EDUCATION
East Haven High School
East Haven, CT - Class of 1955
Mercersburg Academy
Mercersburg, PA - Class of 1956
Villanova University - B.S. Degree
Villanova, PA - Class of 1960
EMPLOYMENT
1960-1961: Phoenix Mutual Insurance Company - Sales
1960-1965: Msgr. Bonner High School -Teacher
English Literature, Business Law, Swim
Coach
1965-1976: Suburban Swim Club - Director of Aquatics, Head Swim Coach
1976-1978: Foxcatcher Swim Club - Owner - Head Coach
1978-Present: Yale University - Director of Aquatics
Head Coach Men's and Women's Swimming
Owner/Director - Omni Swim Club
CERTIFICATION
Red Cross - Life Saving
Red Cross - Water Safety Instructor
Red Cross - CPR
Level 5 - American Swim Coach Association
COACHING EXPERIENCE
Msgr.
Bonner High School - 1960-1965 - National Catholic
High School Champions
Suburban Swim Club - Eastern USA Champs - 1969 through 1976
Finished in Top 10 National AAU Championships 1968 through 1976
FOXCATCHER
Eastern USA Champs - 1977-1978
Finished in Top 5 in National AAU - 1977-1978
USS
CLUBS
1976: Suburban Swim Club
1976-1978: Foxcatcher Swim Club
Current: Omni Swim Club
YALE
UNIVERSITY
1978-Present:
Yale
Record: 432-194
Men: 221-116
Women: 211-78-1
COACHING
HONORS
1971: Head Coach USA vs. Japan
1973: Head Coach USA Junior Team vs. West Germany and Netherlands
1974: Took Suburban Swim Club to Russia to compete in Russian Nationals.
Had high point winner in this competition.
1975: Head Coach USA Pan American Team - Mexico City
1976: Head Coach USA vs. Canada
1977: Head Coach USA vs. East Germany and USSR
1978: Head Coach USA to Netherlands and France
Assistant Coach USA - World Championships
1979: Head Coach USA - Pan American Games
1982: Head Coach East Team USCO Sports Festival
1982: Assistant Coach USA vs. USSR - Knoxville, TN
1983: Assistant Coach USA - Pan Pacific Games
1984: Assistant USA Olympic Coach
1985: Head Coach East Team USOC Sports Festival
1988: Head Manager USA Olympic Team Seoul, Korea
2000: Olympic Head Coach, Bermuda, Sidney, Australia
2001: Ivy League Women's Coach of the Year
NATIONAL
POSITIONS
President - American Swim Coaches Association - 1978 to 1980
United States Olympic Committee - 1973 to 1988
National Rules Committee
National Senior Swim Committee
National AAU National Time Standards Chairman 1974-79
Vice President - American Swim Coaches Association 1976-78
OTHER HONORS
Villanova University Athletic Hall of Fame
Pennsylvania Hall of Fame
Speaker at clinics all over the world - England, France, Ireland,
Germany, Russia, East Germany, etc.
East Haven Hall of Fame
SOME OUTSTANDING SWIMMERS I HAVE COACHED
Carl Robie - Gold Medal 1968 Olympics
Mexico City - 200 Meter Butterfly
Philip Long - Finalist 1968 Olympics 200 Breaststroke
Tim McKee - 2 silver medals 1972 Olympics - Munich,
W. Germany - 200 and 400 Individual
Medley
1 silver medal 1976 Olympics - Montreal,
Canada -
400 Individual Medley
Julie Woodcock - Finalist World Championships - 1971 Belgrade,
Yugoslavia - 200 Individual Medley
Greg Jagenburg - World Champion 1975 - California, Columbia
100 Butterfly - Top Butterflier in
the USA 1974-75
Brenda Borgh - Finalist 400 Meter Freestyle - 1976 Olympics
Montreal, Canada
Olof VonShilling and Tom Aretz - Members of 1972 West German
Olympic Team
John Daly - 1976 Puerto Rico Olympic Team
Tom Mintz - NCAA All-American - 200 Breaststroke
1981 -Yale University National Finalist
Sindee Simon - AIAW All-American
Sharon Veitz - AIAW All-American
Kate Hazelwood - National Finalist, All-American
Mark Loftis - National Finalist
Lisa O'Dell - NCAA All-American
Jason Rosenbaum - NCAA All-American
Missy Dalrymple - NCAA All-American
Suzanne Heizer - NCAA All-American
1992-1997 Yale Men and Women's Teams
Academic All American
George Gleason - NCAA All American
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