International copyright secured.īISAC: Fiction / Literary / Gay / Coming of Age Newly revised edition published as Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada 2018 then republished as Cody 2022 by Watersgreen House.Īll rights reserved. Published as Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada 2007 by Booksurge, Charleston. Mass-market edition published as Cody 1994 by Alyson, Boston.
Revised North American edition published as Cody 1987 by Alyson, Boston. Published as Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada 1983 by Spartacus, Amsterdam. He has been inducted into the Helms Foundation Track and Field Hall of Fame, the Drake Relays Hall of Fame, the Iowa Sports Hall of Fame and the USATF Minnesota Track and Field Hall of Fame. track coach for the first Pan-American Games in 1951 and was a founding member of the National Collegiate Basketball Coaches and Track Coaches Associations, serving as president of the track group. According to former Gopher discus All-American Byrl Thompson, Kelly’s immense success as a coach was the result of his unique ability to motivate people to perform at their highest level. Kelly was also a very successful football, basketball and baseball coach before he arrived at Minnesota. team collected the greatest number of gold medals (15) that any team had won since the revival of the games in 1896. During this intense Cold War era, the Soviets had been dominating track and field and American officials were disillusioned with US chances, but Kelly remained optimistic.
Doubt surfaced about whether he could coach the Olympic team. Another heart attack sidelined him in August. In April, Kelly suffered a heart attack but continued to coach the Gophers that spring through a car window. He created controversy by scheduling the Olympic trials in June rather than closer to the games. This dual responsibility, in addition to an autumn Olympics in Melbourne, put pressure on Kelly. He was the first person to serve as both the chairman of the Olympic track committee and as the head coach of the U.S.
While his greatest success at the “U” came in 1949, perhaps the defining year of Kelly’s career came in 1956. In 1956, Kelly was honored as the national Coach of the Year. Responsible for leading the Gophers program to prominence, Kelly coached 36 Big Ten individual champions, seven NCAA champions and a total of 15 All-Americans. He also coached Minnesota to its first Big Ten Championship in 1949. One of the outstanding track and field coaches of his time, Jim Kelly guided the Golden Gopher men’s track and field team to its only national championship in 1948.
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