Rana Reider

Rana Reider (born July 8, 1970) is an American track and field coach, who specializes in coaching the sprinting events, long jump, and triple jump. Throughout his career, he has coached Christian Taylor, Andre De Grasse, Bryan Clay, Marcell Jacobs and Tianna Bartoletta, who collectively have won Olympic gold medals in six different events (100m, 200m, 4x100m, long jump, triple jump, and decathlon). Reider currently is a coach for Tumbleweed Track Club in Jacksonville, Florida.

Early life Reider grew up in Corona, California. He attended Norco High School where he was a soccer player as well as a triple jumper. Reider attended his first coaching clinic while still in high school, in his senior year. After high school he attended Riverside City College for four years where he continued to be a triple jumper and also worked as an assistant to coach Ted Banks. Reider then attended California Baptist University where he also coached. He graduated in 1997 with a degree in kinesiology.

Career After gaining coaching experience at smaller colleges, Reider was hired as a coach at several big universities which included the University of Florida, Kansas State University and Clemson University. It was at the University of Florida that Reider met Christian Taylor.

In November 2021, Reider was under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct by the U.S. Center for SafeSport. There were claims that Reider had an affair with an 18-year-old British female athlete back in 2014 when he was 44. UK Athletics told its athletes to end all contact with him. In addition, he was not allowed to coach unless supervised by another adult and was also prohibited from contacting certain individuals. In July 2022, Reider was ejected by the police from Hayward Field that hosted the 2022 World Athletics Championships after he gained unauthorized access to the premises. In May 2023, after 18 months the investigation was completed and Reider was given a one-year probation. Reider admitted that the affair was real, but claimed it was consensual.

Notable athletes coached

USA

Christian Taylor Dwight Phillips Marvin Bracy

Netherlands

Dafne Schippers Wei Yongli

Personal life Reider is married to his wife Cyndie who was a soccer player at Norco High School. They have a son and daughter.

Reider has four brothers who grew up with him in Corona. One of them is a principal at Susan B. Anthony Elementary School.