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Collegiate coaches Andrew Valmon and Amy Deem are on track to lead U.S. athletics teams at the 2012 London Olympics, sources familiar with the process told Reuters on Tuesday.
Valmon coaches at the University of Maryland and Deem at the University of Miami.
A USA Track and Field (USATF) selection committee over the weekend voted to recommend the coaches in the second of a five-step process, athletics sources said.
USATF's competition committee, its board and the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) also are required to approve and confirm the recommendations.
Traditionally those groups have accepted the selection committee's recommendations, the sources said.
USATF president Stephanie Hightower confirmed the selection committee had met but would not discuss names.
"I would never want to usurp the USOC's authority to say who is on track and who is not," she told Reuters in a telephone interview from Columbus, Ohio.
It could be early next year before the names are announced, she said.
Valmon, 45, is in his eighth season as Maryland's track and field coach.
A 1988 and 1992 Olympic 4x400 metres relay gold medallist, he served as head coach of the U.S. men's team for this year's IAAF world indoor championships and was a men's assistant at the 2009 world outdoor championships.
Deem, Miami's director of track and field/cross country, has coached at the university since 1990.
The U.S. women's head coach at the 2007 world outdoor championships, she most recently led the Americas women's team at the IAAF Continental Cup in September. The team included athletes from North and Central America and the Caribbean.
Neither Valmon nor Deem could be reached for comment.
(Editing by Frank Pingue; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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