{"id":629970,"date":"2026-01-01T12:46:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T19:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=629970"},"modified":"2026-01-01T12:46:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T19:46:59","slug":"passages-jerry-holtrey-asca-hall-of-fame-coach-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/passages-jerry-holtrey-asca-hall-of-fame-coach-86\/","title":{"rendered":"Passages: Jerry Holtrey, ASCA Hall of Fame Coach, 86"},"content":{"rendered":"

Passages: Jerry Holtrey, ASCA Hall of Fame Coach, 86<\/strong><\/p>\n

Longtime Ohio high school swimming coach and ASCA Hall of Fame inductee Jerry Holtrey<\/strong> died on Dec. 23. He was 86 years old.<\/p>\n

Holtrey spent more than 45 years as the coach at Hawken School in Cleveland before retiring in 2014<\/a>. He led the Hawks to 26 state championships as a team, including 16 consecutive on the girls side to end his tenure, a streak that would extend to 24 titles and run through 2023. It was the third-longest active streak in the nation when it was broken.<\/p>\n

Holtrey\u2019s star pupils include Olympic gold medalists Diana Munz, Melanie Valerio, Sharon Wichman<\/strong> and Matt Vogel<\/strong>. He mentored more than 400 collegiate All-Americans, 24 individual event winners at Senior Nationals and high-point winners at both Senior Nationals and World Open Water Champions.<\/p>\n

\u201cHawken School mourns the passing of legendary swimming coach Jerry Holtrey,\u201d Director of Athletics Jim Doyle <\/strong>said in a press release<\/a>. \u201cCoach Holtrey dedicated 45 years of his life to Hawken, beginning in 1969, and built one of the most respected swimming programs in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n