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The 2004 Olympic Coaching Staff will include Men’s Coach, Frank Thomas (College Station, Texas) and Women’s Coach, Sheri Rhodes (Sacramento, Calif.), who was also the 1988 Olympic Coach. The Team Leader for the 2004 Olympics will be Tom Green (Wilton, Calif.).
As the Men’s Coach for the 2004 Olympic Games, Frank Thomas will bring with him a vast amount of experience as an archery coach. He has been working with the men’s Gold Track Program for the past two years, he has prior experience as a U.S. team coach, which includes the 1997 World Target Championships, 1997 Russian Grand Prix, 1998 German Grand Prix, 1999 Pan American Games, 2001 Turkish Grand Prix, 2002 Croatian Grand Prix, 2002 Turkish Grand Prix (where he led the men’s team to a victory over Korea) and the 2002 Pan American Qualifier. Thomas also served as the Men’s Head Coach of the U.S. Archery Team at the European Grand Prix in Antalya, Turkey June 17-21.
Sheri Rhodes has a tremendous amount of experience in coaching archery teams. She has proven success as a U.S. team coach, which includes: the World Target Championships in 1983, 1991, 1993 and 1997; the Pan American Games in 1987 and 1985; the Olympic Games in 1988 and numerous other indoor championships and Grand Prix events. Rhodes was one of the initiators of the Women’s Fast Track Program and has been the head coach for the Women’s Gold Track Program for the past three years. She also served as the Women’s Head Coach of the U.S. Archery Team at the European Grand Prix in Porec, Croatia May 4-10 and Antalya, Turkey June 17-21.
Tom Green is one of the best and most experienced team leaders in the NAA. Green has been a team leader since 1987 and has participated in numerous USA Archery Team (USAT) camps, Olympic festivals, Championship of the America’s, the Pan American Games, Grand Prix events (most recently the 2001 Korean Invitational and the 2002 Croatian Grand Prix), World Field Championships and World Target Championships. Green is also a Level 4 coach and has been a FITA judge since 1995.
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