RALEIGH, N.C. -- Three-time Olympic gold-medal winner Marion Jones split with longtime coach Trevor Graham on Friday because of ''different opinions,'' and will work with Canadian Derek Hansen.

Jones had been coached by Graham since ending her college career at North Carolina in 1997, and became the first female track athlete to win five medals at one Olympics in Sydney in 2000.

''Trevor and I have had a good run and I will always have a lot of respect for him,'' Jones said in a statement released by her manager Friday. ''But we have different opinions about certain things and we seemed to be going in different directions. So, we decided it would probably be best for the both of us if we just moved on.''

Jones said Hansen, of Vancouver, British Columbia, has expertise in the ''biomechanics'' of sprinting and long jumping. Hansen has a masters degree in applied science from McGill University in Montreal, the statement said.

There was no word on whether her boyfriend and training partner, world 100-meter record holder Tim Montgomery, also would leave Graham.

Hansen is the director of the Vancouver-based SPS (Strength, Power, Speed) Athletic Training Group. The group lists as its clients or former clients the Milwaukee Bucks and Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA and the Canadian senior men's and women's field hockey teams, senior women's softball team and senior men's rugby team.

Jones was introduced to Graham by shot putter and then-assistant North Carolina coach C.J. Hunter. Hunter and Jones later married and have since divorced.

Jones this year became the first U.S. athlete in seven years to complete an undefeated season. She was flawless with 16 victories in the 100 meters, four wins in the 200 meters and one at 400. She skipped the long jump, her weakest event, but plans to take it up again next year.

Earlier this month, Jones received the 2002 Jesse Owens Award, presented annually to the outstanding U.S. male and female track and field athletes. Montgomery won the award for males.

Jones and Michael Johnson are the only athletes to win the Jesse Owens Award three times. Jones also won in 1997 and 1998.

Graham wished Jones well.

''I just want to say I had a wonderful time with Marion,'' Graham told The News & Observer of Raleigh. ''She is one of the greatest female athletes the world has ever seen, and I just wish her the best with her new coaching situation.''