Dan Wolfrom

In 32 years as the swimming coach at Henry Foss High School, Dan Wolfrom led the Falcons to a total of six state championships, one by the boys and five by the girls. His 1986 boys and girls teams won both state titles, making him the only high school coach in the state to coach both state championship teams in the same year.

Wolfrom, born Sept. 15, 1943 in Seattle, graduated from Peninsula High in 1961 and then from Central Washington in 1965. He earned four letters swimming at Central, becoming the first to accomplish that feat at CWU.

He started coaching at Foss High School in 1973 and stayed at it until retiring in 2005. He led the Foss girls to four consecutive state crowns from 1983-86, and led the Falcons to their fifth title in 1991. He coached 23 individual state champions, 10 relay state winners and an incredible 104 All-America swimmers.

In addition to coaching at Foss, Wolfrom served as Tacoma Swim Club head age-group coach from 1968-93.

Wolfrom won numerous coaching awards, including National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) Coach of the Year and Washington Interscholastic Coaches Association Coach of the Year. He also received the NHSCA Outstanding Service Award and the David H. Robertson Excellence in Coaching Award.

He served on the Pacific Northwest Swimming Board of Directors for more than three decades and has been inducted into the Pacific Northwest Swimming Hall of Fame and Washington Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame.