Loren Seagrave:  

Life After graduation I attended the University of Wisconsin studying plant pathology and playing ice hockey. When my grade point dropped below my goals against average, I re-evaluated my path in education, rehabbed my GPA and enrolled in Physical Education because I had always loved sports and helping people. I captained the UW Soccer Club for three years, was a volunteer track coach and hockey coach at East, helped Connie Carpenter train for her first two national championships in cycling, helped start the Madison Badger-Jets, a youth track club and helped found Madison United Soccer Club. In 1976 I became the University of Wisconsin¿s first assistant women¿s track coach under Peter Tegen. I also coached the Madison Speed Skating Club for two years to USA National and North American Team Titles, and founded one of the two first women¿s soccer clubs in Madison on the east side, the Super Shells. I served as president of the Wisconsin AAU track and field and AAU Junior Olympics. I also was the national AAU Junior Olympic Chairman for the Decathlon and Boy¿s Track and Field until 1980. I also became active on a national level in the AAU and The Athletics Congress as national coach coordinator for the long jump, heptathlon and the hurdles. In 1982 I accepted a position as assistant women¿s track coach at the University of Tennessee. I coached many All-Americans, several national champions and an American Record Holder in the 400-meter hurdles. In 1983 I accepted a position at Louisiana State University as assistant track coach and after the women¿s team won both the SEC Indoor and Outdoor titles and the team finished third and second at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships, respectively, I accepted the position of Head Women¿s Track Coach. From 1985 to 1989 LSU won nine SEC Conference Championships and five NCAA National Team Championships. In 1983 I was one of the founding fathers of the USA Coaching Education System for The Athletics Congress. In the early 1990s I was named Chairman for Curriculum Development for the Sprints and Hurdles events for the International Amateur Athletics Association¿s Coach Education Certification System, a position I hold today. During this period I was named twice as assistant coach for the USOC Olympic Festival and in 1984 I was selected as US National Team Coach for the Heptathlon which competed in Canada and France. In 1989 I co-founded Speed Dynamics, a sport consultancy that focused on coaching education and athlete performance. We launched an instructional video series that is still used today as the industry standard and has been viewed in over 100 countries in the world. I also moved from the collegiate system to working in the professional coaching arena. I have had the opportunity to coach and lectu...Expand for more