Jean Chard
Lafayette High School
Impact Statement
Chard coached teams to 12 State Championships over his thirty year career.
Biography
Chard’s teams at Lafayette have won 12 state titles and taken home 30 state trophies in his 30-year coaching career. His girls” teams have been particularly successful, winning the state title this year, scoring in all 12 events for its fifth state crown in seven years.
Lafayette also won four consecutive titles from 2001-04, finishing second in 2005 and 2006. Chard also coached the Lafayette boys’ teams from 1980-97, and in 1997 his boys and girls teams both won state titles. The National Federation of State High School Associations named Chard its National Swimming Coach of the Year in 2004.
Subsequently, after being honored Chard retired from coaching and teaching in 2008.
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