Dr. Robert Vaughan enters his fourth season as an assistant coach at North Texas, where he works primarily with the distance runners and the cross country teams.
Under his guidance, the men’s and women’s cross counrty teams finished fourth and third respectively in the fall of 2009. Patrick Strong was named to the all-conference team for a third straight season after finishing fifth at the 2009 SBC Cross Country Championships.
Prior to arrriving at North Texas, Vaughan spent the previous 18 years as an exercise physiologist at the Tom Landry Sports Medicine and Research Center.
Vaughan also coached the Metroplex Striders Track Club and has coached numerous elite runners, including five-time Olympian Francie Larrieu Smith and former North Texas cross-country coach, Greg Lautenslager, a four-time US Olympic Trials qualifier.
Vaughan began his coaching career at Southern Methodist University in 1969. He was an assistant coach at Texas Women’s University from 1979-1981, serving on Dr. Bert Lyle’s staff. Vaughan was the head coach of the US Team for the Barcelona and Beijing Ekidens in 1990 and 1997.
He served as an assistant coach for the US Track & Field Team at the 2002 IAAF World Cup, the 2002 Pan American Games, and was an assistant for the South Team at the US Olympic Festival in 1981 and 1982. Vaughan has been involved with USA Track and Field’s Elite Athlete project since 1987 and conducts USA Track & Field Level II and Level III Coaching Education clinics around the United States.
He has published numerous articles and abstracts in several publications. He and his wife, Glenys Quick, who teaches at The Hockaday School, and their two daughters, Tala and Adoette, reside in Dallas, TX.
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Courtesy: Rick Yeatts
