21.   Dynamic and friendly with everybody, he was the college track coach and liked to talk to us kids.

22.   Ed Temple, the legendary track coach at Tennessee State, knew the Gilliams and had known Joe Jr. since he was a child.

23.   Ernest Jr. was a childhood sprint star, and as a teen-ager he began working with Kansas City Kansas Community College track coach Al Hobson.

24.   Elden Campbell hired a track coach over the summer.

25.   Even when he was a college track coach.

26.   Fargas visited with the UCLA track coaches Wednesday.

27.   For the past three off-seasons he has worked with Bob Kersee, the Olympic track coach, on a regimen emphasizing quick bursts and stamina.

28.   Former USC track coach Jim Bush did.

29.   Franklin track coach Steve Peters remembered him as a natural leader who showed up every day and became team co-captain.

30.   He had found what he had long been looking for from a track coach in St. Louis.