Courtesy: Trinity Athletics
Trinity Swim Coach John Ryan to Retire
SAN ANTONIO – Swimming coach John Ryan has announced that he will be retiring from Trinity University at the end of the month, after more than 30 years coaching both the men’s and women’s programs.
Coach Ryan spent 25 years as the Head Coach of the men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams, then recently completed his sixth year as an assistant coach to both programs following his retirement from the head coaching job in May 2017. He created the Trinity swimming & diving programs following his arrival to Trinity in June of 1992 and the teams began competition that fall.
During his career as the head coach, Coach Ryan produced 24 All-American swimmers – including NCAA III Champion Stephen Culberson, who won the 100-yard freestyle in 2014. Culberson went on to qualify for the 2016 United States Olympic Trails.
Coach Ryan captured 17 of a possible 19 SCAC Championships in women’s swimming & diving, including a streak of 14 straight victories to close out his career. That streak was extended this year as well. He also led the men’s team to 10 SCAC Championships during his tenure as head coach. Coach Ryan was named the SCAC Coach of the Year on 15 different occasions during his career.
Prior to starting the Trinity program, Coach Ryan was the head coach at Wesleyan University (CT) from 1986-92 and also led NCAA I Southern Methodist University (TX) to a top-10 finish. His 1984-85 SMU squad was undefeated and claimed a win over NCAA National Champion University of Texas that season.
Prior to his collegiate head coaching stints, Coach Ryan served as the San Antonio Aquatic Club (SAAC) head coach and the aquatics coordinator of the North East Independent School District (NEISD). He also was involved with the founding of the Alamo Area Aquatic Association (AAAA), which has helped coordinate club and high school swimming in the San Antonio community.
Coach Ryan served as the swimming coach of the U.S. Modern Pentathlon Training Center at Fort Sam Houston and was on the staff of the gold-medal winning USA team at the 1971 CISM in Switzerland. He had three of his athletes compete at the 1972 Olympic Games in Germany. Following the Olympics that year, he completed a tour of duty as a U.S. Army officer in Vietnam before leaving the service in 1973.
Coach Ryan earned his bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College (ME) and his master’s in education from the College of William and Mary (VA).
Trinity Diving Coach Stan Randall Announces Retirement
SAN ANTONIO – Stan Randall has announced that he will be retiring as the Trinity University Diving Coach after 21 years at the helm of the Tiger diving program.
Coach Randall was instrumental in bringing Trinity diving to national prominence over his storied career that included three NCAA III National Champions. He guided both Lindsay Martin (1-meter) and Hayley Emerick (3-meter) to NCAA titles in 2010 and was named the Division III Women’s Diving Coach of the Meet. Just two years later, he produced yet another national champion as Ruth Hahn won the 2012 NCAA III 3-meter National Championship.
Over his career, Randall has coached 15 All-Americans at Trinity and his men’s and women’s divers consistently win awards as the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Divers of the Meet and Divers of the Year. He has helped Trinity to 20 consecutive SCAC Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships and has been a key part of the Tiger men winning 11 of the last 12 SCAC Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships.
Coach Randall has more than 50 years of coaching experience and one of his earliest successes were when he coached divers selected to the 1974 and 1976 United States Junior Olympic Teams. He went on to coach numerous members of the U.S. National Diving Teams in countless countries and events, including his first international gold medalist at the Can-Am-Mex Games in 1982. Coach Randall also coached the internationally famous Red Roof Inn Diving Team that won the U.S. national team titles in 1984 and 1986.
Since moving to San Antonio in 1995, Coach Randall has been the director of the Alamo Area Aquatics Association diving program. He has also served as the president of the Professional Diving Coaches Association and is the co-founder of Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) diving in the United States.
Trinity will begin a national search for a new diving coach immediately.
Forty years ago, Stan Randall brought
divers on weekends to the newly opened
IU Natatorium (IUPUI).
So many divers. So many meets.
Enjoy your retirement!
Congratulations John and Stan! Enjoy this next chapter in life.
John Ryan. An all time great crasher.
Bowdoin College All American! Current head coach Cathleen Pruden was the assistant at Bowdoin prior to getting the Trinity head job.