Editing Wyomia Tyus (section)

== Post athletics ==
Tyus went on to coach at [[Beverly Hills High School]], and was a founding member of the [[Women's Sports Foundation]].

During the [[Richard Dawson]] era of ''[[Family Feud]]'', Tyus appeared with her family (1980). They won the $5,000 prize.<ref>{{Citation |title=Family Feud -- Samack vs. Tyus -- 1980 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6FOri_q0ZI |access-date=2023-09-25 |language=en}}</ref> In 1976, Tyus was inducted into the [[Georgia Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Wyomia Tyus | url=http://gshf.org/pdf_files/inductees/track_and_field/wyomia_tyus.pdf | website=[[Georgia Sports Hall of Fame]] | access-date=July 5, 2017 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719014441/http://gshf.org/pdf_files/inductees/track_and_field/wyomia_tyus.pdf | archive-date=July 19, 2011 }}</ref> In 1980, Tyus was inducted into the [[National Track and Field Hall of Fame]]. At the [[1984 Summer Olympics]], she was one of eleven athletes who carried in the [[Olympic Flag]] during the Opening Ceremony. In 1985, she was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wyomia Tyus|url=http://www.usatf.org/halloffame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=175|publisher=U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame|access-date=31 May 2017}}</ref>

In 1999, her hometown [[Griffin, Georgia]] honored her with the unveiling of the Wyomia Tyus Olympic Park.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wyomia Tyus Olympic Park|url=http://spaldingparksandrec.com/parks_wyomia_tyus_olympic.php|publisher=Spalding Parks and Recreation|access-date=31 May 2017}}</ref> The 2010 Breeder's World Cup featured a two-year-old filly racing horse bearing her namesake.<ref name=BH>{{cite web|last1=Biles|first1=Deidre B.|title=Track Star's Namesake a Breeders' Cup Runner|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/139599/track-stars-namesake-a-breeders-cup-runner|publisher=Bloodhorse|access-date=31 May 2017}}</ref> In 2018, she published the memoir ''Tigerbelle : the Wyomia Tyus story'', with co-author Elizabeth Terzakis; it is part of [[Dave Zirin]]'s ''Edge of Sports'' series.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Tyus|first1=Wyomia|title=Tigerbelle : the Wyomia Tyus story|oclc=1048941540}}</ref>