{"id":200370,"date":"2016-05-04T14:51:10","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T21:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=200370"},"modified":"2016-05-04T16:00:32","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T23:00:32","slug":"asca-to-discuss-banned-coaches-policy-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/asca-to-discuss-banned-coaches-policy-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"ASCA to Discuss Banned Coaches Policy in September"},"content":{"rendered":"

The American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) has announced plans for the group’s September Board meeting. The meeting will include a discussion of the policy surrounding coaches who have been banned by\u00a0USA Swimming.<\/p>\n

In September of 2015,\u00a0Joe Bernal\u00a0<\/strong>was one of six coaches inducted<\/a> into the ASCA’s Hall of Fame. Monday, USA Swimming announced a lifetime ban<\/a> on the legendary coach.<\/p>\n

While ASCA is not formally attached to USA Swimming, Bernal was banned for violating three sections of the USA Swimming Code of Conduct.<\/p>\n

The Association is the professional service organization with over 10,000 coaches registered as members.<\/p>\n

There are currently 15 members serving on the Board of Directors, including\u00a0well known\u00a0names within the NCAA and beyond to the Olympic ranks.\u00a0Gregg Troy\u00a0<\/strong>of the University of Florida, and\u00a0Mike Bottom\u00a0<\/strong>from the University of Michigan\u00a0are\u00a0on the board, along with Jim Tierney<\/strong>\u00a0from the new McKendree University program<\/a>.\u00a0David Marsh<\/strong>,\u00a0the 2016 US Women’s Head Olympic Coach is also a board member.<\/p>\n

The ASCA Board of Directors <\/a>includes:<\/p>\n