Coach’s Coach In Southern California
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Southern Pacific Masters Swimming is looking to recognize the best masters swimming coach each year.
Dan Wegner explains, “This person represents the coach’s Coach: an example of someone out their possessing certain qualities the rest of us can use as an example to follow.
This person is not only a coach who has succeeded in the pool, but is also someone who has helped expand the reach of Southern Pacific Masters Swimming.
The purpose of this award is to recognize the Southern Pacific Masters Swimming (SPMS) swimming coach who has demonstrated outstanding coaching qualities, club development and overall SPMS participation.
While it takes a great deal of time and effort to sustain pool time, club membership, meet preparations and coaching on deck, there are some coaches that go even beyond what their team requires. These coaches are involved in all aspects if what SPMS has to offer and they give of themselves to see that their love of swimming reaches the widest audience possible.”
All nominations and information must be received by March 15th and sent to Erika Stebbins via email at Coaches@SPMasterSwim.org.
For more information, visit here.
The past recipients include several coaches who are equally passionate about open water swimming:
2013 Mark Moore
2012 Chad Durieux
2011 Mary Jackson Lombard
2010 Ken Brisbin
2009 Chad Durieux
2008 Nancy Reno
2007 Vanessa Mesia
2006 Tom Boyd
2005 Victor Hecker
2004 Mark Moore
2003 Mark Moore
2002 Carole Shigaki
2001 Michael Collins
1999 Brandon Seider
1998 John Kocker
1997 Gerry Rodrigues [shown above] and Rick Goeden
1996 Gary Reese
1995 Philip Hayman
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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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