{"id":246214,"date":"2017-03-13T21:30:21","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T04:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=246214"},"modified":"2017-06-13T17:56:47","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T00:56:47","slug":"passages-hall-of-fame-coach-buddy-baarcke-passes-away-at-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/passages-hall-of-fame-coach-buddy-baarcke-passes-away-at-85\/","title":{"rendered":"Passages: Hall of Fame Coach Buddy Baarcke, Jr. Passes Away At 85"},"content":{"rendered":"

On March 10th, 2017, Mr. Leonide Alfred (Buddy) Baarcke<\/strong>, Junior, 85, of Dahlonega, GA, passed away after a short illness.<\/p>\n

Baarcke graduated from Suwanee Military Academy in 1949, where he began his competitive swimming career. From there he went to the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and continued to swim competitively. \u00a0It was at that time he began his coaching career. He graduated from UNC in 1953, was drafted into the Army and served two years. He continued to swim competitively while in the service.<\/p>\n

In 1954 he was the first American to set a world record in the butterfly stroke. Buddy was a college assistant coach for 10 years (UNC and UF) and a club coach for 40 years. He coached many Olympic medalists, national senior champions, and national age group champions.<\/p>\n

In September of 2016, Buddy was inducted into the American Swim Coaches Association\u2019s coaching Hall of Fame after being involved in the sport for over eight decades.<\/p>\n

Swimming World Captured Coach Buddy Baarcke’s Induction Ceremony With This Exclusive Video
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