Jack Bauerle (born February 7, 1952) is the former head coach of the

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(UGA) men's and women's

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teams. He served as coach for the 2020 US Olympic Swim Team at the

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Personal life and early swimming career

Bauerle began swimming in the Philadelphia area at the Germantown YMCA, the Manor Lu Swim Club, and the Philadelphia Aquatic Club. As a senior in 1970, he was a co-captain of the

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team and swam on four teams that won the

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Championships. In 2010 Bauerle was inducted into the La Salle College High School Alumni Hall of Fame. As a varsity swimmer at UGA from 1971–72 to 1974–75, Bauerle swam for head coach Pete Scholle and set UGA records in the 200-yard butterfly, 1,000- and 1,650-yard freestyle events, and served as the team captain of the 1973–74 and 1974–75 squads. He earned a

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from the University of Georgia in 1975and has three children, John, Magill, and Duke.

Career accomplishments

Early coaching career

Bauerle began coaching the University of Georgia women's team in 1979 and later became head coach for the men's team as well in 1983. Throughout much of his coaching tenure from 1982-2012, his Assistant Coach was former U. Georgia swimmer Harvey Humphries, who would become Associate Head Coach from 2012-2019. During his Georgia tenure, he coached Samantha Arsenault from 2003-2005 after she won a gold medal in the 4x200 freestyle relay in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. In 2000 Bauerle was an Olympic swim coach; in 2003 and 2005, he was head coach for the Women's USA World Championship Team. On September 8, 2006,

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announced that Bauerle would be the head coach of the

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women's swimming team at the

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. Bauerle has been named NCAA coach of the year five times and SEC coach of the year 12 times. As of the 2014 season, Bauerle's teams have won six

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Women's national championships, and eleven SEC Women's championships, finishing second nationally seven times and in the top five 22 times. As of 2013 season, he had coached 152 All-American women swimmers (including 690 First-Team and 375 Honorable Mention certificates), 92 All-American men swimmers (including 126 First-Team and 387 Honorable Mention certificates), and three Olympic gold medalists. At the end of his coaching career, Bauerle finished his 42nd year as a head coach for the UGA women's team and his 35th year as men's head coach.

2020 Summer Olympics

Bauerle was one of the nine assistant coaches to head coaches David Durden and Greg Meehan for the 2020 US Olympic Swim Team at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, which were held in 2021 due to the

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.Lohn, John (June 20, 2021)
"U.S. Olympic Trials: USA Swimming Names Coaching Staff For Tokyo Games"
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contingent consisting of seven swimmers,

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, and

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, representing two different countries,

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, for which Bauerle served as the head coach, was the largest group of NCAA swimmers from a single college or university in the United States to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games.Carlson, Reid (July 23, 2021)
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''. Retrieved October 25, 2021. Five of Bauerle's past and present Bulldogs students won five

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s in one day at the competition, including Chase Kalisz who won the first Olympic medal in any sport at the 2020 Olympic Games for the

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''. July 24, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2021. Bauerle's was nominated by the

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''. Retrieved October 13, 2021. In 2023, he retired from coaching and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Executive Board of the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA).

Awards and honors

* Golden Goggle Award nominee, Coach of the Year: 2021 * Lifetime Achievement Award, CSCAA: 2023

Notes

References

Baurle's bio
from the University of Georgia Athletics website.
Bauerle, Reese named 2008 head Olympic coaches
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