Red Blair
T
he University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, Head Coach (Retired 1997).
One of the longest tenured coaches in collegiate swimming coaches of all time, Blair was a two time national coach of the year and worked with 477 first team and honorable mention All-Americans with his 32 years with the UWSP Pointers. Blair was the NAIA coach of the year in 1990 and the division three coach of the year in 1997, while also earning WSUC coach of the year honors three times. He led the Pointer Men’s teams to 14 top 10 national finishes and the women’s team to three top 10 finishes. Blair coached 13 individual national champions and is a NAIA hall of fame Inductee. He retired following the 1997 season. Blair was a recipient of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America Master Coach Award and Distinguished Coach award.
