Jim Luebbe
Sacred Heart Academy
Impact Statement
Luebbe led the Sacred Heart Academy girls’ swim team to the state title in 2018 setting a state record for points scored!
Biography
Luebbe, who became the head coach at Sacred Heart Academy in 2007, led the school’s girls’ team to its 29th overall Kentucky state swimming championship this past season with an incredible 520.5 points This is a new state record and was 322.5 points more than second place North Oldham.
It was the sixth straight state title for Sacred Heart, which has also finished runner-up three times under Luebbe. “We shattered the record,” said Luebbe to LouisvilleCatholicSports.net after the championships. “It shows how deep our team was and how unified they were in their goal setting and what they wanted to accomplish as a team.”
Outside of his coaching duties, Luebbe continues to compete in the master’s division. In the 2018 Pan Am Masters, Luebbe placed first in the LCM Breaststroke with a time of 34.29. That time beat his Kentucky state record.
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