Institutions: Duke University

Al Buehler retired from Duke in 2000 after 45 years as a cross country and track coach. Buehler served as head manager for the U.S. Olympic Track & Field team for three Olympics: Munich, Los Angeles, and Seoul. He was president of the NCAA Track Coaches Association, chairman of the NCAA Track & Field Committee and meet director at U.S. Pan American Games, the USA - USSR meet, and the Martin Luther King Games. In 2002, he served as head coach of the U.S. Junior National Team. Buehler is a class of 2000 member of the Duke Athletics Hall of Fame and one of the few division I head track & field coaches who also teaches full time. Buehler is a full professor and chairman of the Health and Physical Education Department at Duke.