Johns Hopkins swim coach George Kennedy to retire after 31 seasons

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George Kennedy, head coach of the Johns Hopkins men's and women's swimming teams since 1985, announced today that he will retire at the end of the season. Kennedy, 60, will step down in June after 31 years at the helm of the highly successful programs.

Kennedy—the program's third coach in the past 48 years—won 24 conference titles with the Blue Jays and was named NCAA Division III coach of the year seven times. He has coached 29 national champions and more than 1,400 All-Americans. Under his leadership, Hopkins has been one of the most dominant programs in the nation, earning 46 top 10 and 19 top five team finishes at the annual NCAA championship meet.