Ed Temple
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Edward Stanley Temple is a women's track and field
pioneer and coach. Temple was Head Women's Track and Field
Coach at Tennessee State University
for 44 years and was Head Coach of the U.S. Olympic
Women's Track and Field
Team twice, in 1960 and 1964, and Assistant Coach in 1980.
He is a current member of the International Women's Track & Field Committee and a past member of the U.S. Olympic Council.
During his coaching career at Tennessee State University
, forty members of the famed Tigerbelle teams have represented their countries in Olympic
competition. Coach Temple has led the team to 34 national titles, and eight Tigerbelles have been inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame, including Wilma Rudolph
, Wyomia Tyus
and Chandra Cheeseborough
, the current Women's Coach at TSU.
Temple is a member of nine different Halls of Fame, including the National Track and Field Hall of Fame
.
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
pioneer and coach. Temple was Head Women's Track and Field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
Coach at Tennessee State University
Tennessee State University
Tennessee State University is a land-grant university located in Nashville, Tennessee. TSU is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee.-History:...
for 44 years and was Head Coach of the U.S. Olympic
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
Women's Track and Field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
Team twice, in 1960 and 1964, and Assistant Coach in 1980.
He is a current member of the International Women's Track & Field Committee and a past member of the U.S. Olympic Council.
During his coaching career at Tennessee State University
Tennessee State University
Tennessee State University is a land-grant university located in Nashville, Tennessee. TSU is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee.-History:...
, forty members of the famed Tigerbelle teams have represented their countries in Olympic
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
competition. Coach Temple has led the team to 34 national titles, and eight Tigerbelles have been inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame, including Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Glodean Rudolph was an American athlete. Rudolph was considered the fastest woman in the world in the 1960s and competed in two Olympic Games, in 1956 and in 1960....
, Wyomia Tyus
Wyomia Tyus
Wyomia Tyus is an American athlete, and the first person to retain the Olympic title in the 100 m....
and Chandra Cheeseborough
Chandra Cheeseborough
Chandra Danette Cheeseborough is an American track and field athlete. Cheeseborough broke onto the international track scene at age 16 by winning two gold medals at the 1975 Pan American Games, taking the 200 m in an American record time of 22.77 seconds...
, the current Women's Coach at TSU.
Temple is a member of nine different Halls of Fame, including the National Track and Field Hall of Fame
National Track and Field Hall of Fame
The National Track and Field Hall of Fame located within the Armory Foundation at 216 Fort Washington Avenue, between 168th and 169th Streets, in Washington Heights, in the New York City borough of Manhattan, is a museum operated by The Armory Foundation in conjunction with USA Track & Field...
.