 He was named the U.S. National Coaching Director in [year] and led “Project ‘96”, a multi-disciplinary effort to put the most technologically and physiologically prepared team on the start line at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.Project ’96 led to major advances in aerodynamics – including the GT Superbike – as well as altitude training, heat acclimatization, and hyperoxic training.Many of the sports science advances made during Project ’96 are still in use at the elite and amateur levels of endurance sports.