Tom Tellez one of the most passionate and giving coaches I have ever met. The man gives as much time to an Olympic champion as he would to the 10yr old athlete with out an inkling of ability. I have seen the man run across a field in the middle of working with some sprinters to spend 15min helping a young athlete doing high jump then run back to the sprinters and continue with his run demonstrations all the time encouraging everyone in the group. I never new the guy in his prime but his passion at 78yrs old is something to be seen…the guy is a true legend of the sport and one of the great generalist track and field coaches having coached 5.80m pole vaulters, sub 10s sprinters , 8.90m long jumpers, sub 20s 200m sprinters and many others. The guy has given much to both athletes and coaches in track and field.