[3] During Haines's 23-year tenure, Santa Clara won a nearly unmatched 43 national club team titles, 26 women's, and 9 men's.
His goal was to build and manage a swimming program that could produce athletes that were competitive from both beginners to elite swimmers.
[6] From 1995-2007, Hall of Fame Coach Dick Jochums led the Santa Clara Swim Club's men's team where he took three national titles from 1996 through 1998, and got 18 finishes in the top five.
[11][6] The club has many notable alumni, including Donna de Varona, Pablo Morales, Don Schollander, Mark Spitz, Chris von Saltza, Lynn Burke, George Harrison, Tom Bruce, Mitch Ivey, Steve Clark, Sharon Finneran, Claudia Kolb, Lillian Watson, Cathy Jamison, Joe Bottom, John Hencken, Lynn Vidali, Linda Jezek, Dick Roth, Jan Henne, Tom Wilkens, Ed Townsend, Linda Gustavson, Greg Buckingham (brother of former guitarist of Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham), and Paul Hait.
[14] The annual Santa Clara International Grand Prix continues to regularly attract Olympic athletes including Michael Phelps.