CHSAA Remembers Hall of Fame Coach, Dick Hewson

AURORA – CHSAA mourns the passing of legendary CHSAA Hall of Fame swimming coach Dick Hewson.

Hewson, whose girls and boys swimming groups compiled a mixed 344-98-1 twin meet document throughout his 26-year tenure at Thompson Valley and Loveland High Schools, handed away peacefully Tuesday together with his household close to him.
 

“It’s a sad day for us at Thompson Valley,” mentioned Ken Smikahl, the college’s athletic director. “He’s known as the ‘Father of Loveland Swimming.’ He started the Loveland High School swimming program and also started the Loveland Swim Club. He became the swim coach here at Thompson Valley when it opened in 1976, because he wanted to be able to coach his kids and they lived in the Thompson Valley boundary.”
 

Hewson’s boys groups have been 205-45, whereas the women groups went 139-53-1, with the Thompson Valley women successful the 1991 state championship.

He additionally hung out as chairman of CHSAA’s swimming committee and amongst his accomplishments have been the transition to a real two-class state championship.
 

Hewson began the swimming program at Loveland in 1966. At Thompson Valley, he coached his youngsters: Sam, Bob, Tom and Liz. All 4 grew to become profitable swimmers and swimming coaches. Sam received three state titles as a swimmer and was an All-American at Arizona State, and later coached the Estes Park women groups to 2 state championships. Tom coached the Thompson Valley boys to 4 state championships.
 

Not a aggressive swimmer himself, Dick Hewson took the teaching place at Loveland and consulted with profitable coaches across the state and began constructing a training legacy.

Upon his retirement in 1991, the Thompson Valley swimming facility was named the Dick Hewson Aquatic Center. He was inducted into the CHSAA Hall of Fame in 1995, and he’s additionally a member of the Colorado Swimming Hall of Fame.