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Bim Stults was the head coach when Florida State inaugurated an intercollegiate swimming program in 1949. Twenty-five seasons later when he retired in 1973, Stults' teams had won 185 meets while
losing only 43. Six times Florida State went undefeated as Stults established one of the South's strongest intercollegiate swim programs. Under Stults' direction, 20 Tribe swimmers won All-American
ranking. Two of Coach Stults' divers, Curt Genders and Phil Boggs, won NCAA championships. Boggs was to later win a gold medal for the United States in the 1976 Olympic Games. Stults served as
president of the College Swimming Coaches Association and was a member of the board of directors for the Swimming Hall of Fame. He also was a member of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) National Diving
Committee and a U.S. Olympic Trials judge. For 25 years Coach Bim Stults created a brilliant tradition for Florida State swimming and was a major figure in intercollegiate swimming throughout the
United States.
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