Jim Stillson

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.

During his SMU Coaching tenure, his athletes earned 88 all-America honors, and the men's and women's teams won a total of 32 conference championships.

[1][3] Upon his retirement in July 1997, SMU Head Swimming Coach Eddie Sinnott, who knew him well, remarked "He (Stillson) has impacted so many people, young and old, over the last three-plus decades here on the Hilltop, and I am sure he will continue to do that as he moves into the next phase of his life.

Diving National Team coach and served again in 1997, where he led events in Europe, Australia, China and the Soviet Union, as well as other countries.

Stillson coached 1988 and 1996 Olympic participant Patrick Jeffrey at his age group swim club that met at Columbia, usually known as Morningside Divers, during Jeffery's Sophomore through Senior years in High School from around 1981-1983.