John Edward Ryan (2015) - Hall of Fame

John Edward Ryan

Induction:
2015

Jack Ryan served as long-time swimming and diving coach of both the men's and women's team and concluded his career with an overall record of 312-153-1. He guided the men's program for 29 years and posted a 262-126-1 record while he guided the women's program from 1983-88 and showed a 50-27 ledger.

Ryan's 1965-66 men's squad posted a 13-0 record and won the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League Championship.

He mentored 28 All-Americans during his tenure, including fellow Hall of Fame inductees John VanSant and Ann Marie Wycoff. VanSant was Army's first NCAA champion while Wycoff won nine Division II NCAA titles.

Ryan was chosen for a host of Coach of the Year honors, including Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in both men's and women's.

A member of the U.S. Olympic Committee in both 1972 and 1976, Ryan was the Chairman of the Men's and Women's NCAA Swimming and Diving Committee from 1986-88. He was the Meet Director of the 1972 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships held at West Point and served as the President of the College Swimming Coaches Association.

He earned the prestigious National Collegiate and Scholastic Trophy in 1983, coached the U.S. Combined Armed Forces Swim Team in 1970, served as President of the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League in 1967, was a member of the Board of Directors of the International Swimming Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Metropolitan Swimming Hall of Fame in 2003.