{"id":122031,"date":"2015-02-04T08:22:47","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T15:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=122031"},"modified":"2015-12-21T11:55:36","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T18:55:36","slug":"germantown-announces-controversial-retirement-richard-shoulberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/germantown-announces-controversial-retirement-richard-shoulberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Germantown Announces Controversial Retirement of Richard Shoulberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p>\n<p>PHILADELPHIA &#8211; Late last night, Germantown Academy announced the controversial retirement of long-time head coach Richard Shoulberg, who is currently employed by Germantown as coach emeritus.<\/p>\n<p>The news is a bit of a surprise to Shoulberg, who was still in talks with Germantown to extend his contract that ends June 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will be coaching somewhere in June,&#8221; Shoulberg told <em>Swimming World<\/em>. &#8220;I&#8217;m not ready to give up coaching. \u00a0I just want to help kids swim faster.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shoulberg explained that he recently had a contract extension conversation with Germantown headmaster Jim Connor this past December, and was told that Connor would get back with him as soon as they made a decision.<\/p>\n<p>Shoulberg took last night&#8217;s news in stride, however, as he&#8217;s prepared to move on from Germantown if the retirement truly does take place.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will leave and be coaching the very next day in the Philadelphia area,&#8221; Shoulberg told <em>Swimming World<\/em> about his &#8220;retirement,&#8221; &#8220;An administrator is not stopping me from coaching, although I&#8217;d prefer to be coaching at Germantown.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shoulberg also told <em>Swimming World<\/em> this morning that Germantown head coach Jeff Thompson had voiced a desire to have Shoulberg on staff through the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials due to his experience at such a big meet. \u00a0But, Connor is the final authority on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Connor and Thompson have not responded to a request for comment from <em>Swimming World<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Germantown has had a bit of a rocky road since <a title=\"Richard Shoulberg Speaks About Leave of Absence From Germantown Academy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/richard-shoulberg-speaks-about-leave-of-absence-from-germantown-academy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shoulberg first took a leave of absence in December 2013<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following <a title=\"Terre Haute\u2019s Jeff Thompson Tabbed to Replace Dick Shoulberg at Germantown\" href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/terre-hautes-jeff-thompson-tabbed-to-replace-dick-shoulberg-at-germantown\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thompson&#8217;s hiring<\/a>\u00a0last June, Germantown then lost half of its coaching staff last semester as\u00a0<a title=\"Germantown Academy Aquatic Club Accepts Coaching Resignations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/germantown-academy-aquatic-club-accepts-coaching-resignations\/\" target=\"_blank\">Caroline and Colleen Boland as well as Chris Lear all wound up leaving Germantown<\/a> for various reasons.<\/p>\n<p>With Shoulberg likely leaving at the end of his contract on June 2015, that&#8217;s nearly a century of combined coaching knowledge gone from Germantown.<\/p>\n<p>The Eastern Interscholastic Swim Championships at LaSalle University, <a title=\"2015 Eastern Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships\" href=\"http:\/\/tv.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/events\/2015-eastern-interscholastic-swimming-and-diving-championships\" target=\"_blank\">which will be webcast live by SwimmingWorld.TV on Feb. 20-21<\/a>, has already been dedicated to Shoulberg with news of his retirement. \u00a0There will be a presentation during finals on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the full retirement notice as posted by Germantown Academy last night:<\/p>\n<p>The quotes from Shoulberg shown below were acquired in December 2014 for &#8220;whenever&#8221; a retirement occurred.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tenure:<\/strong><br \/>\n46 years<\/p>\n<p><strong>Positions Held:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Director of Aquatics<\/li>\n<li>Physical Education Teacher<\/li>\n<li>Director of the Germantown Academy Aquatics Club<\/li>\n<li>Director of Aquatics for the Day Camp (18 years)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Honors Conferred:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Class of 1760 Honorary Alumnus<\/li>\n<li>Led the girls\u2019 swimming program to every Inter-Academic Athletic League Championship from 1972 to 2013<\/li>\n<li>Led the women\u2019s GAAC team to the USA Swimming Spring National Championship in 2007<\/li>\n<li>Twice named American Swimming Coaches Association Coach of the Year<\/li>\n<li>Led Patriots to eight women\u2019s and two men\u2019s Swimming World Magazine national prep school titles<\/li>\n<li>Three-time Olympic and five-time Pan Am Games coach<\/li>\n<li>2011 Recipient of the USA Swimming Award, the organization\u2019s highest honor<\/li>\n<li>Recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame Paragon Award<\/li>\n<li>Past president and a board member of American Swimming Coaches Association<\/li>\n<li>Committee member of Olympic International Development, Olympic International Operations, USS (United States Swimming USS Rules and Chair of the Steering Committee<\/li>\n<li>Has placed 16 athletes on various Olympic teams<\/li>\n<li>Coached more than 280 All-Americans and numerous Senior and Junior National champions and finalists<\/li>\n<li>Member of the GA Athletic Hall of Fame<\/li>\n<li>Member of the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame<\/li>\n<li>Member of the PA Aquatics Hall of Fame<\/li>\n<li>Member of the PA Hall of Fame<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Norristown High School Hall of Fame<\/li>\n<li>Member of the American Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame<\/li>\n<li>Past President of the American Swimming Coaches Association<\/li>\n<li>Recipient of the two highest awards of the National Federation of State High Schools Association<\/li>\n<li>Presented workshops in over thirty states, in ten countries in Europe, and in Thailand, Hong Kong, China, and Japan<\/li>\n<li>Lectured in three countries in South America<\/li>\n<li>Lectured in New Zealand and Australia numerous times<\/li>\n<li>Lectured on every continent that participates in the Olympics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why Dick Stayed:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGA is in my blood!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came here in 1969 to run the Aquatics Program, and GA didn\u2019t have first, second, and third grades on the swimming instruction schedule. I asked Sam Stroud 1760 and Jack Turner &#8217;56 if I could get some high school kids to help teach, and they agreed to six to eight weeks in the fall and six to eight weeks in the spring. And then Bobbie Crane 1760 and Joanne Finegan said, \u2018What about Kindergarten?\u2019 And Mrs. Weems asked about PreK. And the program went on to include every grade after that. I stayed to build that program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stayed because I love being a part of school life every day. I love talking to kids like Chris Nunes &#8217;14, a kid who never swam on a team. It was just a joy to chat with him. I speak with the kitchen guys and the maintenance guys every day. Jimmy Stewart from our kitchen being inducted into 1760 at graduation ~ now that was a special moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am grateful to GA for the opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lasting Memories:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love the early AM swim. I encourage Jeff (Thompson, the new Director of Aquatics at Germantown Academy) to stay home once a week to have breakfast with his kids, and I come in and do that practice\/swim. Those parents that participate in the early AM swims are very important to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a great relationship with former Head of School (1970-1986) Bud Kast 1760; he worked out every day during swim practice. When it was time for him to retire, I sent the stationary bike home with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLosing Fran (Crippen \u201902) was one of the worst days of my life. I have used those circumstances in which he passed as my next cause to champion \u2013 open water swimming safety for the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dick is Thankful For:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had four children graduate from GA: four distinct individuals who are successful people, who were molded by the GA faculty. I owe the school a payback.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have had the opportunity to work in a complete aquatic program \u2013 one that teaches scuba, lifesaving, beginning swimmers, and competitive teams, as well as fitness for life, everyone\u2019s responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gifts to the Community:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quite simply, Dick taught the school to swim\u2026. and to respect all aquatic environments.<\/li>\n<li>Dick has given a lifetime of coaching excellence to our school. He has reached out to the most timid of swimmers as well as to Olympians, providing each the support they needed to be one with the water.<\/li>\n<li>Dick has brought international recognition to our school by sharing his knowledge and skill with coaches and swimmers around the world.<\/li>\n<li>By starting the Germantown Academy Aquatics Club, Dick made GA available to the wider community. He introduced GA to many children who wouldn\u2019t otherwise have been able to experience our school.<\/li>\n<li>Dick has reached out to the community beyond GA, writing practice sheets for other Inter-Ac schools to ensure the improvement of the whole league, sharing design training techniques and programs, and lecturing (pro bono!) on every continent on the planet, sharing his expertise unselfishly.<\/li>\n<li>Dick graciously opened the GA pool to everyone in the community from the youngest children to their grandparents for exercise and rehabilitation. He encouraged swimming as a life-long pursuit of health. Jim Connor has often remarked that Dick made the pool the center of community life. Opening at 5:30 a.m. ~ closing at 9:30 p.m. Serving the needs of GA swimmers, GAAC swimmers, GA students and those from other schools, water polo players, divers, master swimmers, and GA alums. Dick welcomed everyone to the pool!<\/li>\n<li>Dick co-authored two editions of the book The Coaches\u2019 Bible of Swimming.<\/li>\n<li>For many GA students and alums, many swimmers and many not, Dick served, in their words, as a \u201csecond father,\u201d providing discipline, guidance, and love over the years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What Jim Connor Remembers Most:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A number of years ago, Audrey Schnur (Director of Institutional Advancement) and I were in Northern California meeting with a group of GA alumni, several of them former swimmers for Coach Shoulberg. During the course of our gathering, one of these swimming alums said: &#8216;Let\u2019s call Coach Shoulberg. He will never believe that we are all having lunch together.&#8217; She pulled out her cell phone and, (you have to remember that this occurred before cell phones were encoded with call recognition software) dialed his school phone. As soon as she said, &#8216;Hello, Coach Shoulberg\u2026&#8217; he knew exactly who was calling. Wow, I thought! Coach Shoulberg really knows his kids. And I marveled as the phone was passed, and we listened to Coach Shoulberg speak in a highly personal way to every swimming alumnus or alumna sitting around the table. His swimmers are family forever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Memorable Quotes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told Jack Turner that the safety of the kids in the pool is the most important thing. If we have a swim team that can win a meet, fine. But we will teach all of our kids how to swim. I loved seeing Dave Wharton or Dave Berkoff break world records, but the most important thing is safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have gotten lucky that we had some really good teams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to be able to balance family life and work life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next Adventure:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been involved in Red Cross for a long time, and I will teach lifesaving until I die. I enjoy teaching the AED to faculty. Safety is equally as important as getting international medals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m going to take my wife to Florida during the school year!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will use the circumstances of Fran\u2019s death to champion open-water swimming safety in every country in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo matter what doors close and what doors open, I will always continue to coach!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Dick Will Miss the Most:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho will teach my second graders? That is the grade that I have loved the most every year. They are the only group to just lay their towels out on the deck\u2026like they own the place!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose, \u2018Hey, Shoulberg,\u2019 shouts from the kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe wins and losses have never been important; it\u2019s the interaction with the kids \u2013 now and years later \u2013 that I cherish.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Courtesy: Peter H. 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