Jim Lutz
	Position: Head Coach Experience: 3rd Year

COACHING ACHIEVEMENTS

• 29 NCAA All- Americans
• 6 Academic All-Americans
• Olympic Trials Qualifiers: 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000
• Coached 25 individual high school state champions
• Over 120 USS state champions
• One USS national champion
• Two top ten team finishes at the USS National Championships
• Coached three USS Junior National Champions
• One USS Junior National Record Breaker
• Four Olympic Festival Gold Medals
• Two swimmers on USS National Team
• Winningest coach in history of Illinois women's swimming
• Named one of the Top 100 coaches in the nation in 1994 by American Swim Coaches Association

ORGANIZATIONS

• American Swim Coaches Association 
• World Swim Coaches Association
• College Swim Coaches Association of America

COACHING HISTORY

2000-present    Michigan State University: Head Men's and Women's Swimming Coach
1993-2000	University of Illinois- Champaign: Head Women’s Swimming Coach
1989-1993	University of Arizona: Assistant Swimming Coach, Recruiting Coordinator	
1989-1990	Hillenbrand Aquatics of Tucson: Head Swimming Coach
1986-1989	Des Moines Swim Federation: Head Swimming Coach
1985-1986	Barstow Swim Association: Head Swimming Coach
1984-1985	University of Tennessee: Assistant Swimming Coach
1982-1984	Atomic City Aquatic Club: Assistant Swimming Coach

EDUCATION

Professional Development: American Swim Coaches Association, Certified Level 5 
B.S. Degree in Education: University of Tennessee, 1985

PERSONAL

A native of Covington, Ky., Lutz and his wife Diane live in DeWitt, Mich.,with their sons, Kyle and Kory.