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Howard Wheeler

Howard Wheeler

  • Class
  • Induction
    1997
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Swimming, Head Coach
Baltimore, Md.

Aquatic Director, Chesapeake (Md.) College — 47-17 (.734)
Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving Coach, Furman — 1979-87 (130-71, .646)
Recruited & Coached Multiple NCAA Division II Women’s & Men’s All-Americans
NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year — 1986
Directed Furman’s Women’s Program To Four Consecutive NCAA Division II Top 10 Finishes — 1983 (7th), 1984 (6th), 1985 (7th), 1986 (6th)
Oversaw Furman Women’s Swimming’s Transition To NCAA Division I — 1987
Directed Furman’s Women’s Program To 20th Place NCAA Division 1 Finish — 1987
Recruited & Coached Nine-Time All-American & Future Six-Time Olympic Medalist Angel Myers Martino
Furman Athletic Hall of Fame — 1997
Died Nov. 16, 1987, of a brain tumor at the age of 36

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