1. Dan Steele was born on March 20,1969 and is an American bobsledder and track and field athlete who competed from the early 1990s to 2002.
13 Facts About Dan Steele
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Dan Steele was recently one of the most successful collegiate track and field coaches in America.
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Dan Steele even finished eighth in the decathlon at the 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville, Spain.
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Dan Steele earned a silver medal at the 1999 Pan Am Games.
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In 1993, Dan Steele moved from Illinois to Eugene, Oregon to train full-time in track and field.
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In between coaching stints, Dan Steele competed in bobsleigh for the US both in 1998 and 2002.
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In 2009 Dan Steele was named the National Men's Coach of the Year for helping lead the Oregon men to an NCAA Indoor title.
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Dan Steele was named the West Region Women's Coach of the Year in 2009 for helping lead the Oregon women to their first Pacific-10 title since 1992.
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Dan Steele has guided athletes to eight individual NCAA titles, 24 conference titles, 31 All-America honors, 32 school records, five Pac-10 team titles, and one NCAA team title.
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Dan's twin brother Darrin Steele is a bobsledder who competed in the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics.
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On July 28,2017, Dan Steele nearly died from a massive hemorrhagic stroke.
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Dan Steele spent 2.5 months in the hospital relearning how to walk and talk.
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In 2021, Dan Steele published American Dan Steele, a memoir chronicling his life as an athlete, coach, and stroke survivor.