During Dennis Pursley’s coaching career, he was a five-time Olympic coach, a recipient of the US Olympic Committee Chair’s Coaching Award, an American Swimming Coaches Association ...view moreDuring Dennis Pursley’s coaching career, he was a five-time Olympic coach, a recipient of the US Olympic Committee Chair’s Coaching Award, an American Swimming Coaches Association “Coach Of The Year,” an American Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame inductee, and was recognized in 2003 as one of the “25 Most Influential People in the History of USA Swimming.” He personally coached swimmers of both genders to world record performances and to the podium of the Olympic Games and/or the long course World Championships in all four competitive strokes and both individual medley events.view less