William J. Bowerman (born February 19, 1911 in Fossil, Oregon, died December 24, 1999) was an American track and field coach and co-founder of Nike, Inc. He was a very successful track and field coach, having trained 31 Olympic athletes, 51 All-Americans, 12 American record-holders, 24 NCAA champions, and 16 sub-4 minute milers. During his 24 years as coach at the University of Oregon, the track and field team had a winning season every season but one, … Wikipedia
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He was the co-founder and ultra-innovator of Nike, Inc., but the late Bill Bowerman was always a running man first. www.distancerunning.com/inductees/2002/bowerman.html
Phil Knight was a University of Oregon accounting student and a middle-distance runner under Bowerman. www.nike.com/nikebiz/nikebiz.jhtml?page=5&item=bill
This document is a biography of track and field coach Bill Bowerman. It is a page in the Biography section of HickokSports.com, the largest collection of sports information on the Internet. www.hickoksports.com/biograph/bowerman.shtml
