Frank Busch

Who is Frank Busch?

Frank Busch is a national team and Olympic swimming coach from the USA. He was a coach for the USA Olympic teams in 2004 and 2008.

In May 2011 he began serving as USA Swimming's National Team Director. Prior to USA Swimming, Busch was the Swimming Head Coach for Arizona Wildcats at the University of Arizona for 22 years. Prior to Arizona, he coached at the University of Cincinnati.

Busch was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on February 4, 1951. He began his coaching career at age 16 in Edgewood, Ky. After 7 years in summer league coaching and 4 years of AAU coaching, he joined the staff of the Cincinnati Marlins for the 1979-80 season as the Associate Head Coach. The Marlins won the National Team Championship that season and placed 6 swimmers on the 1980 United States Olympic Team.

During his collegiate coaching career, Busch was named Coach of the Year by: the NCAA, Pac-10, USA Swimming and the USOC. During his coaching career at the University of Arizona, his swimmers won 49 NCAA individual titles, 31 NCAA relay titles, and 2 NCAA team championships. While at Arizona, he also led Tucson Ford Aquatics to several national team championships.