David B. Swartout

David Swartout (born June 12, 1948) is a golf instructor - coach, and former educator/administrator of Jackson Lumen Christi High School in Jackson, Michigan. In 2013, he became one of the winningest high school coaches in history and was awarded the 2013 National Golf Coach of the Year award by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association, he was previously nominated in 1986 and 1992 for the award.^[1]

Early life and family history

He was born in Petoskey, Michigan and was raised in Jackson, Michigan, and is a 7th generation Michigander. His ancestors arrived in the colonies in 1652 and include early American landowners, advocates for democratic rights, and close allies of many Founding Fathers; Tomys Swartwout, Roeloff Swartwout, Thomas Maas Samuel Swartwout and Jacobus Swartwout.^[2]

Coaching career

Swatout began teaching and coaching at Jackson Lumen Christi High School in 1972, and has won 14 boys state golf championships and 1 girls state golf championships, he was state championship runner-up 4 additional times. He was inducted as a member into the Jackson, Michigan Golf Hall of Fame, MIGCA Hall of Fame, Michigan Golf Hall of Fame, and Jackson Lumen Christi High School Hall of Fame. He was the MIGCA or MHSAA Coach of the Year in 1978, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1993. He was National High School Athletic Coaches Association national finalist in 1993 and National Golf Coach of the Year in 2013.^[3] His dual meet record winning percentage is 90% (354-38) with 13 undefeated seasons.

2014 Congressional election

On June 24, 2013, David Swartout announced his candidacy to run for the United States Congress,^[4] as an Independent in Michigan's 7th congressional district. Stating "I want to make Congress work for residents of my hometown and for the entire nation. I want to bring back the vision of our Founding Fathers; to prove that compromise and good governance are actually possible in Washington D.C., your elected representatives should work for you - not special interests, not big money and not high-powered elites. To make sure I can do that - to be free of the chains that bind Congress - I am running as an Independent."

References

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[1] ttp://highschoolsports.mlive.com/news/article/920205231635739047/jackson-lumen-christi-golf-coach-dave-swartout-named-national-golf-coach-of-the-year-area-golfers-earn-all-state-honors/

[2] ttp://memory.loc.gov/master/gdc/scdser01/200401/books_on_film_project/loc06/nov13batchofPDFs/20060523002sw.pdf

[3] ttp://www.mhsca.org/hof/hof12Swartout.html

[4] ttp://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.php?cycle=2014&id=mi07

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