And no one has brought up probably the single most underrated person in sports. Anyone ever heard of John McDonnell?
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Yea, I doubted it. He is a coach at the University of Arkansas who coaches track and cross country (two of the most underappreciated sports in America) and has won 42 national titles in his career. The next closest coach is 15 championships behind him. Here is the rest of his impressive resume:
In addition, McDonnell team and individual achievements include:
* 19 conference triple crowns since 1982, including eight straight between 1987 and 1995
* 26-consecutive conference titles in cross country with indoor track and outdoor track combined from 1987-1995
* 67 conference championships in the last 72 events Arkansas has entered since 1981-1982
* 78 conference championships overall since 1974 including 38 in the SWC and 40 in the SEC (in 44 total events)
* 12-consecutive NCAA indoor track championships (1984-1995)
* coached 178 track All-Americans
* 32-consecutive league cross country championships (1974-2005)
* 51 individual national champions
* 25 Olympians spanning three decades and six different Olympic Games including gold, silver and bronze medalists
* his 1994 indoor track squad won the national championship by the widest margins in the history of the sport as well as score the most points (94) in the history of the NCAA event
* his 1994 squad scored 223 points at the SEC outdoor meet which is a league record
No college sport has ever seen dominance like this (with the possible exception of wrestling) and 99.9% of sports fans have no clue about this guy. McDonnell is the definition of underrated.
Waiting.......
Waiting.......
Waiting.......
Yea, I doubted it. He is a coach at the University of Arkansas who coaches track and cross country (two of the most underappreciated sports in America) and has won 42 national titles in his career. The next closest coach is 15 championships behind him. Here is the rest of his impressive resume:
In addition, McDonnell team and individual achievements include:
* 19 conference triple crowns since 1982, including eight straight between 1987 and 1995
* 26-consecutive conference titles in cross country with indoor track and outdoor track combined from 1987-1995
* 67 conference championships in the last 72 events Arkansas has entered since 1981-1982
* 78 conference championships overall since 1974 including 38 in the SWC and 40 in the SEC (in 44 total events)
* 12-consecutive NCAA indoor track championships (1984-1995)
* coached 178 track All-Americans
* 32-consecutive league cross country championships (1974-2005)
* 51 individual national champions
* 25 Olympians spanning three decades and six different Olympic Games including gold, silver and bronze medalists
* his 1994 indoor track squad won the national championship by the widest margins in the history of the sport as well as score the most points (94) in the history of the NCAA event
* his 1994 squad scored 223 points at the SEC outdoor meet which is a league record
No college sport has ever seen dominance like this (with the possible exception of wrestling) and 99.9% of sports fans have no clue about this guy. McDonnell is the definition of underrated.
