Francis was insistent in providing a place (now the Charlie Francis Archives Forum) for people to discuss the results he spent his life accomplishing. Francis insisted a forum for sharing ideas would be provided free of charge to allow anyone to participate.

This decade long discussion, which ended up encompassing more than 1 million posts with over 10,000 from Coach Francis alone, has launched the careers of many interested sprinters, coaches and students who all had one thing in common – the desire to run fast.