Mark Schubert is currently (as of June 2009), USA Swimming's National Team Head Coach.
Prior to this position, he serverd as the head coach for both the University of Southern California men's and women's swim teams. He previously coached at the University of Texas from 1989 to 1992 where he coached NCAA champions such as Lee Ann Fetter and Whitney Hedgepeth.[1] During his career, his teams have won 3 NCAA Championships and 49 NCAA individual titles.
He has also served as one of the USA's Olympic Swimming Team coaches in: 1980 (which the USA did not attend), 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004. He also was part of the team staff for the 2008 Olympics.
He was also the founding coach of the Mission Viejo Nadadores, of Mission Viejo, California.
He has coached swimming greats such as Shirley Babashoff, Brian Goodell, Mike O'Brien, Janet Evans, Tiffany Cohen, Sippy Woodhead, Lenny Krayzelburg, and Jill Sterkel. More recent swimmers include Lindsay Benko, Erik Vendt and Kaitlin Sandeno.
Schubert resigned from USC to take a position as head coach of USA Swimming. Dave Salo replaced him in 2006.
In 1997, he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) as an Honor Coach.[2]
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