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In a career cut short by cancer, Randy Bennett<\/strong> coached Olympic, world championship and Commonwealth Games medallists. He also gained the respect of the swimmers he coached and the people he worked with.<\/p>\n

For those reasons and more, Swimming Canada has inducted Bennett into its Circle of Excellence.<\/p>\n

As head coach of Swimming Canada\u2019s\u00a0High Performance\u00a0Centre – Victoria plus the coach\/director of the Island Swimming club, Bennett shaped the careers of Olympic medallists Ryan Cochrane<\/strong> and Hilary Caldwell<\/strong>, and other swimmers such as Julia Wilkinson, Stephanie Horner and Alec Page.<\/p>\n

Bennett was Canada\u2019s national team head coach at the London 2012 Olympic Games, where Cochrane took the silver medal in the 1,500-metre freestyle. He was also\u00a0head\u00a0coach at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games and three FINA World Championships. He was Swimming Canada coach of the year seven consecutive years from 2008 to 2014.<\/p>\n

He pushed his athletes in the pool to achieve the best results, but he also was honest in his expectations and appraisals.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe expected nothing except the absolute best from each and every person he touched,\u201d Cochrane said. \u201cCoaching was his passion and his life. I know he had a profound impact on my life both in and out of the sport. I would not be the athlete or person I am today without him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Caldwell has a tattoo that reads \u201cMake it So,\u201d a phrase Bennett often used, evoking Captain Jean-Luc Picard of Star Trek: The Next Generation.<\/p>\n

Once asked about his coaching philosophy Bennett talked about honesty and the importance of being a good communicator.<\/p>\n

\u201cAthletes want clear, concise communications,\u201d he said. \u201cThat makes an athlete feel better than gaining an inflated or deflated sense of themselves. They know I will tell them the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bennett was born on Nov. 11, 1953, in Red Lake, Ont. His family later moved to Fort Nelson, B.C., where Bennett worked as a lifeguard.<\/p>\n

His first assistant coaching job was as an 18-year-old in Fort McMurray, Alta. He would go on to coach at the Olympian Swim Club in\u00a0Edmonton,\u00a0and spend nine seasons with the University of British Columbia Dolphins with Tom Johnson before taking over at Victoria\u2019s Island Swimming in 2002.<\/p>\n

Bennett died on April 27, 2015, of metastatic malignant melanoma at the age of 51.<\/p>\n

\u201cCoaching is truly\u00a0a wonderful\u00a0life,\u201d Bennett said once in an interview. \u201cEnjoy it. Very few people get to have a job as fun as ours. We\u2019re pretty lucky and I think sometimes we lose sight of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with Swimming Canada<\/i>. For press releases and advertising inquiries please contact<\/i>\u00a0Advertising@SwimmingWorld.com<\/i><\/b>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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