Coach Kurt Kirner
Kurt "Coach" Kirner started his career at Lawrence in 1991 after an extensive
and successful age-group coaching career that began in 1975. He has worked
with several high school All-Americans and age group Top 16 swimmers. Prior to
coming to Lawrence, Coach Kirner was enrolled in the PhD. program in
Kinesiology at the University of Minnesota. He has published several articles
in such journals as Swimming Technique and the Journal of Swimming Research.
Over the past three seasons, Coach Kirner's mens amd womens team have placed no
lower than 3rd in the Midwest Conference Championships over the past ten seasons.
Last season both squads finished as runners-up to the conference title.
Additionally, each team has won the Wisconsin Private Colleges State
Championships in eight of the last ten seasons. He has had 91 All Conference (first
place) performers, over 100 Academic All-Conference student-athletes, 6 MWC
Swimmer of the year recipients, 6 All-American performances, 2 Academic All- American honorees
and 1 NCAA post graduate scholars. "One of Lawrence's
finest points is its attitude of balancing both academics and athletics," says Kirner. "Very few schools can boast the quality of education we have and still
offer a challenging, fun, and very successful athletic program. Lawrence feels
athletics are actually an important part of a student's overall academic
experience. This philosophy is reflected in all the outstanding athletic
facilities on campus."
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