Ray Bussard (August 12, 1928Famed swim coach Ray Bussard dies
posted on 2010-09-23 by the Chattanoogan.com. Retrieved 2010-09-23. – September 22, 2010)
published by the University of Tennessee Men's Athletics website (www.utsorts.com) on 2010-09-23; retrieved 2010-09-23. was a hall-of-fame and Olympic swimming coach from the United States. He was inducted into the

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as an Honor Coach in 1999, and into the

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's Hall of Fame in 2008 He was an assistant coach for the USA's swimming team at the

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. Bussard coached the men's swimming team at the

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for 21 season, from 1968-1989. When he began at the school, Tennessee had not competed in swimming at the NCAA level since 1959. While at Tennessee, he was twice named the

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's Swimming Coach of the Year (1972 and 1978), and his Volunteers won the NCAA Swimming Championships in 1978. Bussard served as a coach for the USA at the: 1984 Olympics, and 1979 and 1983 Pan American Games. In 2000, Bussard was inducted into the

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. Passages: Hall of Famer Ray Bussard, 83
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bussard, Ray 1928 births 2010 deaths American swimming coaches Tennessee Volunteers swimming coaches People from Hot Springs, Virginia

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