Sheldon Blockburger
A few weeks ago, University of Arizona track coach Fred Harvey told me he was in the process of replacing assistant coach Matt McGee, who had accepted a raise to become the jumps coach at Texas. What Harvey didn’t say was that he was targeting USC jumps/decathlon coach Sheldon Blockburger, who is one of the handful of top assistant coaches, any sport, in UA history. Blockburger coached NCAA high jump champions Brigetta Barrett, Liz Patterson and Nick Ross at Arizona. He coached Jake Arnold to back-to-back NCAA decathlon championships. Talk about a coup. Blockburger coached 11 NCAA champions in 10 seasons with the Wildcats. Chapter 2 promises to be productive.
