American Swimming Coaches Association

The American Swimming Coaches Association, or ASCA, is a professional organization for Swimming coaches in the USA. It was founded in 1958 and is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.^[1]

ASCA provides education opportunities for swimming coaches, including running and participating at clinics both within and outside the USA.^[2]

Honors/Awards[]

Hall of Fame[]

ASCA annually inducts selected coaches into its own Hall of Fame, as part of the annual ASCA World Clinic. Members of the ASCA Hall of Fame (and year of induction) are:^[3]

(pre-2003)
(2016)
Bill Bachrach (pre-2003)
Ron Ballatore (2009)
(2015)
(pre-2003)
Jack Bauerle (2010)
(pre-2003)
Paul Blair (2008)
(2011)
Ernst Brandsten (pre-2003)
(pre-2003)
George Breen (2016)
Bob Bowman (2010)
(2015)
Harry Burke (pre-2003)
Frank Busch (2008)
Ray Bussard (2008)
(pre-2003)
(pre-2003)
Sherm Chavoor (pre-2003)
(pre-2003)
Jack Cody (pre-2003)
(2006)
Doc Counsilman (pre-2003)
Peter Daland (pre-2003)
(2015)

(pre-2003)
(2004)
(2011)
Jim Ellis (2019)
(2004)
(2015)
(2014)
(2012)
Jean Freeman (2011)
(pre-2003)
Don Gambril (pre-2003)
(2009)
(2013)
George Haines (pre-2003)
(pre-2003)
Dick Hannula (2004)
(2010)
Karen Moe Humphreys (2012)
(2004)
(2005)
Skip Kenney (2005)
(2008)
(pre-2003)
(2015)
Peter Malone (2009)
Matt Mann (pre-2003)
David Marsh (2010)

(2019)
(2007)
(2019)
Teri McKeever (2014)
(pre-2003)
(2005)
(2011)
(pre-2003)
(2005)
Phil Moriarty (2009)
(2014)
(2018)
Jack Nelson (2009)
Richard Papenguth (pre-2003)
(2019)
Bill Peak (2007)
(pre-2003)
Clarence Pinkston (pre-2003)
Dennis Pursley (2006)
Richard Quick (2003)
Eddie Reese (2003)
Randy Reese (2003)
(2012)
(2018)
(pre-2003)
(pre-2003)
(2004)

Dave Salo (2010)
Soichi Sakamoto (pre-2003)
(pre-2003)
(pre-2003)
Mark Schubert (2003)
(2019)
(2009)
(pre-2003)
(2007)
(2005)
(2012)
(2018)
Mary Freeman Kelly Spitzer (2008)
Gus Stager (pre-2003)
(2016)
(2006)
(2013)
Penny Taylor (2013)
(pre-2003)
Nort Thornton Jr. (2003)
(pre-2003)
Gregg Troy (2012)
Jon Urbanchek (2004)
(2018)
(2011)
(2016)

Coach of the Year[]

Beginning in 1961, ASCA has annually award a Coach of the Year honor to "the individual whose coaching effective has contributed most toward American swimming excellence" on the international level.^[4] Beginning in 2015, the award was re-named the George Haines Coach of the Year award.

Year	Coach	for work with...
1961	Doc Counsilman
1962	Peter Daland
1963
1964	George Haines
1965	Don Gambril
1966	George Haines
1967	George Haines
1968	Sherm Chavoor
1969
1970
1971	Jim Montrella
1972	George Haines
1973
1974
1975	Mark Schubert
1976	Mark Schubert
1977	Paul Bergen
1978	Paul Bergen
1979	Randy Reese
1980	Dennis Pursley	Mary T. Meagher
1981	Mark Schubert
1982
1983		Rick Carey
1984	Randy Reese
1985	Nort Thornton	Matt Biondi
1986	Richard Quick
1987		Janet Evans
1988	Bud McAllister	Janet Evans
1989	Dick Shoulberg
1990	Jon Urbanchek
1991	Eddie Reese
1992	Richard Quick
1993	Skip Kenney
1994	honor removed
1995	Jon Urbanchek	Tom Dolan, Michigan's Men's NCAA title
1996
1997	Mark Schubert
1998	Richard Quick
1999	Richard Quick
1999	Mark Schubert
2000		Brooke Bennett
2001	Bob Bowman	Michael Phelps
2002	Teri McKeever	Natalie Coughlin
2003	Bob Bowman	Michael Phelps
2004	Eddie Reese	Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker
2005	Eddie Reese	Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker
2006	Eddie Reese	Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker
2007	Bob Bowman
2008	Bob Bowman
2009	Eddie Reese
2010	Gregg Troy	Ryan Lochte, Florida's Women's NCAA title
2011	Gregg Troy	Ryan Lochte
2012	Bob Bowman	Michael Phelps, Allison Schmitt
2013	Bruce Gemmell	Katie Ledecky
2014	Bruce Gemmell	Katie Ledecky
2015	Bruce Gemmell	Katie Ledecky
2016	Dave Durden	Nathan Adrian, Anthony Ervin, Ryan Murphy, Josh Prenot
2017	Ray Looze	Lilly King
2018	Greg Meehan	Katie Ledecky
2019		Regan Smith

References[]

^ ASCA's website: www.swimmingcoach.org; retrieved 2012-06-05.
^ Clinic page Archived 2012-05-04 at the Wayback Machine from the ASCA website; retrieved 2012-06-05.
^ ASCA Hall of Fame page Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine from the ASCA website (www.swimmingcoach.org); retrieved 2012-06-05.
^ Coach of the Year page Archived 2012-05-12 at the Wayback Machine from the ASCA website (www.swimmingcoach.org); retrieved 2012-06-05.

This swimming-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

This article about a sports-related organization based in the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[1] ASCA's website: www.swimmingcoach.org; retrieved 2012-06-05.

[2] Clinic page Archived 2012-05-04 at the Wayback Machine from the ASCA website; retrieved 2012-06-05.

[3] ASCA Hall of Fame page Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine from the ASCA website (www.swimmingcoach.org); retrieved 2012-06-05.

[4] Coach of the Year page Archived 2012-05-12 at the Wayback Machine from the ASCA website (www.swimmingcoach.org); retrieved 2012-06-05.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

hide Authority control
General	ISNI 1 VIAF 1 WorldCat
National libraries	United States Czech Republic