Team USA Olympic skeleton coach
Vermont Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Tuffy Latour helped coach Team USA's
Noelle Pikus-Pace to an Olympic silver medal and Matt Antoine to a bronze at
the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.
Latour, 45, a four-time Olympic coach from Saranac Lake, N.Y., who is attached to the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program, has led U.S. and Canadian athletes to six Olympic medals. He helped coach Team USA's Noelle Pikus-Pace to an Olympic silver medal and Katie Uhlaender to a fourth-place finish Friday night in the women's skeleton event. One day later, Latour led Matt Antoine to an Olympic bronze medal and John Daly to 15th place in men's skeleton. "He's a rock," Pikus-Pace said. "He's the absolute best coach I've ever had, whether it's track and field, skeleton, softball, basketball or soccer. "It's not just because of his coaching on the track," Pikus-Pace continued. "It's because of the sacrifice he makes for us. He puts his athletes first, and he cares so much about us. He's results-based and all about what will make us better as a team."
Latour, 45, a four-time Olympic coach from Saranac Lake, N.Y., who is attached to the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program, has led U.S. and Canadian athletes to six Olympic medals. He helped coach Team USA's Noelle Pikus-Pace to an Olympic silver medal and Katie Uhlaender to a fourth-place finish Friday night in the women's skeleton event. One day later, Latour led Matt Antoine to an Olympic bronze medal and John Daly to 15th place in men's skeleton. "He's a rock," Pikus-Pace said. "He's the absolute best coach I've ever had, whether it's track and field, skeleton, softball, basketball or soccer. "It's not just because of his coaching on the track," Pikus-Pace continued. "It's because of the sacrifice he makes for us. He puts his athletes first, and he cares so much about us. He's results-based and all about what will make us better as a team."
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Written by Tim Hipps (thanks Tim for
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