Jim Steen

James ("Jim") Steen has been the head coach of the swim teams at Kenyon College since 1976.[1]

Steen's teams have won more NCAA championships than any other team in any division or any sport.[1] The Lords have won 31 consecutive NCAA Division III championships, the first having been in 1980,[2] while the Ladies have won 23 (nonconsecutive) titles. In over 30 years at Kenyon, Coach Steen has developed over 150 NCAA champions and over 300 All-Americans.[3] He has coached several Olympic Trial qualifiers, Division I All-Americans, and been voted NCAA Division III Coach-of-the-year twelve times. He has also produced more post-graduate scholars than any other coach in any division, and places high importance on students' academic performance as well as athletic success.[1]

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.[3] He was also consulted during the designing and building of the swimming facilities for the Kenyon Athletic Center in 2002.[2] In August 2008, he was invited to give an informational "pep talk" to the Ohio State Buckeyes football team.[4]

Steen is the creator of the Power Rack, and began the Elite Swim Camps, which have grown to sports other than swimming.

References

  1. ^ a b c Berkow, Ira (19 March 2004). "SWIMMING; A Coach Who Churns Out Champions". The New York Times. p. 1. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE5DA1331F93AA25750C0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1. Retrieved 9 November 2008. 
  2. ^ a b Hannon, Ken (2004). "Champions: A celebration of Kenyon Swimming". Kenyon College Alumni Bulletin. http://bulletin.kenyon.edu/x1828.xml. Retrieved 9 November 2008. 
  3. ^ a b "Jim Steen". Total Performance Sports Camps. Archived from the original on 15 June 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080615215137/http://camperreg.com/campereg_tpsc.nsf/35a902a4deebffc985257344006dfbfc/36e84571cea5600d8725739f007045a7?OpenDocument. Retrieved 9 November 2008. 
  4. ^ Lesmerises, Doug (22 August 2008). "Ohio State football team gets pep talk from Kenyon College swim coach". The Plain Dealer. http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stories/index.ssf?/base/sports/1219394056306960.xml&coll=2. Retrieved 9 November 2008. 

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