Through our association with Simplot Games over the last decade, we've met some great people: Simplot employees, Olympians, volunteers, and athletes. One of our favorites is Bryan Hoddle, a high school track coach from Washington state who was also the U.S. Paralympic track team coach from 2002-2004. Jason first met Bryan in 1998, when Bryan coached Marlon Shirley, the future Paralympic 100-meter record holder. Since then, Melissa, Colin, and Carson have volunteered at the Games and gotten to know Bryan.
Bryan still coaches high school track, and lately he's also been working with soldiers at Walter Reed Medical Center -- soldiers who lost limbs in battle. It's heroic work, and Bryan is one of the truly under-appreciated coaches in the U.S., in any sport.
In an article in today's Tacoma News Tribune, Bryan was interviewed about Oscar Pistorius, a South African sprinter who runs on two prosthetic legs and is attempting to qualify for the Beijing Olympics. It's a good read.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/story/363650.html
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