Bill bowerman nike biography



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    Bill Bowerman

    American track and field coach and co-founder of Nike, Inc

    William Jay Bowerman (February 19, 1911 – December 24, 1999) was an American track and field coach and co-founder of Nike, Inc.[1] Over his career, he trained 31 Olympic athletes, 51 All-Americans, 12 American record-holders, 22 NCAA champions and 16 sub-4 minute milers.[2]

    Bowerman disliked being called a coach,[3] and during his 24 years at the University of Oregon, the Ducks track and field team had a winning season every year but one, attained 4 NCAA titles, and finished in the top 10 in the nation sixteen times.

    As co-founder of Nike, he invented some of their top brands, including the Cortez and Waffle Racer, and assisted in the company moving from being a distributor of other shoe brands to one creating their own shoes in house.

    Early life

    Born in Portland, Oregon, Bowerman's father Jay was a former governor;[4] his mother, Elizabeth Hoover Bow