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swim coach best known as the coach of the
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from 1992-1996, and of the Mission Viejo Nadadores swim club from 1972 to 1985, and 2016 to 2022. He was a long serving Olympic coach (1984-2008) and head swimming coach for the University of Texas women (1989-1992) and
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(1992-2006), taking his teams to three NCAA National titles.


Education

Schubert was first introduced to swimming by Dick Wells, his High School swim coach at Akron Ohio's Harvey S. Firestone High School. Mark swam the breaststroke and played trombone in the band. Securing a swimming scholarship, he swam for the University of Kentucky where he was an assistant coach his last two years. During his brief tenure, he helped guide the University of Kentucky Swim team to their most successful season in history up to that time. His first head coaching job was from 1971-1972 with
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in Ohio for one year.


Mission Viejo Nadadores

Starting with the Nadadores at only 23 in 1972, he grew the team from 50 to 500 members, with his swimmers winning 17 total Olympic medals, 124 National Championships, and five World titles. Swimmers from the Nadadores set 88 American, and 21 World records, and won a total of 44 national championship titles. He coached the team for thirteen years through 1985 before returning to the team in 2016. Due to the number of Olympians and world class swimmers he coached, his many years of coaching the Nadadores may have been the most significant part of his coaching legacy.


College coaching


University of Texas

He coached the
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Women's team from 1989 to 1992 where he mentored NCAA champions, including Leigh Ann Fetter, Whitney Hedgepeth, and backstroker Beth Barr. He took the team to NCAA Championships in 1990 and 1991. During his career, his teams won three
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Championships and 49 NCAA individual titles.


University of Southern California

He served as the head coach for the
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men's and women's swim teams from around 1992-2006. In 1997, with the aid of such swimmers as Olympic gold medalist
Lindsay Benko Lindsay Dianne Benko (born November 29, 1976), known by her married name Lindsay Mintenko since 2005, is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympian, former world record-holder, and a managing director of USA Swimming. She represe ...
, he led the Women's team to his third NCAA championship. After taking the reins in 2006, he took a paid leave of absence from his role with USA Swimming in September 2010, and was later terminated from his position.


Late club coaching

Schubert was also the head coach for the Mission Bay Makos from 1985-1988 in Boca Raton, Florida, a large club where his teams won 9 national team titles. Schubert coached college swimming from 1989-2010. In 2011, Schubert coached Golden West Swim Club in Huntington Beach, California. In 2016, he returned to the Mission Viejo Nadadores as head coach, after working closely with Bill Rose who was retiring. Rose, who had been head coach since the 1990's, was admired and respected during his tenure. Schubert continued to drive the team to success through his retirement from the team in 2022. In early 2022, Schubert departed with some pro swimmers to coach at the Saddle Back El Toro (SET) Swim team. As of late 2022, Coach Schubert went to coach swimmers in China."Brinegar Runner-up in Tyr", ''The Republic'', Columbus, Indiana, pg. B1, 1 August 2023


Olympic coaching

He has also served as one of the USA's Olympic Swimming Team coaches in:
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(which the USA did not attend),
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,
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,
1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...
,
1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
,
2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
, and
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
. He served as part of the team staff for the
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as well.


Olympians coached

He has coached many swimming greats such as
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,
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, Mike O'Brien,
Janet Evans Janet Beth Evans (born August 28, 1971) is an American former competition swimmer who swam from 1989 to 1992 for Stanford University and specialized in distance freestyle events. Evans was a world champion and world record-holder, and won a to ...
,
Tiffany Cohen Tiffany Lisa Cohen (born June 11, 1966) is an American former swimming (sport), swimmer who was a double gold medalist at the 1984 Summer Olympics in the 400-meter and 800-meter freestyle swimming, freestyle. 1984 Los Angeles Olympic gold medal ...
,
Cynthia Woodhead Cynthia Lee Woodhead (born February 7, 1964), commonly known by her family nickname "Sippy", is an American former competition swimmer, world champion, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. She won three gold medals at the 1978 Worl ...
,
Lenny Krayzelburg Lenny Krayzelburg (born Leonid Olehovych Krayzelburg, September 28, 1975) is an American former backstroke swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record holder. He swam in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, winning a total of four Olympic g ...
, and
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. He would coach 1988 Olympian and backstroke specialist Beth Barr at UT, but after she had earned her silver medal in the 4x100 medley relay in the Seoul Olympics. More recent swimmers include Jarett Maycott, USA swimming managing director
Lindsay Benko Lindsay Dianne Benko (born November 29, 1976), known by her married name Lindsay Mintenko since 2005, is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympian, former world record-holder, and a managing director of USA Swimming. She represe ...
,
Jessica Hardy Jessica Adele Hardy Meichtry (born March 12, 1987) is an American competitive swimmer who specializes in breaststroke and freestyle events. Hardy earned a bronze medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle and a gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley r ...
,
Erik Vendt Erik K. Vendt (born January 9, 1981) is an American former competition swimmer. He won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 400-meter individual medley. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Vendt won a gold meda ...
,
Larsen Jensen Larsen Alan Jensen (born September 1, 1985) is an American former competition swimmer and a two-time Olympic medalist. Early life Larsen Jensen was born September 1, 1985, in Bakersfield, California and learned to swim in a backyard pool from h ...
, Ous Mellouli, Bernard Mendez, Kristine Quance, Khoa Tran,
Dara Torres Dara Grace Torres (born April 15, 1967) is an American former competitive swimmer, who is a 12-time Olympic medalist and former world record-holder in three events. Torres is the first swimmer to represent the United States in five Olympic Ga ...
and
Kaitlin Sandeno Kaitlin Shea Sandeno (born March 13, 1983) is an American former competition swimmer who is an Olympic gold medalist, world champion and former world record-holder. Sandeno was a member of the American team that set a new world record in the 4 ...
.


Honors and leadership roles

In 1997, he was inducted into the
International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests and serving as the central point for the stu ...
(ISHOF) as an Honor Coach. Widely recognized, he has been named a “Coach of The Year” by American Swimming Coaches Association, United States Olympic Committee, United States Swimming, NCAA and Pac-10. In late August 2021, Schubert resigned from his position on the American Swimming Association (ASA) Board of Directors. He has served as the Vice-President of the College Swim Coaches Association of America. With United States Swimming, he has served on the Steering, Olympic Operations and Technical Planning committees.


See also

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References


External links


Schubert's bio from USC


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