Steve Gordon
stevegordon@nisd.net
ASCA Certification - Level 3
Coach Steve Gordon took a rather
unusual route to the Junior National coaching level. Before entering
aquatics full-time, he played in an NCAA Final Four and the NBA. Once his
basketball career ended, he surprised everyone by moving into aquatics
instead of basketball.
Even as a
college basketball player Coach Gordon was developing his aquatics roots,
running a summer swim school and summer league team for the City of San
Antonio. After basketball, he took his aquatics background to the Boys' and
Girls' Club, where he developed one of the top inner-city programs in the
country.
In 1994, he
was recruited to Northside, to coach John Jay High School's swimming and
water polo teams, before becoming the Assistant Senior Coach in 1998. In
his first time leading a Junior Championship delegation, Coach Gordon
returned with a 6th Place Combined Championship banner from
Bakersfield, California.
In addition to Coach Gordon's
club swim coaching duties, he is the Safety Coordinator for NISD Aquatics and the
Swimming and Water Polo Coach for Health Careers High School. |
