George Haines

George Haines
Biographical details
Born(1924-03-09)March 9, 1924
Huntington, Indiana, U.S.
DiedMay 1, 2006(2006-05-01) (aged 82)
Carmichael, California, U.S.
Alma materSan Jose State
Playing career
1930'sHuntington YMCA
1946-1950San Jose State
Position(s)freestyle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1950-1973Santa Clara Club
1974-1978UCLA
1978-1980Foxcatcher Swim Club, AAU
Philadelphia (Newton Square)
1980-1988Stanford Women
1960, '68, '80Olympic Head Coach
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1983 NCAA Women's championship
(Stanford)
35 AAU National Team Championships
(Santa Clara)
Awards
1965 AAU Swimming Award
Internation. Swim. Hall of Fame '77
Hall of Fame Coach of the Century '01
National Colleg. & Schol. Trophy
A.S.C.A.
A.S.C.A. Coach of the Year
(1964, 1966, 1967, 1972)[1]
2000 ISHOF Coach of the Century

George Frederick Haines (March 9, 1924 – May 1, 2006) was a competitive swimmer and coach who for twenty-three years coached the highly successful Santa Clara Swim Club which he founded in 1951. He later coached UCLA, Stanford University, and six U.S. Olympic swim teams.[2] In 1977, he was inducted as an Honor Coach into the International Swimming Hall of Fame who later voted him "Coach of the Century" in 2001. [3]

  1. ^ "George Haines (USA), 1977 Honor Coach". International Swimming Hall of Fame '77. 1977. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "The Myth of George Haines". swimswam.com. 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  3. ^ "George Haines (USA), 1977 Honor Coach". International Swimming Hall of Fame. 1977. Archived from the original on April 18, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2020.