Ron Turner (swim coach)

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Coach Ron Turner is the Head Coach of the Irvine Novaquatics program beginning September 1st, 2006. He is an ASCA level V coach with over 20 years coaching experience. Ron has produced 3 YMCA National Top-10 combined team finishes, including winning the combined Team Title at the 2006 short-course YMCA National Championships. From 2003-2006, he was the Head Coach and Director of Competitive Swimming for the YMCA of the Triangle Area Swim Team (YOTA)at YOTA, his swimmers won 17 individual YMCA National Champion titles, 6 Women's Relay National Champion titles, 2 Men's Relay National Champion titles, numerous #1 ranked top-16 swimmers, a Rookie of the Meet swimmer at 2004 Spring U.S. Nationals, a top-10 finalist at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials, 4 Olympic Trials qualifiers, 10 U.S. National qualifiers, a 2005 U.S. National Junior Team member, a 2004 U.S. Select Camp participant, and a 2005 and 2006 U.S. Swimming 18 and under National Champion. Ron has been acknowledged for these accomplishments by being selected as the 2006 YMCA National Coach of the Meet recipient, the 2004 and 2006 N.C. Coach of the Year, named an Assistant Coach for the 2005 U.S. Select Camp, and was awarded the 2005 ASCA Award of Excellence. Ron recently was a keynote speaker for the 2005 USY Coaching Clinic and the 2005 North Carolina ASCA Clinic.

Prior to YOTA, Ron coached 6 years at the collegiate level. As head assistant coach for the Indiana University women's swimming team, Ron helped lead the program to its first ever Top 10 NCAA finish and Big Ten Championship in 2003. While there, Ron coached numerous NCAA All-Americans, a World University Games medalist, and a NCAA finalists. Prior to Indiana, Ron served as an assistant coach for the University of Tennessee's women's swimming program, where they enjoyed 3 top-20 finishes. At UT, Ron assisted in coaching NCAA finalists, SEC Champions, and 2 Olympians.

Prior to Tennessee, from 1991-97, Ron was the satellite location head coach of Chattahoochee Gold Swim Team in Atlanta, Georgia. Ron was instrumental in building the club from 50 swimmers to over 300 in the course of his tenure there. While with Chattahoochee Gold, Turner coached numerous state and regional champions, top 16 qualifiers, Southern Zone champions and record holders, as well as Junior and Senior National qualifiers and finalists.

In 1993, Ron attended the United States Swimming Coaches College at the Olympic Training Center. He served as a board member for the Georgia chapter of the American Swim Coaches Association and was involved with the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games.

Ron served as the head coach for the 1995 Southern Zone Team and was a coach at many national age-group camps. He frequently appeared as a guest speaker at clinics in Georgia, and was a keynote speaker at the 1996 Southeast American Swim Coaches Association Clinic. Ron's hard work and effort resulted in him being nominated as a candidate for 1996 Georgia Coach-of-the-Year.

Prior to his stint in Georgia, Ron served as the senior coach for the Harbison Aquatic Team in Columbia, S.C. While there, Turner coached Junior and Senior National Qualifiers, as well as a Junior National Champion and a National Junior Team member. Early in his career, he served as an assistant coach for the Indian River Club Team (Ft. Pierce, Fla.) from 1987-89, and the Murraywood Swim Club (Cola, S.C.) from 1986-87.