Armando "Mando" Siqueiros, the coach behind Jordan Hasay : Speakers & Interviews

wow, he is a great coach. a great motivator. really.

To not give her coach credit is poppy, Do you think a race horse can win the Kentucky derby without thoughtful preparation. I have been a fan of The University of Oregon track and field team for a good many years, and when I read your comments about how Jordan has gotten as far as she has on her own, I thought, "How ignorant can you be" Find another topic to comment about, because you obviously don't know anything about training technique's.
Billy Bowerman of the Ducks, Bill Dellenger, Vin Lannana, coach Steele, will help guide her to the next level. Granted she is a human ball of clay with much potential (you do have to have that element) but coaching is very important. Sad, sad, sad.

Hehehe... speculation.
What's not speculation is what Ms Jordan herself has said about her coach.
She's a great talent of course. But her own words on what she's learned from "Mando" would be pretty much contrary to your thoughts.

In any case it's been a pleasure watching this young lady progress and I too think she'll be the different high school phenom who makes it to the top tiers of competition.

Watch this 8 minute plus NBC tape on YouTube: "Jordan Hasay Olympic Trials 1500 m Track & Field Record" and show me another coach who's been there, done that! This runner/coach relationship has been one of a kind.
Also for those interested, her State Meet 3200 against Laurenne Chetelat has just been added to YouTube. Copy and paste to YouTube search.
(There are 3 parts):
"2008 CA State Championships Girls 3200M Part 1 of 3"

great interview. coach mando seems really cool.

There are so many pitfalls for a young runner coming up. Mando gave her direction, goals, and patience. I liked hearing he had to slow her down a little. He made a good point about where the state champions, footlocker champions end up. Where are most all of them now?

I'll give the guy his credit for being smart and all. But Jordan wasn't really his doing. He even admits that she was exceptionally fast upon her arrival at his school. A middle school girl running a 6 mile route will sooner or later beat out girls her age. I think the magic behind Jordan lies within that young lady. I don't detect anything in the video that indicates him making Hasey a better runner. For all we know, Jordan is still running off of naive talent and only doing this guy's workouts for show.

When I saw coach Siqueiros was interviewed I became very excited. Good job flotrack for interviewing people we would love to hear from.

sounds like a great guy!!

She was still a little crazy-fast (5:02) (11:08 at the 2) early in that first season. Teresa, her mom, had to come on the course and help her off. It was really warm too, unusual for the "farm". You have to understand that in the races she had run prior to HS, the Foot Locker Jr. High race at Mt. SAC (about 3K), the Jr. Olympics in Indianapolis (1500,3000) during the summer, she was tuned to that pace. She set records in all of those races! At the Stanford Invite XC race, she simply tried to hold that pace for the whole 3 miles. That didn't scare her at all I think. By the time she returned to Mt. SAC for the Foot Locker West as a high schooler she was putting those digital clocks at the mile markers to good use. A lot of coaches, myself included, were standing at the mile mark with our watches on her. 5:22 at the mile and we're all smiling! She was going up the "switchback" hill and nobody else in the race had a prayer of catching her.

I remember when my brother and I asked some Footlocker officials if Jordan could run in the high school race. Her parents asked her if she wanted to do it and she just smiled and shake her head yes. this was when she was in 8th grade - the officials said nooo. For a few minutes, we all thought that they were going to allow her to do it.

Had a chance to meet his son and wife at the Foot Locker in San Diego. Very nice folks. Jordan hadn't signed with anyone yet but Oregon Coach Vin Lannana, his distance coach Andy Powell, AJ Acosta and his dad, Danny and Diego Mercado were there. I pointed out Coach Vin to Mrs. Siqueiros and told her who he was. I brought my Oregon XC shirt down for some autographs. Got them all! That's the shirt I break out to wear on PAC-10 Championship and NCAA Championship days. Obviously it's a very lucky shirt!

I remember stanford freshmen year, that was the first time I had seen jordan. I was standing at the mile mark and this freshmen blasts through the mile at 5:02; the most stunning moment of my life. A couple hundred meters from the finish she had nothing left and collapsed.

is he speaking anywhere this summer?

Really enjoyed listening to him talk. Seems calm, calculated and relaxed -- perfect for Hasay during the transition from HS to College.

Mando was my doctor as a kid!

Omg arrogant???? please get a clue, how do you contrive arrogance in anything she has said in any of her interviews...please, don't label people because of their success.

Hasay is extremely arrogant. Good thing Mando is there to keep her level headed.

man, how does an athlete with crazy talent just happen to meet up with someone with crazy coaching ability at such a small high school and at exactly the right time...

this really makes me want to believe in fate haha

cool story! wish I had him as my coach

Hot and Rainy Days!!!???? It's Cali! Please!

What an incredible person, would make an excellent D1 coach!!

Wow. Seems like a great guy. I commend him for looking at Jordan's future and making that the focus of all of her training and success. He sets a healthy standard for high school coaches of young female distance runners.

Nice demeanor - gradual building blocks is what she needed and that is what she got. great job!

awsome interview.