Irish Coach Tim Welsh Named President of ASCA

Notre Dame men¹s swimming head coach Tim Welsh was named
president of the American Swimming Coaches Association, it was announced
recently by the organization.

The American Swimming Coaches Association is a professional service
organization based on a central theme of ³Leadership in American Swimming
through Education, Certification, and Cooperation.² The group is dedicated
to creating and enhancing progressive and highly visible programs that are
effective in strengthening and improving the coaching profession while
building a stronger swimming community.

³I am very humbled and excited at the same time. This is an organization
that I¹m proud to serve, and it¹s the first professional organization I ever
joined,² Welsh said.

The American Swimming Coaches Association works closely with the other
swimming-related organizations, including the National Interscholastic
Swimming Coaches Association (NISCA), College Swimming Coaches Association
of America (CSCAA), USA Swimming, YMCA and the NCAA.

Welsh was honored in May with the CSCAA¹s Distinguished Service Award for
his 35 years of service in college coaching and is the organization¹s
Division I men¹s representative on its Board of Directors.

A 1966 graduate of Providence College, Welsh has served as a head coach in
the collegiate ranks for the past 32 seasons - Johns Hopkins (eight years)
and Notre Dame (24 years) - after previously serving as an assistant coach
at Syracuse. He has accumulated a 416-250-1 (.624) record, including a
294-160 (.648) mark since joining the Irish in 1985. For the first 10
seasons at Notre Dame, Welsh served as both men's and women's coach, before
heading up just the men's program in 1996. He had a 93-51 (.646) record as
the women's head coach and has compiled a 201-109 (.648) mark as head coach
of the Irish men.

Over the span of his head-coaching career he has helped lead his teams to
two national championships, coming in 1978 and '79 with Division III Johns
Hopkins. He has also led his teams to a total of 31 conference championships
(Midwestern Collegiate - 15, Middle Atlantic - nine, BIG EAST - four,
Eastern Intercollegiate - two, North Star - one).

Since joining the BIG EAST conference, Welsh has helped lead his team to a
top four spot in the BIG EAST Championships in each of the last 12 seasons,
including capturing the conference crown in the '05, '06, '08 and '09 and
finishing runner-up in '99, '00, '04 and ¹07.

Welsh has also received personal accolades as well during his years as head
coach, including being named Division III National Coach of the Year ('79)
as well as BIG EAST Coach of the Year on four occasions ('99, '04, '05,
'08).