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Charlie Schlegel<\/strong>, the legendary high school swim coach, died on June 30, 2019 as a result of complications from open heart surgery. He was 89.<\/p>\n

Coach Schlegel, during his 25 years at Plainview Old Bethpage High School from 1960-1985, built his teams into a mecca of competitive swimming excellence in New York and throughout the nation.<\/p>\n

He had a career record of 395-28 as Plainview boys\u2019 swim coach. This included 15 undefeated seasons, 23 league championships, 21 Nassau County championships, 15 New York State championships and 1 Eastern Interscholastic championship.<\/p>\n

During his time at Plainview he coached 54 High School All-Americans, 126 State champions.\u00a0 He had an 88 meet undefeated streak that spanned eight seasons. He won the Long Island Swimming Coach of the Year 25 times and the Nassau County Swimming Coach of the Year 23 times. In 1981 he won the National Swimming Coach of the Year from the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association. In 2001, Schlegel was inducted into the Metropolitan Swimming Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

In the late 1950\u2019s and early 1960\u2019s California was a hot bed for competitive swimming. Lyn Burke from the Flushing YMCA went to Santa Clara to train under the tutelage of the famed coach, George Haines<\/strong>. She won two gold medals at the Rome Olympics in 1960. Later George Haines<\/strong> developed Don Schollander<\/strong> who won four gold medals in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and later Mark Spitz<\/strong>, who won seven gold medals in the 1972 Munich games as well as a few before that in 1968 in Mexico City.<\/p>\n

Charlie Schlegel implemented the California System in New York including circle swimming where you put 6-10 swimmers in a lane to do interval training on a pace clock. Charlie built his own pace clock before they were invented or marketed.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 California had the advantage of a warm climate but Charlie brought an unparalleled enthusiasm for the sport.\u00a0 Charlie developed year round programs and double workouts in the early morning beginning at 6:00 a.m. and in the afternoon where his swimmers swam three to four miles in a workout.<\/p>\n

Competitive swimming was evolving. In 1967 Dr. James E. Councilman wrote the book the Science of Swimming<\/u><\/em>, focusing on stroke mechanics and training methods. But still New York did not have enough pools, or coaches who knew the sport.\u00a0 Since competitive swimmers were all amateur athletes there was no future in professional sports and careers usually ended after college.\u00a0 But still competitive swimmers competed for college Scholarships. Charlie not only gave middle class kids from Long Island a chance to win scholarships but to see themselves as champions on a national stage.\u00a0 He, by example, taught his athletes about excellence, self-discipline and the courage that it takes to compete at the highest levels of any sport.\u00a0 He was a leader in every sense of the word.<\/p>\n

Charlie Schlegel attended Ohio State University on a full athletic scholarship later earning his teaching certificate at Long Island University. He became the Athletic Director of Plainview Old Bethpage High School and the Assistant Principal. He competed in the 1952 U.S. Olympic Team Trials and later in life set many national and worldwide records in Masters\u2019 competitions. During the Korean conflict he served as a Ranger in the U.S. Army.\u00a0 While stationed in Germany he made 28 jumps.<\/p>\n

Thomas F. Liotti<\/strong>, now an attorney and Village Justice on Long Island and former coach of the United States Merchant Marine Academy and a State record holder under Coach Schlegel stated:<\/p>\n

\u201cCharlie was a larger than life figure. He was a hero in life who inspired many to pursue excellence through hard work. You wanted to please him. He made you feel special. I can still remember the pride I felt when Charlie programmed me to swim against two State record holders from West Islip, our arch rival, in back to back events.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Robert Kahl<\/strong>, Ph.D., another high school All-American and State record holder, who swam for Coach Schlegel in the 1960\u2019s said: \u201cHe was a great man, an icon in high school competitive swimming circles. He was our Vince Lombardi<\/strong>.\u00a0 We loved him because he pushed us to achieve and we did.\u00a0 He was a friend throughout my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mike Sinkinson<\/strong>, an NCAA All-American at Bucknell University who was also a member of an All-American high school relay team under Coach Schlegel commented: \u201cWe were not into drugs, alcohol or gangs. We were purists and that\u2019s what Charlie expected of us. We never thought of disappointing him or letting the team down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Randy Schlegel<\/strong>, one of Charlie\u2019s sons, said of his dad: \u201cI was always in awe of him. He was just a tremendous role model.\u00a0 He treated all of his swimmers like members of our family.\u00a0 He was one of a kind.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael Golub<\/strong>, an All-American sprinter from Plainview and later the University of Maryland, stated: \u201cThe short answer is that we just loved him. In our lifetimes we seldom have the experience of being around that kind of cool. I could have played tennis, but you wanted to be on a winning team.\u00a0 But for Charlie I would never have known what it is to be a champion. He made a big difference in my life and so many others.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coach Schlegel is survived by his wife, Alma<\/strong>, of 68 years and his son Randy of North Carolina. Two other sons predeceased him, Christian and Bruce. He is being cremated.<\/p>\n

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in his honor and memory to the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the Halifax Hospice in Port Orange, Florida or Halifax Humane Society in Daytona Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n

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