# Jim Bush > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jim_Bush > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jim_Bush.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bush > Source revision: 1305906269 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American track and field coach}} {{use mdy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Jim Bush | image = JimBush.jpg | alt = | caption = Jim Bush at the 2011 Jim Bush Southern California [USATF](/source/USATF) Championships at [Mt. San Antonio College](/source/Hilmer_Lodge_Stadium) in [Walnut, California](/source/Walnut%2C_California) | current_title = | current_team = | current_conference = | current_record = | contract = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|09|15}} | birth_place = [Cleveland, Ohio](/source/Cleveland%2C_Ohio), U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|07|10|1926|09|15}} | death_place = [Culver City, California](/source/Culver_City%2C_California), U.S. | alma_mater = [Bakersfield College](/source/Bakersfield_College)
[University of California](/source/University_of_California) | player_years1 = | player_team1 = | player_positions = | coach_years1 = 1952-1953 | coach_team1 = [Berkeley High School](/source/Berkeley_High_School_(Berkeley%2C_California)) | coach_years2 = 1954-1959 | coach_team2 = [Fullerton Union High School](/source/Fullerton_Union_High_School) | coach_years3 = 1959-1961 | coach_team3 = [Fullerton College](/source/Fullerton_College) | coach_years4 = 1962 | coach_team4 = [Occidental College](/source/Occidental_College) | coach_years5 = 1991-1994 | coach_team5 = [University of Southern California](/source/University_of_Southern_California) | admin_years1 = | admin_team1 = | overall_record = | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = | CFBHOF_year = | CFBHOF_id = | BASKHOF_year = | BASKHOF_id = | CBBASKHOF_year = | CBASEHOF_year = | WBHOF = | FIBA_HOF_player = | uslaxhof_year = | canlaxhof = | nllhof = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = | module = | module2 = }} '''James Stanley Bush''' (September 15, 1926 – July 10, 2017) was a [National Track and Field Hall of Fame](/source/National_Track_and_Field_Hall_of_Fame){{cite web|url=http://www.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=26|title=Hall of Fame|publisher=USATF|date=September 15, 1926|accessdate=October 11, 2019}} [track and field](/source/track_and_field) coach. He was known primarily for his coaching tenure at the [University of California, Los Angeles](/source/University_of_California%2C_Los_Angeles) from 1964 to 1984. During that time, his teams won five [NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship](/source/NCAA_Men's_Outdoor_Track_and_Field_Championship)s (1966, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978 (tied with [UTEP](/source/University_of_Texas%2C_El_Paso)) and he coached 30 Olympians. Born in [Cleveland, Ohio](/source/Cleveland%2C_Ohio), he grew up in [Bakersfield, California](/source/Bakersfield%2C_California), a 1943 graduate of [Kern County Union High School](/source/Bakersfield_High_School), he volunteered to serve in the Navy and was a Navy Aviator in South East Asia. After the War he went to [Bakersfield College](/source/Bakersfield_College) for two years, then on to the [University of California](/source/University_of_California), where he ran the [440](/source/440_yards) and [high hurdles](/source/high_hurdles), graduating in 1951. Bush coached over a span of 43 years. He began at [Berkeley High School](/source/Berkeley_High_School_(Berkeley%2C_California)) in 1952 right out of college down the street. After a year, he was hired at [Fullerton Union High School](/source/Fullerton_Union_High_School) where he coached until 1959, when he moved down the street and up the ladder to [Fullerton College](/source/Fullerton_College) where he turned the program from worst to first in its conference. His second year, his team won the Southern California and [State](/source/California_Community_College_Athletic_Association) title. In 1962, he was hired at [Occidental College](/source/Occidental_College) where he beat UCLA three years in a row. When UCLA's legendary coach [Ducky Drake](/source/Elvin_C._Drake) retired, Bush was recruited to be his replacement. In addition to the collegiate athletes, he worked with other individual athletes after leaving UCLA. He also was a speed advisor to Los Angeles professional teams including the [Dodgers](/source/Los_Angeles_Dodgers), [Kings](/source/Los_Angeles_Kings), [Lakers](/source/Los_Angeles_Lakers) and [Raiders](/source/Oakland_Raiders).{{cite web|url=http://masterstrack.com/ucla-coaching-legend-jim-bush-regales-striders-with-stories-of-yore/|title=UCLA coaching legend Jim Bush regales Striders with stories of yore|website=masterstrack.com|date=November 21, 2010|accessdate=October 11, 2019}} His work with Raiders and their star [Marcus Allen](/source/Marcus_Allen) earned him a [Super Bowl ring](/source/Super_Bowl_ring). He also has a World Series ring with the Dodgers baseball team and an NBA championship ring with the Lakers basketball team. He narrowly missed a National Hockey League ring with the Kings when they placed second place. In 1991, he returned to collegiate coaching at crosstown rival [University of Southern California](/source/University_of_Southern_California) until he retired in 1994. Among the athletes he coached in that time were [Wayne Collett](/source/Wayne_Collett), [John Smith](/source/John_Smith_(sprinter)), [Benny Brown](/source/Benny_Brown), [Greg Foster](/source/Greg_Foster_(hurdling_athlete)), [Willie Banks](/source/Willie_Banks), [John Brenner](/source/John_Brenner_(athlete)), [Andre Phillips](/source/Andre_Phillips), [David O. Carter](/source/David_O._Carter), [Arnd Krüger](/source/Arnd_Kr%C3%BCger), [Roger Johnson](/source/Roger_Johnson_(hurdler)), [Bob Day](/source/Bob_Day_(athlete)), and [Quincy Watts](/source/Quincy_Watts). He famously kicked then world record holder [Dwight Stones](/source/Dwight_Stones) off of his team when Stones wanted to limit his participation to three meets. He was the head coach of the United States team at the [1979 Pan American Games](/source/1979_Pan_American_Games). He was elected into the TAC (now called the [USATF](/source/USA_Track_%26_Field)) [National Track and Field Hall of Fame](/source/National_Track_and_Field_Hall_of_Fame) in 1987. He is also a member of the Fullerton High School, Fullerton College, [Kern County](/source/Kern_County), Bakersfield College, Occidental College,{{cite journal|url=https://www.oxyathletics.com/halloffame/trackandfield/HOF|title=Occidental College Track and Field Hall of Fame - Occidental|website=Oxyathletics.com|accessdate=October 11, 2019|archive-date=September 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912015743/https://oxyathletics.com/halloffame/trackandfield/HOF|url-status=dead}} UCLA, [Mt. SAC Relays](/source/Mt._SAC_Relays) and the United States Track Coaches Association Halls of Fame{{cite web|url=http://www.ustfccca.org/ustfccca-hall-of-fame/ustfccca-hall-of-fame-class-of-1996/jim-bush-ustfccca-class-of-1996|title=Jim Bush, USTFCCCA Class of 1996 |website=Ustfccca|date=July 10, 2017|accessdate=October 11, 2019}} (an organization he was previously president of). The Southern California Association USATF Championship meet is named in his honor, as is the championship award for the [110 metre hurdles](/source/110_metre_hurdles) at that meet. Bush died of [prostate cancer](/source/prostate_cancer) in Culver City, California on July 10, 2017, at the age of 90.{{cite news|url=http://www.uclabruins.com/news/2017/7/10/track-field-ucla-mourns-passing-of-jim-bush.aspx|title=UCLA Mourns Passing of Jim Bush|date=July 10, 2017|website=uclabruins.com|accessdate=October 11, 2019}}{{cite news|author=Litsky, Frank|title=Jim Bush, Title-Winning Track Coach at U.C.L.A., Dies at 90|work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|date=July 11, 2017|page=B11}}{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/la-sp-jim-bush-dies-20170710-story.html|author=Wharton, David|title=Legendary track coach Jim Bush dies at 90|newspaper=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)|date=March 17, 2012|accessdate=October 11, 2019}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{USATF Hall of Fame|id=26}} {{UCLA Bruins track and field coach navbox}} {{USC Trojans track and field coach navbox}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bush, Jim}} Category:1926 births Category:2017 deaths Category:American track and field coaches Category:Cal State Fullerton Titans track and field coaches Category:Occidental Tigers track and field coaches Category:UCLA Bruins track and field coaches Category:USC Trojans track and field coaches Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni Category:Sports coaches from Cleveland Category:Sports coaches from California Category:Deaths from prostate cancer in California Category:Track and field people from California Category:Fullerton Union High School alumni --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jim Bush](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bush) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bush?action=history)). 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