Jack Ridley (swim coach)

Jack Ridley, Jr.
Biographical details
Borncirca 1947
Alma materCentral Washington University
Playing career
'64-'68
Circa		Central Washington State
Position(s)freestyle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1971-1976Lake Washington Swim Club
1978-1995
[1]		Chinook Swim Club
1974-1984
circa		Newport High School
Girls' Coach
1988-1995Mercer Island High School
Boys' Coach
1994Head Coach Turkish Olympic Team
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
76-82 Washington State High School Champs
(Newport High School Girls)
Awards
2007 WISCA Hall of Fame
NISCA D. H. Robertson
Excellence in Coaching Award

Jack Ridley is a former competitive swimmer who was an All American at Central Washington University and a Hall of Fame swim coach best known for coaching the Lake Washington and Chinook Swim Clubs in the greater Seattle area from around 1971–1995, and the six-time state championship girls swim team at Newport High School in nearby Bellevue, Washington from 1976-1982.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Wayte", The Olympian, Olympia, Washington, 31 July 1984, pg. 22
  2. ^ "American Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Jack Ridley". ASCA Hall of Fame. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Pacific Northwest Swimming Hall of Fame, Jack Ridley" (PDF). Pacific Northwest Swimming Hall of Fame. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Wittenmyer, Gordon, 21 Feb 1992, "Ridley to Coach Tanner, Turks in Olympics"". Seattle Times.
  5. ^ "Washington Interscholastic Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Jack Ridley". www.wisca.org.