Lloyd (Bud) Winter

San Jose State also won two NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championships in 1962 and 1963 and were runners-up in 1961.

Before joining SJSC, Winter coached Harold Davis at Hartnell College in Salinas, California to tying the world record in the 100 metres.

At SJSC, Winter's first success was Willie Steele, who went on to win the 1948 Olympic gold medal in the long jump.

California State Junior College sprint champion Bob “The Bullet” Poynter (later coach to Millard Hampton and Andre Phillips at Silver Creek High School) to give SJSC the top two sprinters in the world.

[11] In 2022, the university began raising funds to build a $25 million Speed City Legacy Center, including a replacement track, at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds nearby.

He wrote four books in total: Winter died on December 6, 1985 of a heart attack in Houston at the age of 76 after playing a game of Racquetball with Bert Bonanno,[3] one day before his induction into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.