My associate’s father, John Moogan, who has died aged 85, was a PE teacher, headteacher and worldwide javelin coach.
John attended two Olympic Video games as a coach, first with Tessa Sanderson in Montreal in 1976 after which in Los Angeles in 1984 with Sharon Gibson. He additionally took Sanderson to the 1978 Commonwealth Video games in Edmonton, Canada, the place she received gold, and the European championships the identical yr, the place she gained silver. From 1985 to 1988 John was Nice Britain’s nationwide coach for javelin.
He was born in Wolverhampton to John, an engineer, and his spouse, Leah (nee Potts) and was educated at St Chad’s school. Dwelling a brief stroll from Molineux, the house of Wolverhampton Wanderers, he grew to become a lifelong fan.
John skilled as a instructor at St Mary’s Faculty in Twickenham, south-west London, and took up his first instructing job in 1960 at Holy Trinity college in Bilston, West Midlands, earlier than an extra yr finding out PE at Chester Faculty. Throughout this time he met Ann Corrall, whom he married in 1965.
They settled in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and over the following years John taught at Francis Leveson college in Willenhall, the place he grew to become head of PE, at St Anthony’s college in Wolverhampton (1974-78), St Thomas Extra college in Walsall, the place he was deputy head, and eventually at St Joseph’s in Rugeley, Staffordshire, the place he was head till his retirement within the early Nineteen Nineties.
For nearly all of that point, from 1968 to 1987, John was senior membership coach at Wolverhampton and Bilston Athletics Membership, the place he started teaching Sanderson. He held quite a lot of different teaching positions at nationwide and regional degree, together with Midlands workers coach from 1970-75 and nationwide coach to the junior worldwide javelin squad from 1979 to 1985.
John’s motivation as a coach was a want to assist others fulfil their potential – all of the roles have been unpaid – and he made positive equal care and a spotlight was given to all his throwers. As one among his former worldwide athletes, Stephen Pearson, mentioned: “He coached us all, regardless of our talents, with the identical dedication.”
In retirement in Shrewsbury, John volunteered at a stroke rehabilitation centre and at native heritage websites, did fundraising for numerous charities and organised a breakfast membership for buddies who had misplaced their wives.
Ann died in April this yr. He’s survived by their three kids, Cate, John and my associate Kerri, and grandchildren Rachel, William, Oscar and Henry.
