Mel Nash (born c. 1955) is a retired American swimmer who won a gold and a bronze medal at the world championships in 1973 and 1975.[1] He also won the 100 m backstroke event at the 1971 Pan American Games. In 1972, he was chosen by the Swimming World Magazine as the national high school swimmer of the year.[2]
Nash studied at a high school in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, and then at the Indiana University. After graduating in 1976, he retired from swimming to become a swimming coach at the University of Texas at Arlington. Aged 22, he was the youngest head coach of any sport in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. After two years, his program was discontinued, and in the summer of 1979 Nash and his wife Carol moved to the Texas A&M University. He stayed there until 2004, raising more than 60 national team members.[3] Although he was eventually let go by the school. In 1982 and 1986 he was recognized as Southwest Conference men's coach of the year, and in 1987 as women's coach of the year. In 1991 he was the head coach of the national junior team.[2]
Nash has a daughter Kathryn and son Mel II; both are competitive swimmers.[3] Nash senior himself continued competing in the 1980s in the masters category.[2] He lives in Jacksonville, Florida, where together with his wife runs the North Florida Swimming club.[4]
melvin, nash, nash, born, 1955, retired, american, swimmer, gold, bronze, medal, world, championships, 1973, 1975, also, backstroke, event, 1971, american, games, 1972, chosen, swimming, world, magazine, national, high, school, swimmer, year, personal, informa. Mel Nash born c 1955 is a retired American swimmer who won a gold and a bronze medal at the world championships in 1973 and 1975 1 He also won the 100 m backstroke event at the 1971 Pan American Games In 1972 he was chosen by the Swimming World Magazine as the national high school swimmer of the year 2 Melvin NashPersonal informationBornMonroeville Pennsylvania USSportSportSwimmingMedal record Representing United States World Championships 1973 Belgrade 4 100 m freestyle 1975 Cali 100 m backstroke Pan American Games 1971 Cali 100 m backstroke Nash studied at a high school in Monroeville Pennsylvania and then at the Indiana University After graduating in 1976 he retired from swimming to become a swimming coach at the University of Texas at Arlington Aged 22 he was the youngest head coach of any sport in the National Collegiate Athletic Association After two years his program was discontinued and in the summer of 1979 Nash and his wife Carol moved to the Texas A amp M University He stayed there until 2004 raising more than 60 national team members 3 Although he was eventually let go by the school In 1982 and 1986 he was recognized as Southwest Conference men s coach of the year and in 1987 as women s coach of the year In 1991 he was the head coach of the national junior team 2 Nash has a daughter Kathryn and son Mel II both are competitive swimmers 3 Nash senior himself continued competing in the 1980s in the masters category 2 He lives in Jacksonville Florida where together with his wife runs the North Florida Swimming club 4 References edit Mel NASH sportuitslagen org a b c Sam Dimmer June 29 2004 MEL NASH PROFILE Archived 2007 10 09 at the Wayback Machine aggiesports com a b Jordan Meserole February 10 2004 Mel Nash How Quickly Life Can Change Swimming World Magazine Michael Love April 19 2012 Champion swimmer selected for WPIAL Hall of Fame triblive comExternal links editProfile of Melvin Nash II nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to a United States swimmer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Melvin Nash amp oldid 1187566028, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
