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2004 Olympic Sailing Team Coaching Staff


Supporting our Olympic sailors this summer in Greece is an ace coaching staff.  At its core are the US Sailing Team’s full-time coaches:  Gary Bodie, Luther Carpenter and Skip Whyte. Throughout each quadrennium, they carry out the mission of the Olympic Sailing Committee: to help members of the US Sailing Team reach the elite level and prepare for competition at the Olympic Games through training on and off the water. Up until the Games, coaching is mostly about developing dedicated training regimens, along with independent racing skills and individual program management.  At the Olympics it is also about bringing the U.S. Olympic Sailing Team together as a cohesive, well-armed unit and insuring smooth and seamless racing from the first day of competition onward.

Gary Bodie
US Sailing Team Head Coach: since September 1998
Age:  48
Birthplace:  Norfolk, VA
Hometown:  Hampton, VA
College: California Institute of Technology, BS Engineering '78
Coaching Background: 
Head Coach at the 2000 Olympic Games,
1999 Pan Am Games,
2001 & 2002 Laser World Championships,
and 2001 & 2002 Yngling World Championships
Luther Carpenter
US Sailing Team Coach: since 1990
Age:  42
Birthplace:  Atlanta, GA
Hometown:  New Orleans, LA
College:  L.S.U.
Significant Achievements: 
US SAILING’s 1996 Coach of the Year, Carpenter singlehandedly developed the talent pool in the Europe class once it was named an Olympic class in 1988, and was directly responsible for the U.S. being the only country to medal in this class both in Barcelona and Savannah.
Europe Coach at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games
Head Coach at the 1989-2002 Europe World Championships
Head Coach at the 1997-2002 49er World Championships
Skip Whyte
US Sailing Team Coach:  since 1992
Age:  55
Birthplace:  Providence, RI
Hometown:  Warren, RI
College:  University of Rhode Island, graduated 1972, BA Chemistry/Secondary Education.
Coaching Background:  Boston University 1976-1985, 1992-96; MIT 1989-1992
470 Coach at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games
Head Coach at the 1993-2002 470 World Championships
Jay Glaser
Position:  Tornado Coach
Age: 50
Birthplace:  Santa Monica, Calif
Hometown:  Long Beach, Calif.
 Significant Sailing Achievements:
1984 Tornado Olympic Silver Medallist; 1986 Goodwill Games Silver Medallist.
Coaching Background:  Tornado Coach at the 2000 Olympic Games
Pierre Jeangirard
Position:  Mistral Men & Women’s Coach
Age:  49
Birthplace:  Paris, France
Hometown:  Bishop, Calif.
Coaching Background:  Mistral Coach at the 2000 Olympic Games
James Lyne
Position:  Finn Coach
Age:  34
Birthplace:  Great Britain
Hometown:  Warren, Vermont
Coaching Background:  GBR National Coach at the 1996 Olympic Games
2001-2003 GBR Challenge for the America's Cup (member of technical group)
US Finn Coach at the 2003 World Championships in Cadiz, Spain
Tony Rey
Position: Yngling Coach
Age:  36
Birthplace: Washington, D.C.
Hometown:  Portsmouth, R.I.
Significant Achievements: 
1990 College Sailing All-American,  1995 Match Racing World Champion