Ray Bussard
| Biographical details | |
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| Born | August 12, 1928 Highland County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | September 22, 2010 (aged 82) Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Ray Bussard (August 12, 1928 in Hot Springs, VA, USA[1] – September 22, 2010 in Knoxville, TN)[2] was a hall-of-fame and Olympic swimming coach from the United States. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honor Coach in 1999,[3] and into the American Swimming Coaches Association's Hall of Fame in 2008[4] He was an assistant coach for the USA's swimming team at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Bussard coached the men's swimming team at the University of Tennessee for 21 season, from 1968-1989.[2] When he began at the school, Tennessee had not competed in swimming at the NCAA level since 1959.[1] While at Tennessee, he was twice named the NCAA's Swimming Coach of the Year (1972 and 1978), and his Volunteers won the NCAA Swimming Championships in 1978.[2]
Bussard served as a coach for the USA at the: 1984 Olympics, and 1979 and 1983 Pan American Games.
In 2000, Bussard was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. [5]
See also
References
- ^ a b Famed swim coach Ray Bussard dies, posted on 2010-09-23 by the Chattanoogan.com. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
- ^ a b c Legendary swim coach Bussard dies, published by the University of Tennessee Men's Athletics website (www.utsorts.com) on 2010-09-23; retrieved 2010-09-23.
- ^ Bussard's bio Archived 2010-09-26 at the Wayback Machine from the ISHOF website (www.ishof.org); retrieved 2010-09-23.
- ^ ASCA Hall of Fame page from the ASCA website (www.swimmingcoach.org); retrieved 2010-09-23.
- ^ Passages: Hall of Famer Ray Bussard, 83 Archived 2012-08-25 at the Wayback Machine, posted by Swimming World on 2010-09-23; retrieved 2010-09-23.
