 Kubik as a High School Junior in 1972 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | circa 1955 Memphis, Tennessee |
| Alma mater | North Carolina State Auburn University '78 |
| Playing career | |
| 1973-1978 | North Carolina State Auburn University |
| Position(s) | backstroke |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1977-1978 | Auburn University Student Asst. Coach |
| 1979-1981 | University of Texas Assoc. Coach w/Eddie Reese |
| 1981-1986 | Nashville Aquatics Club Longhorn Aquatics Club |
| 1986-2016 | University of Texas Assoc. Coach w/Eddie Reese |
| 2007 | Pan American Games Asst. Coach |
| 2008 | U.S. Olympic Team, Beijing Special Asst. |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 12 NCAA National Team Championships 1981, 1988-91, 1996, 2000-2002 2010, 2015, 2016 University of Texas) 33 Conference Championships) (University of Texas) | |
Kris Kubik was an All-American competitive swimmer for North Carolina State and Auburn University and the Associate Head swimming coach for the University of Texas under Head Coach Eddie Reese. In his thirty-four year tenure coaching University of Texas at Austin swimming from 1979 to 1981, and 1986 through 2016, he helped lead the Longhorns to 12 NCAA National team Championships, claiming titles in successive years for the 1989-91, 2000-02, and 2015-2016 seasons.[1]
Kubik was born mid-1955 in Memphis, Tennessee to Dr. Burdette Kubik, a Dentist, and former coach, who moved to Memphis in 1948, and Mrs. Zelma Kubik an English teacher at Memphis State. The couple married in 1941, when Dr. Kubik was in Dental School at St. Louis University.[2] By three, Kris was active in Cub Scouting, where his father served as a scoutmaster. He grew up the youngest of four siblings in a swimming family, and was active in competitive swimming by the age of seven, first learning to swim at a Red Cross swimming program. As serious age-group competitors who performed strength training and practiced twice daily, by High School he and each of his siblings were on at least one state swimming championship team and garnered many first-place finishes.[3]
- ^ "Texas Sports Hall of Fame, Kris Kubik". Texas Sports Hall of Fame. 18 July 2016.
- ^ Burk, Bill, "Press-Scimitar Puts $100 Bond in the Kubik's Scrounge Fund", The Memphis Press-Scimitar, Memphis, Tennessee, 24 January 1958, pg. 4
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