Coach Silvey's Arkansas Training Program: A Special Book Written by a Proven National Championship & Olympic Track & Field Coach (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781541340244)

A veteran at the national and international level for over 30 years and coaching 28 collegiate national champion squads, and numerous All-Americans and 17 Olympic Medalists and 18 World Championships Medalists at several of the nation's most prestigious programs. At the international level, Coach Silvey served as the Zambia Olympic Coach for Track and Field in the 1992 and 1996 Olympiads, and produced its first ever Olympic medal in the sport of track and field with Samuel Matete in the 400 hurdles (silver medal). Silvey also served as the head coach for Zambia at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany as Samuel Matete again won the World Championship Silver Medal. Among the 17 Olympic Medalists Silvey worked with, Samuel Matete (47.10) and Calvin Davis (47.91) won Silver and Bronze medals respectively in the 400 meter hurdles in Atlanta in 1996 while he has also coached 15 World Championship Medalists. Samuel Matete was also the 1991 World Champion in the 400 meter hurdles as well as silver medalist in 1993 and 1995. Silvey has also coached and recruited Olympic sprinters Tim Montgomery (9.78), Brian Lewis (9.99), Olympic 4 x 400 relay gold medalists Lamont Smith (44.30) and Darnell Hall (44.34) Hall was also the 1995 World Indoor champion at 400 meters. Silvey also coached 2000 Olympian and 400 meter hurdler Eric Thomas (47.97) Montgomery set the World Record in 2003 for the 100 meters with his 9.78 clocking. Silvey who was inducted as a coach into the National Junior College Hall of Fame (2005) has an unique quality of having won 19 "Team" championships in the SEC, Big-12 and PAC-10 conferences. Individually, his resume boasts over 500 All-American awards, 26 World Championship Competitors and 36 Olympians. As the Sprints/Hurdles/Relays mentor at the University of Arkansas from the fall of 1994 through the 2000 outdoor season, he was part of 13 NCAA indoor and outdoor track & field and cross country team titles and 17 SEC "TEAM" Championships. At Blinn Junior College his team was voted the "Outstanding Team" at the Texas Relays and the 1992 team also added the crown of "USA Men's National Relay Ranking Champions" according to Track and Field News. In 1993 Silvey's team was honored as the nations "Top Dual Meet" Track Team according to Track & Field News. His Blinn team's won 15 National Championships! Coach Silvey has also coached at the University of Oregon, Texas A&M University, Texas Tech and Mississippi State University!