Frank Comfort Among CSCAA 100 Greatest Coaches

Frank Comfort, the winningest dual meet coach in the history of the NCAA, has been selected as a member of the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association's (CSCAA) 100 Greatest Coaches of the past century.

Comfort's 578 total dual-meet victories sit him atop a very distinguished list as the winningest college dual-meet coach in collegiate swimming history, a status he achieved during the 2004-05 season. He led the Tar Heels to 349 dual meet victories and a total of 26 Atlantic Coast Conference championships, 10 with the men's teams and 16 with the women. Comfort was selected as the ACC Women's Swimming Coach-of-the-Year 10 times and as the league's Men's Swimming Coach-of-the-Year four times.

Comfort took the reigns at UNC in 1977 and spent 30 years as head coach before he retired following the 2006-07 season.

Prior to coaching at Carolina, Comfort was the head men's swimming and diving coach at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., an NCAA Division III swimming power. In nine seasons there, the Blue Jays went 82-26 in dual meet competition.

A blue-ribbon committee of 58 voters selected from 263 finalists, each focusing on a particular sport (swimming or diving) and Division.

Collectively the coaches account for 346 NCAA and NAIA team titles plus an additional 260 individual diving titles. "The voters and committee really deserve a lot of credit for making performance the key criterion" explained CSCAA Executive Director Greg Earhart, adding, "they ensured that each of the three NCAA divisions and the NAIA were represented, yet made sure that a coach's selection was not simply a product of their longevity or service to the sport."

The CSCAA's 100th birthday celebration will continue with upcoming announcements recognizing Centennial MVP's for each team along with a listing of 100 Alumni of Impact. The anniversary will culminate with the Association's convention and awards banquet, May 2-4, 2022 in Rosemont, Illinois.

Founded in 1922, the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA), is the nation's first organization of college coaches. The mission of the CSCAA is to advance the sport of swimming and diving with coaches at the epicenter of leadership, advocacy, and professional development.

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