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Coach George Haines Innovative And Caring Approach Helped Him Push Swimmers To The Top.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
Byline: Michael Mink
For George Haines, developing championship swimmers in the pool started by setting an example for them out of it.
"I set my standards high for me and for the kids that swam for me. I expected a lot out of them. I think I led a decent, wholesome quality of life, and I think my athletes responded to that," Haines, 77, said in a recent interview.
A seven-time Olympics swimming coach (1960-1984), Haines was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1974, and was recently voted the swimming coach of the century by that organization and by Swimming World magazine. His swimmers won a total of 44 Olympics gold medals, along with 14 silver and 10 bronze medals.
"George sort of combined the gruff no-nonsense coach with the fatherly image, so that even if he was telling you to go back and do it again or do it better, there was a tone in his voice or an expression on his face that let you know that he expected better out of you because he saw it inside of you. He inspired people to want to do their best for him," said Phillip Whitten, who swam for Haines and is currently Swimming World's editor in chief.
Haines, a native of Huntington, Ind., modeled himself after his own swimming coach, Glen S. Hummer.
"I used to sit in the front seat of the car with (Hummer) coming home from swimming meets, for two reasons. First, to keep him awake. And the second one was to ask him questions about swimming, because I knew at a young age (coaching) was what I wanted to do," Haines said.
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