Back To Current Topics- 1967 Worked for the Chicago Park District and United Parcel Service.
- 1968 began my teaching career at Mundelein High School as a Driver Education teacher and worked as their athletic trainer.
- 1970 wrote a book "Competitive Diving Techniques", never published.
- 1970 & 71 Coached the Northbrook YMCA Diving Team to 2 State Team Titles.
- 1970 & 71 Coached the Summer Northbrook Park District Diving teams to 2 Conference Team Titles.
- 1972 Coached diving at Proviso West and Glenbrook North High Schools. The Glenbrook North diver finished 3rd at the State Meet
- 1973 Hired by District 214 at Arlington High School as a Physical Education teacher and diving coach.
- 1973 Participated in and passed a National Diving Judges Certification exam (Dallas, Texas) and altered it to apply to the high school rules. The idea was not well received at that time.
- 1973 to 1976 coached the Arlington Park District to the Northern Illinois Conference Team Titles.
- 1975 was instrumental in acquiring 2 new cars for the Arlington High School auto mechanic's shop.
- 1974 to 1987 coached kids that won Conference, Sectionals and were in the State Finals.
- 1976 began the Schaumburg Diving Academy and continue to run summer diving programs there. This program produced many fine divers and won many team titles under the AAU and eventually US Diving.
- 1978 developed a diving sheet that is still widely used today. That effort brought inquiries from all over the country.
- 1978 agreed to coach more that one school for the district.
- After years of discussion and letter writing, Jim Blickenstaff and I were instrumental in getting the IHSA to install the current diver qualifying system to get to the State Meet.
- 1984 Coached 5 of the 6 district schools.
- 1989 Resigned from coaching girls to watch my daughter dive.
- 1990 became the Girl's diving coach for Schaumburg High School.
- Was also instrumental in the establishment of the current judging panel system that is used at the State Meet and was the test coach on that panel at Evanston High School.
- 1975 to 1998 wrote many letters and article covering Safety and Judging that appeared in the ISA newsletter and NISCA Journals, including one entitled "Let's Get Rid Of Swimming".
- 1978 to the present was a presenter at many clinics for both coaches and officials. Some included: 1978 at Whitney Young HS, 1988 & 89 at Deerfield HS "Diving Clinic for Swim Coaches", Carl Sandberg HS, 1993 New Trier HS, 2000, 2001, 2002 & 2003 at Glenbrook South HS.
- 1990 to 1993 Illinois High School Swimming Advisory Board Member.
- 1993 Developed a copyright for "Judging Criteria" to assist officials and coaches when judging.
- 1993 addressed the National Federation of High School Associations in reference to a proposal to separate swimming and diving.
- 1994 Presenter at the AAHPERD National Convention for Diving Safety.
- 1995 was asked to present "Judging Criteria" to the National Federation's rules committee.
- 1995 Assisted a NISCA committee in determining High School All America Divers.
- 1977 to present Continue to study the Diving Safety issue.
- 1997 Started this web site and continue to update it.
- 1999-2000 Involved in trying to get Diving under the AAU Sports umbrella again. That effort resulted in insurance coverage for the Sport.
- June 7, 2001 Retired from teaching after 34 years.
- 1999 to 2003 Involved in setting ANSI standards for residential swimming pools under the auspices of the National Spa and Pool Institute. The culmination of this work set NSPI's ANSI standards for the next 5 years. Effective October 1, 2003
- Spring 2002 was asked to submit proposals for:
- Referee instructions to the Judging Panels at Sectional and State Meets.
- Protocols for Judging Sectional and State Meets.
- A Basis for Scoring Dives.
- Jan 2003 Clinician at Glenbrook South H.S. for Officials. Presented an article titled "Vision and Judging".
- Feb 2003 Proposed article dealing with Penalties for "Clerical Errors" and the "Use of Technology" to avoid these errors.
- Hosted the return of the AAU with a sanctioned event July 19 & 20, 2003.
- Continue to write letters and articles in defense of the Safety of the Diving Activity.
- Jan. 2004 Clinician at Glenbrook South H.S. for IHSA Officials. Reviewed judging items and presented some items pertaining to a good referee.
- Jan 2005 presented "Vision and Judging" at a clinic for IHSA officials at Glenbrook South H.S.
- August 2005 The First AAU National Championship held in Largo, Florida.
- Membership in the AAU totaled 8,000 at that time (August 2005).
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Pictures of
me diving some 42 years ago. Don't hold your breath! If you look really close,
you will notice I had hair "on the top of my head" way back
then! Notice the swim suit. They were made of latex. It was like wearing a girdle. When they first came out, the colors were either black or white. Eventually more colors were available. My favorite was powder blue. Swimming/Diving and Baseball have recently been hit with the budget ax. I am a deeply saddened Iowa State Cyclone Alumni & former Diver.
The new ISU A.D. is promising to bring back Men's Swimming, Tennis and Baseball. I surely hope he can follow through on that promise for the sake of the kids and the sport. |  |
| My Freshman year (1958) at Fenwick HS. My teammate was Ken Sitzberger (1964 "Olympic Gold Medalist"). | My Junior year (1965) at Iowa State University when the pool was first opened. It was also the year Iowa State hosted the NCAA Championships. | |