PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers Athletics mourns the loss of Hall of Famer and former swimming & diving head coach Frank Elm, who passed away this week at the age of 92.

A 32-year veteran of the coaching ranks at Rutgers from 1961-1993, Elm was recognized as one of the finest swimming and diving coaches in America and can best be described as the driving force in the development of the Scarlet Knight swimming and diving program.

During his tenure "On The Banks", he developed 10 Olympic swimmers – two gold medal winners and several Pan Am Games participants, including five gold medalists. He also tutored several individual and national championship swimmers as well as national relay champions. With his guidance, the Rutgers men's swimming & diving program produced 11-straight winning seasons with a 79-42 record from 1961-1972.

Under Elm's leadership, he oversaw the development of the women's swimming and diving program helping the Scarlet Knights to undefeated seasons from 1973-75 dominating the Eastern Championships, as well as the construction of the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center on the Busch Campus.    

On the national scene, Elm served on the staff of three U.S. Olympic Teams, twice as an assistant in 1968 and 1976 and as the head coach in 1980 on what was then the largest American swimming and diving team assembled. Elm also coached the 1967 U.S. Pan American Games team and two U.S. National Teams that toured Japan in 1975 and the Soviet Union in 1981.

Elm received the Master Coaches Award from the Swimming Coaches' Association of America in 1973 and was bestowed with the honor of Loyal Son in 1992 by the Rutgers Alumni Association. He was inducted into the Rutgers Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998 and the American Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2004.
 

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