2000 Hall of Fame Inductee

JOHN (JACK) C. BACHMAN &endash; South Lake Tahoe

Swimming Coach &endash; 1960-1965

Water Polo Coach- 1961-1965

Jack was Chico State's first Swimming and Water Polo Coach. He was out recruiting team members even before he had a pool for them to swim in. He was heavily involved in the design and construction of the swimming and diving facilities that were to be home to so many champions who came in the two decades that followed his inaugural years.

In five short years after starting the program, he brought Chico State its first Far Western Conference Championship. He produced a number of All Americans and a National Record Holder in his tenure at Chico State. (The number of AA's is difficult to determine as the NCAA went retroactive to the top 16 finishers at their National's Swimming and Diving Championships in all three dicision s sometime in the 1980's.)

Chico State's powerhouse team in the '60s, '70s, and early 80s can be traced back to the solid foundation laid by Jack.

He went on to coach both men's and women's swim teams at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN, where he had 34 All Americans and retired as Full Professor in 1989. He coached swimming for over 40 years. (That's a lot of 6 AM practices.) He was owner and director of the Tahoe Swimming School in the summers from 1960 to 1987, He has 19 research publications, five books on sport and physical activities and is still active, at age 72 in swimming, tennis, and fly fishing.

Jack and his wife, Muriel, have retired in Tahoe City, CA and have raised five children.