The American pair announced Tuesday that they have hired Dan Pfaff, the former coach of Canadian Olympic gold medallist Donovan Bailey of Oakville, Ont.
Bailey was the Olympic champion in the 100 metres at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games and is a former world record holder.
Pfaff, assistant coach at Texas the past seven years, will relocate from Austin, Texas, to work with Jones and Montgomery in Raleigh, N.C.
New mom Marion Jones has hired the services of coach Dan Pfaff to get her ready for the 2004 Athens Olympics.(AP File Photo)
Pfaff, 49, has been working with athletes at Texas on field events, which appears to indicate Jones -- who has dominated at 100 and 200 metres in recent years -- plans to refocus on the long jump as well as the sprints.
"We are extremely excited and looking forward to working with someone as experienced as Dan," Jones and Montgomery said in a statement released by Jones' publicist, Lewis Kay.
"We feel that Dan will bring an element to our training that we have never experienced before, particularly his expertise as a technician in the sprints as well as the long jump."
Pfaff will begin working immediately with Montgomery, who broke the world 100-metre record last year. Though Montgomery is considered a favourite heading into the world championships in Paris in August, he has been inconsistent this season.
Jones, meanwhile, will begin training in early September. She took this season off to have a baby, a boy who was born June 28. Jones is aiming to return to form by the 2004 Athens Games.
Jones won five medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Jones and Montgomery got into hot water earlier this year when they briefly worked with controversial Toronto sprint coach, Charlie Francis.
The pair abruptly ended their relationship with longtime coach Trevor Graham and then had a short relationship with Francis -- who was connected to steroid use by Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson in the 1980s.
Jones and Montgomery quickly ended their association with Francis after criticism from international and U.S. track officials.
with files from Associated Press
