Murray Stephen ASCA Hall of Fame

THE ASCA HALL OF FAME
Murray Stephens
Murray Stephens has been the Head Coach of the North Baltimore Aquatic Club for 35 years. Murray and his staff have made NBAC the most prestigious Age Group and USA Olympic Development club in modern USA Swimming history. In the last two decades, NBAC leads USA Club programs in Olympic Gold medals, World and USA LC records while retaining dominance in National Age Group record performance. NBAC has as its mission the highest achievement for each individual swimmer. Murray is equally proud of its many coaches whose coaching excellence at NBAC has earned them plaudits at NBAC and elsewhere. Murray has served as mentor and coaching partner for age group and senior coaches who are household names in the coaching profession, most notably recently are Bob Bowman, two time Coach of the Year and current coaching marvel Paul Yetter. While developing hundreds of young swimmers to USA Swimming National Rankings, Murray also has earned the American Swimming Coaches Gold Award of Excellence for placing National finalists for twenty years. In 1984, Murray coached Theresa Andrews who won two Gold medals at the Los Angeles Olympic Games. In 1991 Murray was Anita Nall’s coach when she set 2 American Records in the 200 Breaststroke in Seattle followed the next year by 2 World Records at the 1992 Olympic Trials. Anita went on to earn Gold, Silver, and Bronze in the Barcelona Olympics. In 1996, Murray’s swimmers Whitney Metzler and Beth Botsford swam in the Atlanta Olympics. Beth earned a Gold medal in the 100 Back and a Relay Gold. In the fall of 1996, Murray was named United States Olympic Committee Coach of the Year for Swimming as well as ASCA Coach of the Year. As a swimming contributor, Murray has served in numerous administrative capacities. Most notably as a Vice President for both ASCA and for USA Swimming. Currently Murray chairs two Task Forces for USA Swimming. Professionally, Murray constructed, owns, and operates Meadowbrook Aquatic Center in Baltimore, consisting of two 50 meter pools. At Meadowbrook, the North Baltimore Aquatic Club Swim School teaches over 3000 children to swim while conducting stroke clinics as well as operating a 200 member summer swim team. Murray is married to Patricia Reilly Stephens. They have four children, Reilly, Kerry, Jes, and Henry.
"Murray Stephens, North Baltimore Aquatic Club was our third ASCA Hall of Fame Honorees of the evening." - ASCA World Clinic 2006, Awards Banquet
VIDEOS
NBAC in Action! Anita Nall Beth Botsford Theresa Andrews
EDUCATION
Loyola High School-Blakefield Towson, Maryland --Class of 1963 Loyola College-Baltimore B. A. 1967 Loyola/Johns Hopkins M. ED. 1969
EMPLOYMENT
Calvert Hall College Prep 1967-69 Loyola High School 1969-1997 North Baltimore Aquatic Club 1968-present-Head Coach(1971) Meadowbrook Aquatic Properties-CEO 1987-present
COACHING
Calvert Hall—Assistant Varsity Lacrosse 1968-69 Loyola High- Assistant JV Lacrosse 1970-1973 Loyola High JV Swimming Coach 1970-1974 Loyola High Varsity Swimming Coach 1978-1996 North Baltimore Aquatic Club- co-founder 1968 North Baltimore Aquatic Club Head Coach/CEO 1971-present
CERTIFICATION
American Red Cross Instructor Level 5 American Swimming Coaches Association Life Member ASCA Life Member USA Swimming
NBAC SWIMMING PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
NBAC over 180 National Age Group Records –most of any club NBAC coached swimmers to every Olympic Trials since 1968 NBAC active or alumni swimmers at Games ’76,’84,’92,’96,’2000,’04 NBAC as club of record for 2 in ’84, 1 in ’92, 2 in ’96, 1 in 2000, 2 in 2004 NBAC swimmers have won 6 Gold, 2 Silver, and 1 Bronze in Olympic individual events NBAC swimmers have earned 5 Gold medals on Olympic Relays Since 1992 NBAC swimmers have broken 15 LC World Records, and 27 LC American Records-most of any club or university NBAC also participated in 1 World LC and two American Record LC relays NBAC swimmers currently hold 3 World Records, 4 American Records in LC NBAC currently holds 53 National Age Group Records –most of any club NBAC Olympians with NBAC as team of record Coach Murray Stephens 1996 Women’s staff Coach Bob Bowman, 2004 Men’s staff Theresa Andrews 1984 Patrick Kennedy 1984 (dual with Fla) Anita Nall 1992 Beth Botsford 1996 Whitney Metzler 1996 Michael Phelps 2000 Michael Phelps 2004 Katie Hoff 2004 Other NBAC trained swimmers later on US Olympic teams Wendy Weinberg 1976 (3 yr member of NBAC) Jill Johnson 1992 (9 year member) Greg Burgress 1992, 1996 (1 year member) Foreign Olympians who spent one or more seasons w/NBAC Lisa Forrest , Australia 1980, Ricardo Aldabe, Spain 1984, Casey Barrett, Canada 1996 -7 years NBAC, Marianne Limpert, Canada 2000 , Cerian Gibbes, Trinidad, 2000 Additional NBAC Swimmers of record on International Teams
World Championships and Pan American Games
Whitney Phelps World Championships Rome 1994, Silver Pre-R Julia Gorman World Championships Perth, 1991, Goodwill Games 1986 silver Kevin Clements, World Championships Barcelona 2003, silver Katie Hoff World Championships Montreal 05 2 golds Michael Phelps World Championships 2001 200 Fly Gold Michael Phelps World Championships 2003 3 Gold & 1 Silver + 1 Relay Gold and 1 Relay Silver (5 individual WR) Brandy Wood Pan Am Cuba 1991 Bronze 91 Beth Botsford 1999 Pan Am 2 silvers Anita Nall 1995 Pan Am bronze
Pan Pac Performances
Michael Phelps 2 Gold & 1 Silver + 1 Relay Gold WR & 1 Relay Silver Anita Nall 1993 2 Gold Julia Gorman 1989 bronze Whitney Phelps 1995 bronze
NBAC Swimmers as USA Swimming National Champion/ OT
Theresa Andrews 100 Back 1981 Julia Gorman 100 fly 86, 200fly 87 Whitney Phelps 200 Fly 1994 Beth Botsford 200BA-1996OT, 100 Back 1997, 200 Back 95,95,97 Anita Nall 100 Brst 91,92,93—200 Brst 91,92,93,93 Emily Goetsch 100Fly 03 Kevin Clements 400 im 04 Michael Phelps 20 National Championships 01 to 04, 5OT events Katie Hoff OT 94 200 IM/400IM, 8 National Championships 05 to 06 Felicia Lee 100 Fly 06 Courtney Kalisz 200 Fly 06 Total 11 Champions have won 55 Titles NBAC has won three Women’s Team, 94,95,06 and 1 Combined Team National Championship 06 NBAC won US Open titles 94, 05
Additional Honors (Partial List)
Michael Phelps –Sullivan Award 2004 Katie Hoff - USOC Female Athlete of Year 2005 Loyola High Prep Coaching 1978-1996 Win –Loss 125-15-2 (approx) 1980 Swimming World National Prep Champions Team NBAC Swimmers have 10 Olympic Trial 1st places Senior Coaches of record for National Level Performances: Tim Pierce 1968-1971 Murray Stephens 1971-1999 Robert A. Bowman 2000-2004 Paul Yetter 2004-2006 Primary Age Group Coaches for National Records-individual events Murray Stephens Tom Himes Keith Schertle Robert Bowman Paul Yetter Murray Stephens: Partial list of speaking engagements: 1980—ASCA –“The Critical Ages of Development” 1990 – ASCA—“Stroke Training” 1993 USS Zone Coaches College 1994 ASCA “An Independently Owned Pool” 1994 ASCA “Coaching Workouts for Elite Swimmers 1994 Vargas Clinic Acapulco – Breaststroke Gold 1995- Midwest Coaches Clinic April 1995 1996 Eastern States October 1996 1997 World Clinic –Birmingham England May 1997 ASCA Financing Your Own Pool 1997 Coaching Clinic –Trinidad 1998 West Virginia Clinic Charleston 1999 MAHPERD Conference Towson University 1999 Kiwanis Club of Baltimore 2001 Shanghai Sports Federation Swim Coaches Talks -May 2002 USA Swimming Shoulder Injury Seminar 2002 Swim Conference Red Deer Alberta “Culture of Excellence” 2006 Stirling, Scotland –Coaches Presentation July “Age Group” 2006 Boston September Coaches Clinic Partial List Of Books/Articles by or about NBAC Swimming Technique Aug-Oct 1981 vol 18 #2 “Coaching as a Profession” Lanelines May/June 1992 “North Baltimore Aquatic Club” Murray Stephens – Swimming Administration 1974-78 Region II and Region I-II-III Meet Chairman 1979-1985 National Time Standards Chairman 1989-1993 Maryland ScholasticAssociation Swim Commissioner 1992-2005 Maryland Swimming Hall of Fame Chairman 1999 & 2000 FINA World Cup Meet Director –Un. Of MD 1997-1999 Maryland Council for Physical Fitness-Board member 1997-2002 Washington/Baltimore 2012 Olympic Bid member 1998-2000 Vice President of American Swimming Coaches Association 1996-2000 USA Swimming Board of Directors-Coach/Eastern Zone 2000-2004 USA Swimming Board of Directors Technical Vice President 2003-2005 American Red Cross Water Safety Review & Film Editor for Swimming and Diving DVD
Committees and Task Forces ( Partial List)
Junior National Task Forces Officials Video Task Force (Technical Advisor) Governance Task Force Club Excellence Task Forces China Task Force Flume Task Force Water Safety Certification Task Force Background Checks Task Force (chairman)
Awards and Honors
ASCA Gold Award of Excellence 1995 USA Swimming/USOC Coach of the Year 1996 ASCA Coach of the Year 1996 Loyola College Andrew White Medal 1999 Loyola High-Blakefield Athletic Hall of Fame 2003 ASCA Coaches Hall of Fame 2006 Loyola College Athletic Hall of Fame 2006
NBAC Coaches –Major Teams
Murray Stephens 1995 Pan Pac 1996 Olympic Team 1998 World Championship-Perth 2000 World SC Championships Athens Head Coach Bob Bowman 2001 World Championships 2002 Pan Pac 2003 World Championships 2004 Olympic Team Paul Yetter 2005 World Championships
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