Boys' Swimming
2001 Coach of the Year
Dave Coffman
St. Xavier High School
Cincinnati,
Ohio Impact Statement
Coffman led his teams to 23 State Titles over the course of his career at St. Xavier’s.
Biography
Coffman helped maintain St. Xavier High’s reputation as a national swimming power by coaching the Bombers to nine state championships before retiring after the 1997 season.
St. Xavier’s performances, the school has won 23 state titles overall, were a major factor in the Cincinnati area’s rise to prominence as a national swimming hotbed, joining Florida and California.