Teacher:In this task, you're given a sentence and your task is to generate a simplified sentence that focuses on lexical paraphrasing from the original sentence given in the input.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: william j. " bill " bowerman -lrb- february 19 , 1911 december 24 , 1999 -rrb- was an american track and field coach and co-founder of nike , inc.
Student:
william j. " bill " bowerman was an american track and field coach and co-founder of nike , inc.