He always said he would stay on the job until someone broke four minutes in the Wanamaker Mile.
The Wanamaker Mile was Hood's first major race on boards.
He has won the Wanamaker Mile seven times, a record, and he tried again.
This year, the Wanamaker Mile is scheduled for 8:57 p.m.
He will run in the showcase Wanamaker Mile, his first mile race as a professional.
Coghlan won the Wanamaker Mile seven times between 1977 and 1987.
The last event is the Wanamaker Mile, scheduled for 10:15 p.m.
The Wanamaker Mile was the last race in the five-hour program.
That person could be the biggest man in the Wanamaker Mile next Friday night.
He has won three world indoor championships and had never finished worse than second in his 10 previous Wanamaker Miles.