Coaching The club was founded in 1951 by Hall of Fame Coach
George Haines, who remained with the team until 1974. During Haines's 23-year tenure, Santa Clara won a nearly unmatched 43 national club team titles, 26 women's, and 9 men's. From 1995-2007, Hall of Fame Coach
Dick Jochums led the Santa Clara Swim Club's men's team where he took three national titles from 1996 through 1998, and got 18 finishes in the top five. The Club maintains a competitive team under head coach Kevin Zacher (the former coach of
Taylor Ruck), who was preceded by John Bitter. Bitter was required to leave due to misappropriated funds. The Swim Center has hosted the Santa Clara International Grand Prix annually for 42 years. Since its inception, 23 world records, 333 American records, and 64 foreign national records have been set at the meet, including a world record set by
Michael Phelps in 2003. The Swim Center has hosted Senior Nationals, Junior Nationals, Western Zone Championships, Pacific Swimming Far Western Championships, and Masters Nationals. The annual Santa Clara International Grand Prix continues to regularly attract Olympic athletes including Michael Phelps. ==References==