Clyde Hart (born 1935) is the director of track and field at

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. Hart retired as head coach for the Baylor track program on June 14, 2005 after 42 years with the program. Hart is primarily known as the only coach to have instructed Michael Johnson, the gold medal winner in the individual 400 meters at the

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and

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Hart also recruited and coached

Jeremy Wariner Jeremy Matthew Wariner (born January 31, 1984) is a retired American track athlete specializing in the 400 meters. He has won four Olympic medals (three gold, one silver) and six World Championships medals. He is the fourth fastest competito ...

and Darold Williamson to gold medals in the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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— Wariner in the individual 400 meters, and both in the 4x400 meter relay. Wariner and Hart briefly parted ways in 2008, reuniting a year late

Another one of his pupils,

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, won bronze at the

in Sydney, and he currently coaches

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, the top-ranked female 400 runner in the world in 2007 and the 2012 Summer Olympics gold medalist. Hart was a state champion sprinter at

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and graduated from Baylor University in 1956 with a Bachelor's degree and later the University of Arkansas with a Master's degree. He is married to Maxine Hart.

Awards and accolades

In 2017, Hart was awarded the Legend Coach Award by

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