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Jack Bauerle
Current position
RecordWomen: 287–33–1 (.896)
Men: 201–87–1 (.697)
Total: 488–120–2 (.802)
Biographical details
Born (1952-02-07) February 7, 1952 (age 72)
Glenside, Pennsylvania
Alma materUniversity of Georgia
Playing career
1971-1974University of Georgia (UGA)
Position(s)Butterfly, Freestyle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1975-2022UGA Women's Team (Asst.)
1978-2022UGA Women's Team
1983-2022UGA Men's Team
2000U.S. Olympic Team (Asst.)
2001FINA World Championships (Asst.)
2003FINA World Championships
2005FINA World Championships
2008U.S. Olympic Team
2011FINA World Championships
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • SEC Women's Championships (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
  • NCAA Women's Championship (1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2016)
Awards
  • SEC Women's Coach of the Year (1981, 1986, 1991, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013)
  • SEC Men's Coach of the Year (1992, 1997)
  • NCAA Women's Coach of the Year (1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2016)

Jack Bauerle (born February 7, 1952) is the former head coach of the University of Georgia (UGA) men's and women's swimming teams. He served as coach for the 2020 US Olympic Swim Team at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[1]

Personal life and early swimming career

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Bauerle began swimming in the Philadelphia area at the Germantown YMCA, the Manor Lu Swim Club, and the Philadelphia Aquatic Club. As a senior in 1970, he was a co-captain of the La Salle College High School team and swam on four teams that won the Philadelphia Catholic League Championships. In 2010 Bauerle was inducted into the La Salle College High School Alumni Hall of Fame.[2]

As a varsity swimmer at UGA from 1971–72 to 1974–75, Bauerle swam for head coach Pete Scholle and set UGA records in the 200-yard butterfly, 1,000- and 1,650-yard freestyle events, and served as the team captain of the 1973–74 and 1974–75 squads.[3]

He earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Georgia in 1975[2]and has three children, John, Magill, and Duke.[3][2][4]

Career accomplishments

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Early coaching career

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Bauerle began coaching the University of Georgia women's team in 1979 and later became head coach for the men's team as well in 1983. Throughout much of his coaching tenure from 1982-2012, his Assistant Coach was former U. Georgia swimmer Harvey Humphries, who would become Associate Head Coach from 2012-2019.[5]

In 2000 Bauerle was an Olympic swim coach; in 2003 and 2005, he was head coach for the Women's USA World Championship Team. On September 8, 2006, USA Swimming announced that Bauerle would be the head coach of the United States women's swimming team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Bauerle has been named NCAA coach of the year five times and SEC coach of the year 12 times. As of the 2014 season, Bauerle's teams have won six NCAA Women's national championships, and eleven SEC Women's championships, finishing second nationally seven times and in the top five 22 times. As of 2013 season, he had coached 152 All-American women swimmers (including 690 First-Team and 375 Honorable Mention certificates), 92 All-American men swimmers (including 126 First-Team and 387 Honorable Mention certificates), and three Olympic gold medalists. At the end of his coaching career, Bauerle finished his 42nd year as a head coach for the UGA women's team and his 35th year as men's head coach.

2020 Summer Olympics

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See also: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Bauerle was one of the nine assistant coaches to head coaches David Durden and Greg Meehan for the 2020 US Olympic Swim Team at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, which were held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The Georgia Bulldogs contingent consisting of seven swimmers, Javier Acevedo, Hali Flickinger, Natalie Hinds, Chase Kalisz, Jay Litherland, Allison Schmitt, and Olivia Smoliga, representing two different countries, United States and Canada, for which Bauerle served as the head coach, was the largest group of NCAA swimmers from a single college or university in the United States to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games.[6][7] Five of Bauerle's past and present Bulldogs students won five Olympic medals in one day at the competition, including Chase Kalisz who won the first Olympic medal in any sport at the 2020 Olympic Games for the United States.[7] Bauerle's was nominated by the USA Swimming Foundation for their 2021 Golden Goggle Award for "Coach of the Year".[8][9]

In 2023, he retired from coaching and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Executive Board of the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA).[10][11]

Awards and honors

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Lohn, John (June 20, 2021). "U.S. Olympic Trials: USA Swimming Names Coaching Staff For Tokyo Games". Swimming World. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Jack Bauerle Biography". UGA Athletics Department. Retrieved March 23, 2014.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ a b Magill, Dan (March 22, 1999). "Bauerle known for perseverance". Athens Banner-Herald. Morris Communications. Retrieved March 26, 2008.
  4. ^ "Jack Bauerle - Swimming & Diving Coach". University of Georgia Athletics. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  5. ^ "Anderson, Jared, 26 July 2019, Associate Head Coach Harvey Humphries retiring at University of Georgia". swimswam.com.
  6. ^ Carlson, Reid (July 23, 2021). "NCAA Programs With The Most Athletes On The 2020 U.S. Olympic Swimming Team". SwimSwam. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Kalisz Takes Gold as Bulldogs Earn Five Medals". Georgia Bulldogs. July 24, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
  8. ^ "Olympic Stars Headline USA Swimming Golden Goggle Awards Nominees". USA Swimming. October 13, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
  9. ^ a b D'Addona, Dan (October 13, 2021). "Golden Goggle Award Nominees Announced by USA Swimming, led by Dressel, Ledecky, Jacoby, Finke". Swimming World. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  10. ^ SwimSwam (February 27, 2023). "Jack Bauerle Selected for 2023 CSCAA Lifetime Achievement Award". SwimSwam. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  11. ^ Writer, Matthew De George-Senior (April 25, 2023). "Georgia Honors Former Coach Jack Bauerle with Gala Celebration". Swimming World News. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  12. ^ "CSCAA". CSCAA. December 15, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.

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