Jim Stillson
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | circa 1953 Aberdeen, Maryland |
| Alma mater | Ohio State University 1974 |
| Playing career | |
| 1970-1974 | Ohio State University |
| Positions | Diver, 3-meter board |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1984-2017 | Southern Methodist University Diving Coach |
| 1987-1991 1997 | U.S. Diving National Team Diving Coach |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| 3 x NCAA Diving Coach of the Year 16 x Conference Coach of the Year 1992 Mike Malone Memorial Award 1999 USOC Diving Coach of the Year 2015 Swim. Hall of Fame Paragon Award 2017 Phil Boggs Award | |
Jim Stillson is an American former competition diver for Ohio State University, who coached the Southern Methodist University Diving team for thirty-three years from 1984 through 2017, where twenty-one of his divers won 89 conference championships, and ten of his divers won U.S. National Championships. Recognized for outstanding contributions to sport of Diving, two years before his retirement from coaching at SMU he received the Paragon Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2015.
Born in Aberdeen, Maryland, Stillson received All-American honors as a competitor at Cambell, California's Campbell High School, and attended and swam for Ohio State University where he earned All-America honors from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) on the 3 meter board his senior year, graduating in 1974.