&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Coach_Blair.jpg) Blair in 2005 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 19, 1949 Dover, Ohio, US |
| Died | November 8, 2006 (aged 57) Little Rock, Arkansas, US |
| Alma mater | West Liberty State College |
| Playing career | |
| 1971-1975 | West Liberty State College |
| Position(s) | freestyle swimming |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1979-2006 | Arkansas Dolphins Swim Club |
| 2005 | University of Arkansas Little Rock Trojans Asst. Coach Women's Swim Team |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| USA Swimming 1988 U.S. Open title USA Swimming 1989 National title 10 time Region VIII Championship[1] | |
| Awards | |
| Region VIII Coach of the Year Arkansas Coach of the Year[1] 2008 ASCA Hall of Fame 2022 Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame | |
Paul Barr "Coach" Blair (May 19, 1949 – November 8, 2006) was a swim coach who specialized in sprint training, and was best known for coaching the Arkansas Dolphins Swim Club from 1979 to 2006.[2]
Blair was born on May 19, 1949, in Dover, Ohio, and graduated Dover High School in 1967. He attended and swam for West Liberty State College in West Liberty, Virginia, now West Liberty University, and in 1971 was named to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics All-American team. In that year, he helped lead West Liberty swimmers to the conference title, taking 15 of 17 events and finishing the season 11–3. After graduating college in 1975, he served as a Swimming and Cross Country Coach at the Linsly School, a prep school in Wheeling, Virginia, only twelve miles from West Liberty State.[3][4]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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SWwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ College swimming in "Sport Shorts", The Daily Reporter, Dover, Ohio, pg. 24, 1 April 1971
- ^ "Ruebel Funeral Home Bio, Swim Coach Paul Blair". Ruebel Funeral Home Online. Retrieved 4 October 2023.