Bill Peak Explained

Bill Peak (1945  - December 23, 1996)^[1] was a Swimming coach from the United States. He is probably best known for having coached Mary T. Meagher to World Records in the women's 100 and 200 fly, while both were with Lakeside Swim Team in Louisville, Kentucky.^[2] Meagher held those World marks for 19 and 20 years, respectively; and as of 2014, her 2:05.96 time from 1981 still remains the US Open mark (fastest time on U.S. soil).

Peak coached at the following teams:^[3]

• Lakeside Swim Team, Louisville, KY (through 1984)
• Old Dominion Aquatic Club, (1984 - 1993)^[4]
• Trinity Aquatics, Orlando, FL (1993 - 1996)

He was elected into the American Swimming Coaches Association's Hall of Fame in 2007.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Bill Peak, man who coached world-class swimmers, dies by Mike Oliver, Orlando Sentinel. Published 1996-12-26; retrieved 2014-08-20
2. Madame Butterfly: the unfinished business of defeating East Germans brings back Meagher by Ray Didinger, Philadelphia Daily News. Published 1998-07-13; retrieved 2014-08-20.
3. Swimming coach Bill Peak dead at 51. Published by the Associated Press on 1996-12-25; retrieved 2014-08-20.
4. http://www.swimodac.com/SubTabGeneric.jsp?team=vsodac&_stabid_=18900 ODAC History page
5. http://swimmingcoach.org/about/hof/ ASCA Hall of Fame page