Mel Rosen
| Sport(s) | Track and field |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
March 24, 1928 The Bronx, New York |
| Alma mater | University of Iowa |
| Playing career | |
| 1947–1950 | Iowa Hawkeyes |
| Position(s) | Middle distance runner |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1963–1991 | Auburn Tigers (HC since 1965) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
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Melvin "Mel" Rosen (born March 24, 1928) is an American former track coach.
He was head coach of the Auburn University Tigers track team for 28 years, from 1963 to 1991, during which time the team won four consecutive Southeastern Conference (SEC) Indoor Track & Field Championships, from 1977 to 1980, and an outdoor track & field championship in 1979.
Rosen is Jewish, was born in The Bronx, New York, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from the University of Iowa, where he was a middle distance runner, in 1950.
Rosen then coached at University of Iowa as an assistant for three years, while earning a master's degree and beginning work on a doctorate which he then continued to study for at Auburn. In addition, he served two years in the Army at Fort Benning, Georgia, where he was track coach for the post.
Rosen joined Auburn in 1955, as an assistant professor in the university's physical education department, and as an assistant track coach. He was in charge of the school's distance and relay teams until 1964, when he became head coach.
In 1978, Rosen was named the SEC and NCAA Coach of the Year, in both indoor and outdoor competition. That year his team placed second at the SEC outdoor, fifth at the NCAA outdoor, first at the SEC indoor, and second at the NCAA indoor meets. His teams finished in the top ten at both the NCAA indoor and outdoor championships for four consecutive years (1976–79). He was again named NCAA Indoor Coach of the Year in 1980, and SEC Indoor Coach of the Year in 1985.
During his coaching career he coached 7 Olympians and 143 All-Americans.
After the 1991 season, he left as Auburn's track coach to become head coach of the 1992 U.S. Men’s Olympic Track Team. He had been assistant coach for the 1984 Olympic Team, and head coach of the 1987 Outdoor World Championships team.
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