Ray Bussard was a hall-of-fame and Olympic swimming coach from the United States. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame

International Swimming Hall of Fame

The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of swimming in the United States and around...

 as an Honor Coach in 1999, and into the American Swimming Coaches Association's Hall of Fame in 2008 He was an assistant coach for the USA's swimming team at the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Summer Olympics

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...

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Bussard coached the men's swimming team at the University of Tennessee

Tennessee Volunteers

The Tennessee Volunteers and Lady Volunteers are the National Collegiate Athletic Association college sports teams at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. Mike Hamilton is the most recent Men's Athletic Director, but resigned on June 7, 2011, and Joan Cronan is the current Women's...

 for 21 season, from 1968-1989. When he began at the school, Tennessee had not competed in swimming at the NCAA level since 1959. While at Tennessee, he was twice named the NCAA's Swimming Coach of the Year (1972 and 1978), and his Volunteers won the NCAA Swimming Championships in 1978.

Bussard served as a coach for the USA at the: 1984 Olympics, and 1979 and 1983 Pan American Games.