Jack Daniels (coach)
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| Born | Jack Tupper Daniels April 26, 1933 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | September 12, 2025 (aged 92) Cortland, New York, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Modern pentathlon | |||||||||||||||||
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Jack Tupper Daniels (April 26, 1933 – September 12, 2025) was an American exercise physiologist, running coach and a coach of Olympic athletes. Named "The World's Best Coach" by Runner's World magazine, he led SUNY Cortland runners to eight NCAA Division III National Championships, 31 individual national titles, and more than 130 All-America awards. Daniels outlined his training philosophies in the 1998 book, Daniels' Running Formula. He mentored and coached some of the top distance runners in the United States, including Jim Ryun, Joan Benoit, Ken Martin, Jerry Lawson, and Magdalena Lewy-Boulet.