Dan Pfaff
Dan Pfaff is the field event coach at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California. Widely regarded as one of the world’s top track and field coaches, Pfaff has coached a number of world-class performers, including 33 Olympians to seven medals and 45 world championship performers to ten medals. Among these are Donovan Bailey (1996 Olympic double-gold medalist, world record holder, 100m), Bruny Surin (1996 Olympic gold medalist, 4x100m relay, 1999 world championships silver medalist, 100m), Obadele Thompson (2000 Olympic bronze medalist, 100m), and high jumper Mark Boswell (1999 world championships silver medalist, 2003 world championships bronze medalist). He has coached five men under the 10-second barrier in the 100m dash. Most recently, his list of successes includes Brad Walker, the 2007 Osaka world championships gold medalist in the men’s pole vault.
