Bill Rose Honored By His Fellow Coaches
Bill Rose Honored By His Fellow Coaches
After participating in the Distance and Open Water Swimming Panel with Mark Bernandino, Gregg Troy and Tyler Fenwick at the annual International Swim Coaches Association convention and sharing his experience with hundreds of other swim coaches, long-time Mission Viejo Nadadores head coach Bill Rose was honored at the International Swim Coaches Association Hall of Fame ceremonies.
For over 20 years since 1995, Coach Rose has been leading USA national pool and open water swim teams at international events from the Pan American Games and the World University Games to the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and the Olympic Games.
In addition, he has coached his individual swimmers at the Mission Viejo Nadadores in Southern California to qualify for international competitions. His swimmers have included Chloe Sutton, Fran Crippen, David Heron, Chad LaTourette and Micha Burden.
Married to fellow pool and open water coach Siga Rose, he has frequently taken his swims to lakes and the Pacific Ocean to train.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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