a unanimous agreement. Graham was sentenced to one year of house arrest.

On July 15, 2008 The US Anti-Doping Agency waved Graham’s rights and banned him for life. This is the first time that a person has received a ban for not violating anti doping rules. Chief Executive Travis Tygart, on July 15, 2008, confirmed a life ban on Graham. "It sends a powerful reminder that coaches are not above the rules. There's a misconception that they are because we don't drug-test them, but this shows that we'll use all of our authority. There's no opportunity to seek reinstatement. Any chance that he may have had for that has passed. We have waived that." His ban included participation in any event sanctioned by the U.S. Olympic Committee, the IAAF, USA Track & Field or any other group that participates in the World Anti-Doping Agency program.