The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) announced Indiana head swimming coach Ray Looze will be inducted in the ASCA Hall of Fame in 2021. He joins a class including longtime UCLA Women’s Head Coach Cyndi Gallagher and highly accomplished club and college Coach Charlie Kennedy. During his 18-run as the head coach at Indiana University, Looze has helped the Hoosiers garner 720 All-America honors, 22 NCAA champions, 18 top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships, nine Big Ten Championships, 10 Olympic swimmers, and seven Olympic swimming medals. Looze has achieved his mission to return Indiana swimming to the elite level it had maintained throughout the 1960s and 70s.
Looze was a Team USA coach at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. His swimmers, Lilly King, Cody Miller and Blake Pieroni, have achieved international success at the Olympics and World Championships while earning medals and setting world records in the process.
He has been named Big Ten Coach of the Year 10 times during his tenure – five times for men and five times for women. Looze was named American Swimming Coaches Association Coach of the Year in 2017 and CSCAA National Swimming Coach of the Year in 2018.
He joins legendary Indiana coach James ‘Doc’ Counsilman on this list of Hall of Fame inductees.
He has been named Big Ten Coach of the Year 10 times during his tenure – five times for men and five times for women. Looze was named American Swimming Coaches Association Coach of the Year in 2017 and CSCAA National Swimming Coach of the Year in 2018.
He joins legendary Indiana coach James ‘Doc’ Counsilman on this list of Hall of Fame inductees.
The coaches will be inducted into the ASCA Hall of Fame at an awards dinner on September 16, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. at the Rosen Hotel in Orlando, Florida, during the ASCA World Clinic.
The American Swimming Coaches Association recognizes the greatest swimming coaches in the United States. Inductees date back to 1958 and have developed the most accomplished athletes in the sport of swimming. The ASCA Hall of Fame coaches have not only produced world class athletes, but they have contributed to the history and success of American Swimming. They have created programs and methodologies that have elevated the sport of swimming in the United States and around the world.
The American Swimming Coaches Association recognizes the greatest swimming coaches in the United States. Inductees date back to 1958 and have developed the most accomplished athletes in the sport of swimming. The ASCA Hall of Fame coaches have not only produced world class athletes, but they have contributed to the history and success of American Swimming. They have created programs and methodologies that have elevated the sport of swimming in the United States and around the world.
ASCA Hall of Fame Criteria
- Must have coached swimming at the high school, club, and/or college level for a period of 20 years or more.
- Should be nominated by a current ASCA member by completing the Hall of Fame application and submitting with current resume indicating criteria met by November 1st.
- May achieve any (3) of the criteria listed below for nomination:
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- Placing two teams in the Top 10 at the USA Swimming Nationals and/or the top 10 NCAA Division 1 Nationals and/or the Top 2 teams at the NCAA Division II or III Nationals
- Personal Coach (at any time in their career) for two years or more of two individual USA summer national champions
- Personal Coach (at any time in their career) for two years or more of two individual USA Olympic or World Championships (LC) medalists
- Personal Coach (at any time of their career) for two years or more of two World Record Holders (relay members would be in the Olympic Medalist/World Record holder category)
- Made a significant contribution to the sport of swimming, community and/or profession.
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