THE ASCA HALL OF FAME

 


Richard 
Jochums

 

A veteran swim coach who brings a wide range of professional and educational skills to our club, Dick took the head coaching position in July 1995. 

Jochums has coached at every level during his career: college, swim school and USS Club. He has held assistant coaching positions at the University of Washington, University of California at Berkeley, and held his first head coaching position at Cal-State Hayward. During his latter position, he also founded the Concord Swim Club (today the Terrapin Swim Club. Dick moved from Hayward to Long Beach State and then on to the University of Arizona in 1978. In his 20-year career in collegiate swimming, his teams had 12 top ten finishes. His club programs has won 5 national titles and were always in the top ten with 18 top five finishes. At SCSC, he returned our club to the title of national champion with the 1996, 1997 and 1998 Summer Long Course Men’s National Championship Title. Dick has trained a number of Olympians and his swimmers have earned 12 Olympic medals, set 25 world records, 60 American records, and 7 NCAA records. Dick has a B.A. and M.S. from the University of Washington in Seattle, and an Ed.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.

 

The 2004 ASCA
World Clinic 
October 9
Indianapolis, IN

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Chuck Warner
Richard Jochums

 

 

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