| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Pfaff |
| Nationality | American |
| Born | July 1, 1954 |
| Sport | |
| Country |  United States of America |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Club | ALTIS |
Dan Pfaff is a track and field coach, who has coached national, world, and Olympic championship athletes.[ citation needed ]
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Pfaff started as a high school coach,[ citation needed ] and moved up to the college ranks starting at Wichita State University.[ citation needed ] He then served as a graduate assistant at the University of Houston from 1980-81 under Tom Tellez.[ citation needed ] Pfaff was then Women's Head Track and Field coach at UTEP from 1982-84.[ citation needed ] From 1985-94, he was the head field events coach at LSU, during which time the program won multiple national championships, including back to back men's and women's national titles from 1989-90.[ citation needed ] He then had assistant coaching stints at the University of Texas and the University of Florida.[ citation needed ].
Pfaff was hired to run the United States Olympic Training Center.[ citation needed ] In summer 2009, he was made head of the Lee Valley Athletics Centre by United Kingdom Athletics (UKA), to organise the coaching and training of the UK's athletes in the run-up to the 2012 London Olympics. He also coached and trained 10 athletes within the UKA programme. [1] Pfaff is currently one of the coaches for Altis, which is a professional track and field coaching staff as well as educational company. They are now based in Atlanta, Georgia. While Dan is listed as a coach, he is not involved in day to day coaching and currently resides in Austin, Texas. [2]