{"id":654347,"date":"2026-09-27T21:34:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T04:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=654347"},"modified":"2026-09-28T15:55:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T22:55:59","slug":"passages-frank-busch-former-arizona-and-usa-swimming-coach-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/passages-frank-busch-former-arizona-and-usa-swimming-coach-75\/","title":{"rendered":"Passages: Frank Busch, Legendary University of Arizona Coach and USA Swimming National Team Director, Dies at 75 (Updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Passages: Frank Busch, Former Arizona and USA Swimming Coach, 75<\/strong><\/p>\n

Frank Busch,<\/strong> who coached the University of Arizona to NCAA titles and served as the National Team Director for USA swimming at a pair of Olympics, died on Sunday. He was 75 years old. Busch collapsed from a heart attack at the Phoenix airport, according to a report<\/a> by the Arizona Daily Star.<\/em> He was returning from a fishing trip.<\/p>\n

Busch was hired as Arizona\u2019s swimming coach in 1989 and served in that capacity through 2011. He won national coach of the year awards six times and was 11 times voted the Pac-10 Coach of the Year. Busch was hired by USA Swimming, where he was the director of the 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic teams.<\/p>\n

The Busch family confirmed his passing on Monday.<\/p>\n

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