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USA Swimming to name new national team director

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Widely respected swim coach Frank Busch is to be named USA Swimming’s National Team Director, filling the vacancy created by Mark Schubert‘s dismissal, according to those familiar with the selection process.

The official announcement will be made Wednesday by USA Swimming.

Busch, in his 22nd year as the head swim coach at the University of Arizona, has been named NCAA coach of the year six times and has been on the Olympic team staffs at the 2004 and 2008 Games.

The national position opened when Schubert first took a leave of absence and then was fired by USA Swimming in November, despite the fact there were three years left on his contract. USA Swimming never gave a reason for the decision, and declined to do so again in a recent interview with The Times.

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-Lisa Dillman

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