Four-Time Olympian Shalane Flanagan Joins Oregon Track & Field Coaching Staff

Posted Aug 2, 2022
Four-time Olympian, 2017 NYC Marathon champion, and UNC great Shalane Flanagan will join the Oregon staff as an assistant coach to help lead the team's distance program, announced Monday by coach Jerry Schumacher. Flanagan has spent the past three years working with Schumacher as an assistant coach for the Nike Bowerman Track Club. (Oregon Athletics)

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