Dave McNulty Honoured With BSCA Lifetime Achievement Award After Guiding Swimmers To Olympic Pinnacle
The British Swimming Coaches Affiliation (BSCA) has honoured Dave McNulty with its Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of a nice profession wherein he’s guided swimmers to the highest of the Olympic and world podium.
McNulty, the Head Coach of the Aquatics GB Efficiency Centre Tub, made his GB teaching bow on the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka. Since then he has overseen Jo Jackson to bronze at Beijing 2008, Michael Jamieson to 200 breaststroke silver at London 2012 and Siobhan O’Connor to 200IM silver at Rio 2016 the place Jazz Carlin claimed double silver within the 400 and 800 free. Chris Walker-Hebborn led off the GB relay quartet that completed second in Rio and on the 2017 worlds.
Dave McNulty: Photograph Courtesy: Tub Efficiency Centre
McNulty was awarded his MBE for providers to swimming, one month earlier than his fourth Olympic Video games the place he guided swimmers to the highest of the podium, together with Tom Dean who led dwelling Duncan Scott for a British 1-2 within the 200 free. Dean joined forces with James Man, Matt Richards and Duncan Scott because the quartet received 4×2 gold with Calum Jarvis having swum prelims. Freya Anderson, who swam the prelims of the combined medley in Tokyo earlier than GB went on to win the inaugural title, was additionally amongst McNulty’s secure earlier than shifting to Stirling.
In Paris the Tokyo quartet claimed an historic title defence. No 4 people had mixed to win relay gold medals at two completely different Olympics earlier than they did so at La Protection Area in July 2024.
Man spent seven years in Tub, working first beneath Jol Finck after which McNulty, earlier than shifting on to Millfield in September 2023. Whereas with McNulty, he received Olympic, world, European and Commonwealth titles.
The BCSA stated: “Dave has been a stalwart of British Swimming Teaching for a lot of many years. He has nurtured & developed the abilities of swimmers to attain success at Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth ranges and been true to his elementary ideas all through. The BSCA Board had no hesitation in recognising this residing legend! Many congratulations Dave!”
McNulty was additionally handed the BSCA Teaching Award of Excellence 2025 for his position with the lads’s 4×2 which received the world title in Singapore.
The BSCA are issuing awards all through the week and Swimming World will publish one other piece highlighting these.
