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Staff Directory
Bob Thompson
- Title:
- Head Coach
Duke head swimming and diving coach Bob Thompson enters his 25th season at the helm of the Blue Devils' men's and women's programs. During his 24-year tenure, Thompson has accumulated a 154-325 (.320) career record.
In 2001-02, Thompson guided sophomore Lauren Cornet to the NCAA Championships for the second consecutive year in the 100 and 200 breastroke and 200 IM, something no other woman Blue Devil has accomplished. Cornet currently holds six individual records at Duke and has been on four of Duke's record-setting relay teams. Thompson has also guided sophomores Lauren Hancock and Katie Fay to three other school records and top 10 ACC times in 2002. Fay holds school records in the 100 and 200 backstroke, while Hancock owns a school record in the 100 butterfly.
While at Duke, Thompson has coached two All-Americas, three ACC Champions (a total of six individual titles), three All-ACC honorees and an ACC Swimmer of the Year. Thompson also tutored two-time All-America selection Nancy Hogshead, who earned three gold medals and one silver at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
Thompson came to Duke in 1978 from the U.S. Naval Academy where he was an assistant coach for five years (1973-78) and the head plebe coach for three years (1975-78). At Navy, Thompson was the head coach for the Navy juniors program and coached future Olympic gold medalist Theresa Andrews to her first Junior National title.
The New Kensington, Pa. native swam competitively for Springfield College in Springfield, Mass. After his graduation in 1970, Thompson coached the New Kensington YMCA for four years and the New Kensington High School team for three seasons.
Thompson is married to the former Jacqueline Zimmerman. The couple has two daughters, Tracy and Jill, and reside in Durham.
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