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Don Watson<\/strong>, who coached five Olympic swimmers in the 1960s and 1970s at Hinsdale Central High School and later worked at the University of Texas, has passed away. He was 87 years old.<\/p>\n

Watson grew up swimming alongside the great\u00a0Doc Counsilman\u00a0<\/strong>at the St. Louis YMCA in the 1940s, and he later served as an assistant to Counsilman. After he ended up in Illinois in 1967, he won an incredible 163 dual meets and lost only three times, winning 12 state championships.<\/p>\n

His swimmers included Olympic medalists\u00a0John Kinsella<\/strong> and\u00a0John Murphy<\/strong>, along with marathon swimming ace\u00a0Sandra Bucha<\/strong> and three-time Modern Pentathlon Olympian\u00a0Bob Nieman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Read Watson’s full bio, courtesy of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, below:<\/p>\n

Don Watson\u2019s swimming life began in the mid-1940s when, having just turned 13, he joined the St. Louis YMCA swim team. Now, as it turned out, the St. Louis Y had among its members, an outstanding swimmer who would have a profound influence not only on Don\u2019s life, but on the sport of swimming. That swimmer was Jim Counsilman, better known to us today as \u201cDoc.\u201d<\/p>\n

Don remembers the 1946 YMCA National Championships, held at Huntington, Indiana, as his most memorable meet. Doc — who was captain of the Ohio State team at the time \u2013 won the 100 and 200 yard breaststroke titles — and Don won the 1650 free. Another highlight of his swimming career was breaking the record for the 22 mile Mississippi River Marathon swim by almost four hours.<\/p>\n

Perhaps not by coincidence, Don earned a swimming scholarship to the University of Iowa, where Counsilman was the team\u2019s assistant coach under another Hall of Fame coach, David<\/strong> Armbruster<\/strong>. After graduating from Iowa, Don married fellow swimmer Janet<\/strong> Frank<\/strong>. The couple then moved to Indiana, where Don earned a Masters degree in physical education while serving as an assistant coach under IU\u2019s new head coach- you guessed it – Doc Counsilman!<\/p>\n

On leaving Indiana in 1965, Don taught and toiled as an assistant coach before accepting the top position at Hinsdale Central High School, in Illinois. At Hinsdale, Don racked up an incredible record of 163 wins against just three losses. Included among those wins were 128 consecutive victories and 12 consecutive state championships between 1967 and 1978.<\/p>\n

In 1968, one of his swimmers, Hall-of-Famer John Kinsella, then just a 16-year-old high school sophomore, took the silver medal in the 1500 meter freestyle at the Mexico City Olympic Games. Two years later, Hinsdale won the national interscholastic title. John Kinsella became the first to break the 16 minute barrier in the 1500 meter freestyle and won the Sullivan Award as America\u2019s outstanding Amateur Athlete. That same year Don Watson was named \u201ccoach of the year\u201d by both United States Swimming and the National Interscholastic Swimming Association.<\/p>\n

At the Munich Olympic Games in 1972, Kinsella won a relay gold medal, while another Hinsdale swimmer, John Murphy, won Olympic gold and bronze medals.<\/p>\n

Watson\u2019s coaching talents extended beyond the pool and into the open water. Beginning in 1973, Kinsella and fellow Hinsdale swimmer, Sandra Bucha, began dominating the world professional marathon circuit. Over his pro career, John won 29 of 31 races and over her 3-year career, Sandra never lost an open water race to another woman. Often the only male to beat her was Kinsella.<\/p>\n

Another Watson-coached swimmer was Bob Nieman, a three-time U.S. Olympian in the Modern Pentathlon.<\/p>\n

Don left Hinsdale in 1980 to become the Director of the University of Texas Swimming Stadium and Manager of the Longhorn Aquatic Swim Club. In addition to collaborating with six Hall of Fame head coaches at UT, Don was responsible for hosting numerous major competitions at the Stadium, including the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials.<\/p>\n

In the 1970s Don Watson\u2019s \u201cHinsdale Program\u201d became a national model for developing a community-based swimmingprogram noted not only for producing great athletes, but for instilling in them basic concepts of commitment, dedication, hard work and service – as a prescription for successful lives as adults. Among the many noteworthy alums of Watson\u2019s Hinsdale program are Dr. George<\/strong> Tidmarsh<\/strong>, a leader in the bio pharma industry, and Bob Dudley<\/strong>, the CEO of British Petroleum.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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