Jean Freeman (1950-2010) was an American

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

coach. She was the Women's Swimming Head Coach at the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. ...

for 31 years, from 1973 to 2004. Freeman was coach of Minnesota's women's Swimming team when the school's UM's women's athletics program started in 1975.
Gopher legend Jean Freeman passes away
'. Published by the Minnesota Athletics website (www.gophersports.com); published in 2010-10; retrieved 2014-04-07. She coached the Golden Gophers to two Big Ten titles (1999, 2000) and was named the Big Ten's Women's Coach of the Year four times. She was inducted in the

American Swimming Coaches Association The American Swimming Coaches Association, or ASCA, is a professional organization for Swimming coaches in the USA. It was founded in 1958 and is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. ASCA provides education opportunities for swimming coaches, includ ...

's Hall of Fame in 2011.ASCA Hall of Fame
page from the ASCA website (www.swimmingcoach.org); retrieved 2014-04-07. On December 6, 2014, the University of Minnesota renamed its swimming and diving complex the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center. Freeman swam for Minnesota from 1968 to 1972, and graduated from the school in 1973.

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