George Block  

Coach George Block has been the Director of Aquatics for the Northside School District since 1977.  In that time, he has developed the Northside Aquatic Teams into an internationally recognized center for athlete development.

In his over two decades at Northside, Coach Block has developed 5 different Olympians in three different sports, 50 UIL State Gold Medallists, over 250 All-Americans, Olympic Trials qualifiers in 1984-88-92-96 and now 2000, and numerous National and Junior Champions.

In 1987, Coach Block was awarded the Phillips 66 Performance Award.  In 1992, Coach Block was the Coca-Cola Texas Coach of Honor. In 1997, the United States Water Fitness Association named the Northside Aquatics Center the Top School District/Community Facility in the nation and Coach Block its Top Aquatics Director.  Last year (2000) Coach Block was awarded the Silver Award of Excellence from the American Swimming Coaches’ Association.

Also heavily involved in the community, Coach Block was one of the co-founders of the San Antonio Sports Foundation and of A Vision for Children Center, an early childhood advocacy organization for which he is now Chairman of the Board.

Coach Block is married to Margie, a nurse for the Northside District.  They have three children, Meagan, a junior at the University of the Incarnate Word, Jeremy, a junior at Holmes High School and Jackson, a sixth grader at Pat Neff Middle School.