Peter Malone (swimming coach)

Peter Donovan Malone was a swimming coach from the United States. He served as the head coach and general manager for the Kansas City Blazers Swim Team in Kansas City, Kansas & Missouri from 1975 to 2010.[1]

Accomplishments

Malone is a graduate of the University of Toledo in Business Management and also has an Education Degree. Before coaching with the KC Blazers, he was an assistant coach at the Greater Toledo Aquatic Club from 1968 to 1975.

Some of Coach Malone's accomplishments/positions include:

  • USA Swimming's Top 25 Most Influential People in the History of Swimming
  • recipient of the 2001 USA Swimming Award, for outstanding contribution to the United States and to the Sport of Swimming
  • USA Swimming's Olympic International Operations Committee member (1984–2008)
  • USA Women's Swimming head coach, 2004 Short Course Worlds
  • USA Women's Swimming head coach, 1999 Pan American Games
  • USA Swimming's board of directors member: 1982–1986 and 1992–1996 (as Central Zone Director)
  • USA Swimming's National Steering Committee, 1992–2004
  • USA Swimming's Senior Development Committee chair: 2004–2008
  • USA Swimming's National Time Standards Committee chair
  • Consulting coach to the 1988, 1992, and 1996 U.S. Olympic Teams
  • Assistant coach, USA National Team: 1981, 1985, 1988, 1991, and 1993
  • Head coach, USA team at 1994 World Championships
  • Head coach, 1996 USA Swimming Junior Team
  • Vice president, American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA), 1995–2001, 2002–2007
  • ASCA Board of Directors 1991–1994, 1995–2004
  • ASCA Certificates of Excellence recipient 1977–2009, including the Gold award for over 20 years of national-level coaching achievement
  • ASCA Hall of Fame inductee in 2009[2]

References
  1. Pete Malone retires as Head Coach of Kansas City Blazers Archived 2012-08-29 at the Wayback Machine, posted by Swimming World magazine online on 2010-04-05; retrieved 2010-11-01.
  2. ASCA Hall of Fame page Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2010-11-01
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