After retiring from competition he became a coach. He was coach of the Nigerian track and field team at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, and head coach at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He was coach of Angelo Taylor, the gold medalist in the 400m hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics, coach of Chris Brown, the fourth-place finisher in the 400m at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Egbunike is currently the head coach of Pasadena City College's track and field team.
Egbunike is good friends with former Kansas City Chiefs' running back Christian Okoye and met him when they were both training for Nigeria's national track and field team. While at Asuza Pacific, he told coaches about Okoye's ability in the discus and they decided to offer Okoye a scholarship for track and field.[3]
References
^"History - Track and Field - Cougar Athletics - Azusa Pacific University". Apu.edu. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
^"NAIA men's outdoor track and field" (PDF). naiahonors.com. 6 January 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
^"A Bruiser from Asuza". si.com. 27 April 1987. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
innocent, egbunike, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, especially, p. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Find sources Innocent Egbunike news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Innocent Ejima Egbunike born 30 November 1961 is a former sprinter from Nigeria Innocent EgbunikePersonal informationBorn30 November 1961Medal record Men s AthleticsRepresenting NigeriaOlympic Games1984 Los Angeles 4x400 m relayWorld Championships1987 Rome 400 mAll Africa Games1987 Nairobi 400 mSummer Universiade1983 Edmonton 200 mHe studied at Azusa Pacific University where he still holds the school record at 400 metres 1 and the automatically timed NAIA meet record at 200 metres 2 Contents 1 Medals 2 Post athletics 3 Achievements 4 Personal bests 5 Personal life 6 References 7 External linksMedals EditAt the 1985 Summer Universiade he won the 400 metres At the regional level he won the 1987 All Africa Games as well as three gold medals at the African Championships He won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay in Los Angeles 1984 He finished sixth in the final of the individual 400 metres contest Four years later in Seoul he placed fifth In addition he won a silver medal in the 400 metres at the 1987 World Championships He also won the gold medal in the 200 metres at the 1983 Summer Universiade with a personal best of 20 42 seconds he followed this by finishing 6th in a world class field in the 200 metre final at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki He also won the Soviet 100 metres in 1983 Post athletics EditAfter retiring from competition he became a coach He was coach of the Nigerian track and field team at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics and head coach at the 2008 Summer Olympics He was coach of Angelo Taylor the gold medalist in the 400m hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics coach of Chris Brown the fourth place finisher in the 400m at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games Egbunike is currently the head coach of Pasadena City College s track and field team Achievements EditYear Competition Venue Position Event NotesRepresenting Nigeria1984 African Championships Rabat Morocco 1st 200 m 20 661987 All Africa Games Nairobi Kenya 1st 400 m 44 23Personal bests Edit100 metres 10 15 s 1984 200 metres 20 42 s 1983 400 metres 44 17 s 1987 Commonwealth Record until the 2012 Olympic final 800 metres 1 51 1 min 1986 Personal life EditEgbunike is good friends with former Kansas City Chiefs running back Christian Okoye and met him when they were both training for Nigeria s national track and field team While at Asuza Pacific he told coaches about Okoye s ability in the discus and they decided to offer Okoye a scholarship for track and field 3 References Edit History Track and Field Cougar Athletics Azusa Pacific University Apu edu Retrieved 27 September 2010 NAIA men s outdoor track and field PDF naiahonors com 6 January 2009 Retrieved 23 August 2019 A Bruiser from Asuza si com 27 April 1987 Retrieved 3 February 2018 External links EditInnocent Egbunike at World Athletics Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Innocent Egbunike amp oldid 1115720363, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
