Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Coach Desmond Dunham: His Road to Coaching
Coach Desmond Dunham had not always wanted to be a coach as he was growing up. It was a good decision to become one on his part due to his great success as a high school track coach. His girls' 4x800 relay team broke the National Record in 2008. He was named the Coach of the Decade by The Gazette (2000-2010), and his history-making 4x800 relay team was named the ESPN/Dystat Relay of the Decade. In this clip, Coach Dunham talks about his introduction to coaching and the impact it had on his life.
He is not only a great coach in that he can produce champions on the track, but he also help produce champions in life. As the current head distance coach of the University of Maryland Track and Field Team, Desmond Dunham is always the first to promote doing things the right way instead of the easy way. He wants his athletes to excel in all aspects of life which makes him a great person along with a great coach. He likes to push people to their limits, and he goes into more detail about this in the following clip.
In the 2008/2009 school year, he switched from coaching at Eleanor Roosevelt High School to coaching at University of Maryland as the head distance coach. His successes here include former athlete Alex Lundy qualifying for Nationals in cross country in 2010.
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It seems like he's a great coach! Hopefully he will stay with the Maryland track and field team for a while.
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