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Mel Rosen Sport(s) Track and field Biographical details Born March 24, 1928 Place of birth The Bronx, New York Alma mater University of Iowa Playing career University of Iowa track team Position(s) Middle distance runner Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1963-91 (HC from 1965 on) Auburn University Accomplishments and honors Awards - Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (1993)
- USA Track & Field Hall of Fame (1995)
- U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2001)
- International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (2004)
Melvin "Mel" Rosen (born March 24, 1928) is an American former track coach.[1][2]
He was head coach of the Auburn University Tigers track team for 28 years, from 1963–91, during which time the team won four consecutive Southeastern Conference (SEC) Indoor Track & Field Championships from 1977–80, and an outdoor track & field championship in 1979.[2][3]
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Early life
Rosen is Jewish, was born in The Bronx, New York, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York.[2][4][5][6] He graduated from the University of Iowa, where he was a middle distance runner, in 1950.[1][2][4][6]
Coaching career
Rosen then coached at University of Iowa as an assistant for three years, while earning a master’s degree and beginning work on a doctorate which he then continued to study for at Auburn.[1][2][6] In addition, he served two years in the Army at Fort Benning, Georgia, where he was track coach for the post.[1][5]
Rosen joined Auburn in 1955, as an assistant professor in the university's physical education department, and as an assistant track coach.[1][2][4] He was in charge of the school's distance and relay teams until 1964, when he became head coach.[1][4]
In 1978, Rosen was named the SEC and NCAA Coach of the Year, in both indoor and outdoor competition.[1][2][4] That year his team placed second at the SEC outdoor, fifth at the NCAA outdoor, first at the SEC indoor, and second at the NCAA indoor meets.[1][4] His teams finished in the top ten at both the NCAA indoor and outdoor championships for four consecutive years (1976–79).[2][4] He was again named NCAA Indoor Coach of the Year in 1980, and SEC Indoor Coach of the Year in 1985.[1][2][4]
During his coaching career he coached 7 Olympians and 143 All Americans.[1][2][4]
After the 1991 season, he left as Auburn’s track coach to become head coach of the 1992 U.S. Men’s Olympic Track Team.[1][2][4][7] He had been assistant coach for the 1984 Olympic Team, and head coach of the 1987 Outdoor World Championships team.[1][2]
Rosen was USA Track & Field men’s track & field committee chairman.[1][2] He was President of the track coaches association from 1978–79.[1]
To honor him and another former track coach, Auburn renamed its new track and field complex Hutsell-Rosen Track in 2006.[5]
Halls of Fame
Rosen was inducted as a member of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1993, and was inducted into the USA Track & Field Hall of Fame in 1995.[1][2][4][5][3] He was inducted as a member of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2001.[1][5] In 2004, he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Mel Rosen, USTFCCCA Class of 2001". U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. http://www.ustfccca.org/ustfccca-hall-of-fame/ustfccca-hall-of-fame-class-of-2001/mel-rosen-ustfccca-class-of-2001. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Hall of Fame; Melvin (Mel) Rosen". USATF. http://www.usatf.org/halloffame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=140. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
- ^ a b "Alabama Sports Hall of Fame and Museum; Mel Rosen – Class of 1993". Ashof.org. http://ashof.org/index.php?submenu=1993_track&src=directory&view=company&srctype=detail&refno=249&category=Track. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Player Bio: Mel Rosen". AuburnTigers.com. http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/c-track/mtt/rosen_mel00.html. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Christina Santee. "On the right track". The Auburn Plainsman. http://www.theplainsman.com/view/full_story/12563755/article-On-the-right-track. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
- ^ a b c d "International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame". Jewishsports.net. http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/MelRosen.htm. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
- ^ Steven Ungerleider (2005). Mental training for peak performance: top athletes reveal the mind exercises they use to excel. Rodale. ISBN 1594860289. http://books.google.com/books?id=5arCTJLDM1cC&pg=PA24&dq=%22mel+rosen%22+coach+alabama&hl=en&ei=1VSwTpqJEsPe0QGy3ojfAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22mel%20rosen%22%20coach%20alabama&f=false. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
External links
- Practical Coaching Techniques, by Mel Rosen, Championship Books & Video Productions, 1981, ISBN 0932741959,
Categories:- Living people
- American track and field coaches
- People from Brooklyn
- People from the Bronx
- Auburn University faculty
- University of Iowa alumni
- University of Iowa faculty
- Army Black Knights coaches
- 1928 births
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