2008 Women's Head
Olympic Team Coach and University of Georgia Swimming
Head Coach
Please join us as we honor our graduating
seniors & present age group achievement awards for 10 &
Unders; 11 - 12; 13 - 14 & Seniors. We would also like to
take this opportunity to recognize Coach Brad Kale. The cost
for the banquet is $24 per person and will be billed to your
NAC Account. Please make your reservations by Friday, May 7
by emailing
with your family name and number
of people attending. A separate awards event for 12 & under
swimmers & their families is being planned for June...however
every NAC swimmer is invited and encouraged to attend this banquet.
Jack Bauerle
“Jack Bauerle is the consummate team coach.
What he has done at the University of Georgia represents the
pinnacle of team swimming, which is what the U.S. Olympic Team
is all about. He brings a fun approach to the sport, and that
will be key to producing Olympic success for our women’s
team.”
USA Swimming’s Mark Schubert used those words
when he announced that Bauerle had been chosen as the head coach
of the United States’ women’s swimming team for the
2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. For Bauerle, who has done it
all at the collegiate level, the Olympic appointment became
the crowning moment of his career.
Bauerle worked tirelessly on behalf of Team USA
for months, and the hard work paid off in Beijing. Under Bauerle’s
watch, the United States women earned a total of 14 medals (two
golds, seven silvers, five bronze), the most of any nation.
Two of his pupils, ex-Lady Bulldog Kara Lynn Joyce and 2008-09
freshman Allison Schmitt, were included in the medals haul as
Joyce won two silvers and Schmitt secured a bronze. Bauerle’s
handiwork was on display as 12 athletes and coaches from his
Georgia program joined him in Beijing.
