American Swimming Coaches Association
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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 US.[2]
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]
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 | Dick Smith | |
| 1964 | George Haines | |
| 1965 | Don Gambril | |
| 1966 | George Haines | |
| 1967 | George Haines | |
| 1968 | Sherm Chavoor | |
| 1969 | Jim Montrella | |
| 1970 | Don Watson | |
| 1971 | Jim Montrella | |
| 1972 | George Haines | |
| 1973 | Bob Miller | |
| 1974 | Dick Jochums | |
| 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 | Dick Shoulberg | |
| 1983 | John Collins | Rick Carey |
| 1984 | Randy Reese | |
| 1985 | Nort Thornton | Matt Biondi |
| 1986 | Richard Quick | |
| 1987 | Bud McAllister | 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 | Murray Stephens | |
| 1997 | Mark Schubert | |
| 1998 | Richard Quick | |
| 1999 | Richard Quick | |
| 1999 | Mark Schubert | |
| 2000 | Peter Banks | 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 | Mike Parratto | Regan Smith |
| 2020 | ||
| 2021 | ||
| 2022 | Anthony Nesty | University of Florida Swim Teams |
| 2023 | Dave Durden | Jack Alexy, Dare Rose, Destin Lasco, Ryan Murphy, Abbey Weitzeil, Hunter Armstrong |
| 2024 | Anthony Nesty[5] | USA Olympic swimming team |
See also
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.
- ↑ Waterkant, Anthony Nesty beste Amerikaanse zwemcoach 2024, 6 September 2024 (in Dutch)
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