Coach George Haines passes away.

Slow Show: I think there are a lot of people that remember him but just are not responding for some reason. He was introduced to the largest crowd and swimmers at the 1987 SC Nationals at Stanford and he received a well deserved ovation. I believe he was still the Womens Swim Coach at Stanford at the time and Quick was still at Texas. I went up and talked to him because he knew my Swim Coach, John Hussey and they were one of the first people of many that started Coches meetings around the USA. Everyone knows what a great Club Coach George was with Santa Clara winning like 44 National Club Championships and having the record until Mission Viejo broke it with there coach who is now the Director of USA Swimming, Mark Schubert. In fact I remember reading that Mark said that he was one of the most influential coaches of our time. I believe Mike Bottom said the same things. In fact he and his brother Joe, who is being inducted into the Hall of Fame this year moved from Akron, Ohio to be trained my George because they had Olympic potential. Many swimmers did that including Don Schollander and Brian Job. What I will remember about George was that he was a fantastic High School Coach for Santa Clara High School in the late 1960's and early 1970's. I believe he had more All American selections from his high school than any other in the country during that time period. The name of swimmers that swam for him is a Whose Who in American Swimming. My friend and Michigan Masters teammate (Dan Stephenson) was lucky enough to swim for George at UCLA. He will always remain one of the greatest coaches that ever lived and the first sucessful Club Coach in the history of swimming.

Slow Show: I think there are a lot of people that remember him but just are not responding for some reason. He was introduced to the largest crowd and swimmers at the 1987 SC Nationals at Stanford and he received a well deserved ovation. I believe he was still the Womens Swim Coach at Stanford at the time and Quick was still at Texas. I went up and talked to him because he knew my Swim Coach, John Hussey and they were one of the first people of many that started Coches meetings around the USA. Everyone knows what a great Club Coach George was with Santa Clara winning like 44 National Club Championships and having the record until Mission Viejo broke it with there coach who is now the Director of USA Swimming, Mark Schubert. In fact I remember reading that Mark said that he was one of the most influential coaches of our time. I believe Mike Bottom said the same things. In fact he and his brother Joe, who is being inducted into the Hall of Fame this year moved from Akron, Ohio to be trained my George because they had Olympic potential. Many swimmers did that including Don Schollander and Brian Job. What I will remember about George was that he was a fantastic High School Coach for Santa Clara High School in the late 1960's and early 1970's. I believe he had more All American selections from his high school than any other in the country during that time period. The name of swimmers that swam for him is a Whose Who in American Swimming. My friend and Michigan Masters teammate (Dan Stephenson) was lucky enough to swim for George at UCLA. He will always remain one of the greatest coaches that ever lived and the first sucessful Club Coach in the history of swimming.