Coach Kenneth Mapp

Assistant Track & Field Coach,
Highland Park High School, MI, 1967

A Tribute

written by Dr. Clifford Larkins


Photo/Coach Kenneth Mapp, 1967

Thank You Coach Kenneth Mapp

Michigan's Metropolitan Youth Fitness Games, 1962 and 1963

Clifford Larkins Competes for H.P. in the 50 Yard Dash, 1962 and the hop, step, and jump, 1963

          Like Coach Ranvir Singh, my college triple jump mentor, Coach Kenneth Mapp, my junior high school mentor was also instrumental in helping me to later set college records and attain All American status in the triple jump. Coach Mapp is the person who got it all started.
          I have written a short story in tribute to Mr. Mapp. If you would like to read and visualize how he got me started as a triple jumper, please click on the story's title below.
          A Lift To The Top (Short Story/Memoir)