Dick Hannula, Sr. is an International Hall of Fame swimming coach and former competitive swimmer for Washington State University from Tacoma, Washington best remembered for starting the nationally recognized Tacoma Swim Club in 1953, which he coached through 1993.

He received global recognition for coaching Olympic team swimmer and 1969 gold medalist Kaye Hall Greff, and additional recognition for coaching 1979 World University Games Gold medalist Janet Buchan.

He coached his high performing sons Dick, David and Dan Hannula, Olympic pentathlete Chuck Richards, and 1976 Olympian and Tacoma Swim Club swimmer Miriam Smith.

[7] He attended Aberdeen High School, in Aberdeen, Washington, where he swam for John "Bus" Fairbairn, who coached the school's swim teams from 1944 to 1956, where he developed 16 state swimming champions, and two state championship teams in 1948 and 1949.

[5][6] Hannula received more extensive swim training at Washington State University where he swam for Coach Doug Gibb, a swim team member and 1941 graduate of Washington State who coached from 1942-1974.

He coached numerous national high school champions and record holders.

[10] Coming out of retirement, Hannula became the assistant coach for The University of Puget Sound's men's and women's swim teams in the 2007-2008 season.

Coach Hannula was inducted into the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) Hall of Fame in 2004.