Dick Hannula is a swimming coach in Tacoma, Washington who coached for Tacoma Swim Club, also known as TSC. During his time coaching, his students won 24 consecutive state championships, a total of 323 swim meets with no loss. In 1980, he was chosen as the National High School Swim Coach of the Year, was a 1987 Honor Coach in the International Swimming Hall of Fame, and in 1990 was the commissioner of swimming for the

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. A four-term president of the National Swimming Association, he coached the US National Swim Team in 1973, 1975 (in the

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), 1976, 1978, and 1985. He managed the national swim team in 1979, at the

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and the

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. A member of the

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, Hannula became the assistant coach for The University of Puget Sound's men's and women's swim teams in the 2007-2008 season and coaches for Tacoma Swim Club on a regular basis. He resides in North Tacoma with his wife, Sylvia. He has four children. Hannula is of

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n origin. Hannula is the author of , and The Swim Coaching Bible, Volume II. Hannula is the inventor of Han's Paddles, the first "holed" paddle

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hannula, Dick American male swimmers Sportspeople from Tacoma, Washington University of Puget Sound American people of Austrian descent American people of Finnish descent American swimming coaches College swimming coaches in the United States Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)