Article courtesy of Swimming World
Q&A with Coach Jon Carlson
Coach Jon Carlson has coached champion Gustavus Adolphus College swimming, diving and tennis teams for a combined 57 seasons— 28 with swimming and diving, 29 with tennis.
Carlson, a four-year varsity tennis athlete at Gustavus, also begins his 29th year as the school’s women’s tennis coach. During that time, the Golden Gusties have compiled a 579-193 dual meet record, have produced 29 tennis All-Americans and have won 22 MIAC titles. Coach Carlson, a member of the NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Committee, is an eight-time MIAC Coach of the Year and a two-time ITA Division III Coach of the Year (1994, 2002). His women won the 1990 Division III national title in tennis.
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