| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | John Lawson Hargis | ||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | July 3, 1975 Clinton, Arkansas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 174 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Little Rock Racquet Club | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Auburn University | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Paul Blair Racquet Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
|---|---|
| 2002-2003 | U of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Asst. Coach |
| 2003-2006 | Penn State University Asst. Coach |
| 2006-2008 | Arkansas Dolphins Swim Club U of Arkansas Women |
| 2008-2013 | Penn State University Head Coach |
| 2013-2016 | Auburn University Head Coach |
| 2016-2022 | University of Pittsburgh Head Coach |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 Big Ten Championships Penn State Women | |
John Lawson Hargis (born July 3, 1975) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and college swimming coach. Hargis represented the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and was a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. 4×100-meter medley relay team. In his twenty year coaching career, he was the head coach of the Pittsburgh Panthers swimming and diving team at University of Pittsburgh from 2016 to 2022, and had formerly coached at Auburn, and Penn State.