Rose Monday​

Rose Monday was an elite middle-distance track athlete before becoming coach of the University of Texas at San Antonio. Her success coaching the Roadrunners helped make her a three-time Olympic coach among other notable coaching roles.​

Before coaching, Monday excelled on the track herself. At Cal State Northridge, she was a member of three national championship relay teams and was an indoor national champion in the 800m in 1985. She qualified for the Olympic Trials in 1984, 1988 and 1992. She won gold in the 800m at the World Masters Championship in 2001. Monday arrived in San Antonio in 2000 while training for the World Masters Championship. While there, she was offered the women’s distance track and cross-country coaching job at UTSA. After her first year, she was given leadership over the men’s team as well. In 2004, she earned her first world team leadership role, being selected as assistant coach for the World Indoor Championship team in Budapest. Over her seven years with the Roadrunners, she was largely responsible for revitalizing the program.​

In 2007, Monday moved to coaching post-collegiate athletes full-time. She has been selected for the World Junior Games and World University Games, among others. In 2012, she received her first Olympic coaching bid as assistant women’s coach for USA Track and Field in London. In 2016, she returned in the same position for the Olympic games in Rio. In 2020, she was named as the head coach for women’s track and field for the Olympic Games in Tokyo.​