Jim Steen

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Jim ("James") Steen is the head coach of the men's and women's swim team at Kenyon College. His teams have won more NCAA championships than any other team in any division or any sport. Steen has held the position of head swimming coach at Kenyon since 1976. In that time, Kenyon Swimming has become the most successful collegiate sports program in the country. The Lord's have won 28 consecutive NCAA Division III Championships while the Ladies have won 21 (nonconsecutive) titles. In his 30 years at Kenyon, Coach Steen has developed over 134 NCAA Champions and over 300 All-Americans. He has coached several Olympic Trial qualifiers, Division I All-Americans, and been voted NCAA Division III Coach-of-the-year twelve times. Coach Steen is considered one of the most innovative and imaginative coaches in the country. Never content to repeat past successes, in 1996 Coach Steen took a one year sabbatical from Kenyon College to consult with many of America's top coaches prior to the Atlanta Olympic Games.