Daughter of Former NFL QB in Bid for Olympic Gold

Good genes goes a long way, especially when you’re a high jumper. Vashti Cunningham will be competing in the  high jump. Randall Cunningham, the former NFL quarterback, is his daughter’s coach. The father and daughter are in Tokyo this week as a tandem, aiming to bring their nation its first Olympic gold in the event this century.

And Vashti  believes that her relationship  with her father will pay off in Gold.

Vashti Cunningham is headed to the women's high jump finals! 🚀

(via @NBCOlympics)pic.twitter.com/K58V1xwKiR

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 5, 2021

Via Yahoo:

“Because he is my dad,” she affirms, “we are able to communicate better than if he was just another coach.”

Randall isn’t put off by any of it, because love underlies all of it. He values her perspective. And he likes the edginess. “I just want to laugh,” he says. “Because I know I would do the same thing.”

But Vashti’s never have. Her faith has never wavered. Because her coach has been by her side, often literally, for her entire life.

“I did not ever think that I would be coached by anybody else,” she says.

No longer on the field, Randall Cunningham has turned his focus towards his Olympian daughter, who he continues to support and push to help achieve her goals and dreams in the Olympics!

Meet Vashti Cunningham, who continues to blaze a trail to Olympic greatness.👋 pic.twitter.com/0sGOJqiTNf

— Sunday Night Football on NBC (@SNFonNBC) August 5, 2021

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Pretty cool to see Randall coaching his daughter.

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