The American Swimming Coaches Affiliation (ASCA) has introduced that Coach Dave Gibson and Coach Tim Hill will probably be inducted into the ASCA Corridor of Fame because the Class of 2026. The induction ceremony will probably be held on September 10 in the course of the ASCA World Clinic on the Rosen Centre Resort in Orlando.
The ASCA Corridor of Fame honors coaches whose careers have made an enduring influence on the game of swimming via excellence in teaching, management, and repair. Gibson and Hill be part of an elite group of coaches whose contributions have formed generations of swimmers and elevated the career.
Coach Dave Gibson has devoted over 51 years to teaching and growing swimmers on the membership, highschool, collegiate, and nationwide ranges. He’s at present Head Coach at Swim Fort Lauderdale, the place he based and constructed this system right into a USA Swimming Stage 4 Membership, rising it from 100 to 200 aggressive swimmers. Underneath his management, Swim Fort Lauderdale has produced a number of Olympic Trials athletes (2012, 2016, 2020, 2024), Junior Nationwide Staff members, a Junior Nationwide Champion, a Junior Pan Pac Bronze Medalist, and quite a few Florida Excessive College State Champions.
Gibson beforehand led Phoenix Swim Membership and Mecklenburg Aquatic Membership (SwimMAC Carolina), producing a number of Junior Nationwide Champions, Olympic Trials swimmers, Nationwide Junior Staff members, and Olympians—together with Ricky Berens, 2008 & 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist within the 800m freestyle relay. Earlier in his profession, he coached at Fort Wayne Aquatics the place he developed & coached 1988 Olympian Steve Bigelow. Earlier than that he held collegiate and YMCA teaching positions, incomes Coach of the Yr honors in Indiana, North Carolina, and Arizona.
A Stage 5 ASCA coach and recipient of the ASCA Gold Medal Teaching Award, Gibson has served on quite a few USA Swimming Nationwide and Junior Nationwide Staff staffs and served on the ASCA Board of Administrators. His profession displays a deep dedication to athlete growth, coach mentorship, and rising the game at each degree.
Coach Tim Hill has a unprecedented document of success spanning greater than 4 a long time, with accomplishments on the membership, collegiate, nationwide, and worldwide ranges. He coached at Southern Illinois College (1980–1985) and Arizona State College (1985–1999), main groups to a number of High 10 finishes at Ladies’s NCAA Division I competitions. Throughout his tenure, 50 swimmers earned greater than 140 All-American honors, together with 34 Tutorial All-America distinctions, and included a number of NCAA Division I champions—amongst them the primary lady to interrupt the 1:00 barrier within the 100 breaststroke. Hill additionally coached a number of Olympians and World Championship medalists.
On the membership degree, Hill has directed applications such because the Sarasota Y Sharks, Joliet YMCA Jets, First Colony Swim Staff, Tidewater Aquatics Membership, Piranhas Swim Staff, and now Sharks Swim Membership, persistently growing Junior Nationwide qualifiers, Nationwide Champions, and Olympians. Notably, he guided two girls’s 24-hour relay groups to world-record performances and has been repeatedly acknowledged as Coach of the Yr on the state, collegiate, and nationwide ranges.
Hill has served on the ASCA Board of Administrators (2022–current), in addition to on school, native LSC, and YMCA nationwide boards. He has contributed as a USA Nationwide Staff coach and performed an influential function in coach training via his Quantum Leap Swim Clinics. He has printed quite a few articles, offered at nationwide and worldwide teaching boards, and persistently demonstrated a dedication to advancing the game, mentoring coaches, and creating alternatives for swimmers of all ages.
“Coach Gibson and Coach Hill exemplify the easiest of our career,” stated ASCA CEO Jennifer LaMont. “Their influence goes far past wins and data—they’ve formed athletes, mentored coaches, and contributed meaningfully to the expansion of swimming. We’re honored to acknowledge their extraordinary careers with induction into the ASCA Corridor of Fame.”
The ASCA World Clinic, going down September 9–12, 2026, will carry collectively main coaches from around the globe for 4 days of training, connection, and celebration of the game. The Corridor of Fame induction ceremony is a spotlight of the occasion, recognizing those that have made enduring contributions to swimming.
For extra details about the ASCA World Clinic and Corridor of Fame, please go to www.swimmingcoach.org.
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