University of Tennessee Athletics
Trembley named NCAA Silver Anniversary Award Winner
November 28, 1999 | Men's Swimming & Diving
Since his arrival at Tennessee, Trembley's accomplishments have established him as one of the overall coaches in the land. Consider a winning percentage of .902 (83-9), including a .885 (46-6) mark in the always-tough Southeastern Conference, 10 Top 10 national finishes, 75 SEC Academic Honor Roll selections since 1989, most in the conference, two SEC championships and five runner-up finishes, and Academic All-America honors for the entire swim team in 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996 and 1999. His athletes have earned a total of 190 All-America honors, established 72 school records and three American records and won 38 individual conference titles. This past season, seven of his swimmers earned Academic All-America honors, the most honorees ever from the same team. He is a four-time SEC Coach of the Year. In 1993, the World Swimming Coaches named him as one of three American finalists for the Coach of the QUADRENNIUM Award. Prior to taking the head coach position at his alma mater, Trembley established himself as the dominant high-school coach of the 1980s at Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania). His teams were seven-time national prep champions, six-time Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming champions, set 29 national prep school swimming records and registered a dual-meet record of 95-2. In 1985, he was inducted into the Tennessee Swimming Hall of Fame. He is the founder and served as president of the United Swimming Clinics, a program which has helped develop over 13,000 swimmers worldwide.
Joining Trembley as Silver Anniversary Award winners are Dianne Baker, softball, tennis, badminton, field hockey, and soccer, Texas Woman's University, Ulysses Junior Bridgeman, men's basketball, University of Louisville, Pat Haden, football, Southern Cal, Lisa Rosenblum, women's tennis, Yale, and Capt. John Dickson Stufflebeem, football, United States Military Academy.
