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Joe Auer

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HEAD COACH - WINTER PARK - - - - Joe grew up swimming for the Blue Dolfins and owned several national records by the time he was 10 years old. A Winter Park High School alumni, Joe was a high school team captain and helped lead the Wildcats to three consecutive state titles. He was also a 9-time high school All-American and won eight state titles before heading to swim for the University of Florida under legendary coach Randy Reese. Joe was later inducted into the Winter Park Sports Hall of Fame in 2003. As a coach, Joe has worked with swimmers on all levels, age group through college, and has had swimmers set state and national records as well as qualify for the US Olympic Trials. He has also helped many swimmers achieve their goal of collegiate swimming, including on the Division I level. As a USA Swimming coach for nearly 30 years, Joe originally coached on deck with Harry Meisel. He then gained experience as a coach for the Miami’s Stingray Aquatics, Highlander Aquatics, and Longwood Aquatics before returning to the Blue Dolfins in 2007. In his non-coaching time, Joe started Florida Swim Network which grew into one of the nation’s largest swim sites. Florida Swim Network was tapped to broadcast collegiate swim meets for ESPN and the SEC Network and Joe was on-deck in Rio covering the 2016 Olympics. Florida Swim Network was acquired in 2017, and now Joe occasionally can be found hosting the nationally-syndicated SwimmerJoe Show on select Sundays.