Rana Reider
Born (1970-07-08) July 8, 1970[1]
United States
Education
Occupation(s)Track and field coach

Rana Reider (born July 8, 1970) is an American track and field coach who specializes in the sprints, long and triple jumps. He has worked with multiple athletes and has produced Olympic gold medalists, Christian Taylor, Andre De Grasse, Bryan Clay and Tianna Bartoletta.

Rieder currently is a coach for Tumblewood Track Club in Jacksonville, Florida.

Early life

Reider was born in grew up in Corona with four brothers. He attended Norco High School where he was a soccer player as well as a triple jumper. Reider attended his first coaching clinic as a senior in high school. After graduating high school he attended Riverside City College for four years where he continued to be a triple jumper and also worked as an assistant to coach Ted Banks. Reider then attended California Baptist University where he also coached. He graduated in 1997 with a degree in kinesiology.[2][3]

Career

After gaining coaching experience at smaller colleges, Reider was hired as a coach at big universities which included University of Florida, Kansas State University and Clemson University. It was at the University of Florida that Reider met Christian Taylor.[2][3]

In 2011, USA Track & Field named Reider the coach of the year for getting three athletes to medal at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics.[2]

Reider has also worked as coach outside the U.S. and was required to relocate. Austria hired him in preparation for the 2012 Summer Olympics. From 2013 to 2014, Reider coached athletes for the United Kingdom in Loughborough. When he requested for athlete's to move from London to Loughborough, he was negatively received. Reider later would criticize the UK's system and states its athletes have a mindset of not wanting to step out of their comfort zone which limits them. In late 2014, he worked as a coach for the Netherlands at the National Sports Centre Papendal training athletes such as Dafne Schippers. Some of the athletes he coached from Britain such as Adam Gemili, Martyn Rooney, Shara Proctor and Tiffany Porter all moved to the Netherlands to continue training under him.[2][4][5][6]

In November 2021, Reider was under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct by the U.S. Center for SafeSport. There were claims that Rieder had an affair with an 18-year-old British female athlete back in 2014 when he was 44. UK Athletics told its athletes to cease all dealings with him. In addition he was not allowed to coach unless supervised by another adult and was also not allowed to contact certain individuals.[6][7][8][9]

In July 2022, Reider was ejected from the 2022 World Athletics Championships by the police after he gained unauthorized access.[10]

In May 2023 after 18 months, the investigation was completed and Redier was given a one-year probation. Reider admitted that the affair was real but it was consensual.[8][9]

Notable athletes coached

USA

UnitedKingdom

Canada

Netherlands

China

Japan

Personal life

Reider is married to his wife Cyndie who was a soccer player at Norco High School. They have two boys.[2]

Reider has four brothers. One of them is a principal at Susan B. Anthony Elementary School.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Who is Rana Reider: the speed guru and Marcell Jacobs' new coach for the 2024 Paris Olympics". Archysport. September 25, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Soifer, Jerry (June 28, 2016). "TRACK: Norco grad Reider hopes nomadic road will reach Rio". Press Enterprise. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Rana Reider Added As Assistant Women's Track & Field Coach". Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Site. September 20, 2000. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Rana Reider questions British attitude to success". AW. September 22, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bloom, Ben (July 8, 2017). "Inside the camp of sprint guru Rana Reider: 'I don't have to be buddies with everyone - I am here to push them'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bloom, Ben (December 9, 2021). "UK Athletics let Rana Reider coach track stars despite alleged affair with 18-year-old British athlete". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  7. ↑ Sterling, Wayne (November 3, 2021). "Rana Reider, prominent track and field coach, under investigation over sexual misconduct complaints". CNN. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  8. 1 2 Roan, Dan (May 10, 2023). "Coach Reider given probation after investigation". BBC Sport. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  9. 1 2 Dickinson, Marley (May 11, 2023). "Sprint coach Rana Reider gets probation for sexual misconduct". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  10. 1 2 3 "Athletics-Sprint coach under investigation for misconduct ejected from worlds - reports". The Star. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  11. 1 2 "Inspired by Dwight Phillips, Taylor flies to triple jump glory | FEATURE | World Athletics". worldathletics.org.
  12. ↑ "Athlete. Writer. Rebel. Who is Tianna Bartoletta?". BBC Sport.
  13. 1 2 "Marcell Jacobs, Fred Kerley change coaches two years after Olympic 100m gold, silver". NBC Sports. September 25, 2023.
  14. ↑ Heroux, Devin (October 24, 2023). "Andre De Grasse makes coaching change, returns to Rana Reider who helped him win gold in Tokyo". CBC.
  15. 1 2 "Eastern Rising | SPIKES | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
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