His older teammates at that time were none other than Mark Spitz, Debbie Meyer, Mike Burton, John Ferris, Susie Pederson,et al., all of whom assisted in churning out 33 Olympic medals.

Following graduation from Jesuit High School in Sacramento in 1978, Jeff then proceeded to obtain a bachelor's degree in psychology with a minor in business administration from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

Vanity Fair also selected Float and his 4x200-meter teammates for the October 1984 cover and pictorial and published a follow-up article with photographs in August 1994.

Other media exposure incorporates the following: appearances on television series, commercials and live interviews; magazine and newspaper covers and related stories; and myriad book forewords, chapters and quotations.

After being employed for 24 years as Aquatics Director and Head Coach with Spare Time Inc. at two of its Sacramento regional facilities, 12 years with the Laguna Creek Racquet Club Gators and 12 with the Gold River Sports Club Stingrays, and Co-Head Coach of their year-round Spare Time Aquatics Sharks, Float returned to his roots.

He and his wife Jan Ellis Float are active and longtime participants in Swim Across America, a national nonprofit organization that has earned $100 million while "Making Waves to Fight Cancer."