Dick Hannula

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Dick Hannula is a swimming coach in Tacoma, Washington. In 1980, he was chosen as the National High School Swim Coach of the Year, and in 1990 was the commissioner of swimming for the Goodwill Games. A four-term president of the National Swimming Association, he coached the US National Swim Team in 1973, 1975 (in the Pan American Games), 1976, 1978, and 1985. He managed the national swim team in 1979, at at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[1] In the 2007-2008 season, Hannula became the associate head coach for The University of Puget Sound's men's and women's swim teams.

He is the author of Coaching Swimming Successfully. ISBN 0736045198.  and The Swim Coaching Bible. ISBN 0736036466. .

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