Alan Webb Joins Portland State Coaching Staff

Alan Webb Joins Portland State Coaching Staff

Alan Webb is joining the coaching staff at Portland State University as a volunteer assistant.

Oct 4, 2018 by Lincoln Shryack
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U.S. mile record holder and Olympian Alan Webb has joined the coaching staff at Portland State as a volunteer assistant for the track and field and cross country teams. Webb will join a staff in Portland that includes 2016 Olympian and Bowerman Track Club athlete Colleen Quigley.

The 35-year-old Webb, who competed in the 2004 Olympic Games in the 1,500m and set the American record in the mile (3:46.91) in 2007, begins his second stint at PSU as a volunteer assistant, as he previously helped the Vikings during the 2013 season. He also served in a similar role at the University of Virginia in 2011 while training under then-UVA head coach Jason Vigilante.

Webb has expressed interest in becoming a college coach and has worked with the online coaching platform, RunDoyen. According to Ken Goe at the Oregonian, Webb has recently been coaching former Olympian Anthony Famiglietti through the platform.