He currently lives in San Diego, California, with his wife Jeri Lynne (Bessie) Swank, whom he married in 1986.

His scale model of Lane Field (built in 1997) is on permanent display at the San Diego Hall of Champions.

Following the release of his award-winning book, Echoes from Lane Field (1999), Swank has extensively explored the history of baseball in San Diego and helped honor many local players including Pete Coscarart, Johnny Ritchey, Floyd Robinson, Manuel 'Nay' Hernandez and Ted Williams.

Mission Bay is a powerhouse today, but that wasn't the case when the school opened fifty years ago…and then it got worse.

With painstaking research and a sense of humor, Swank and Bill Rice have created a time capsule of the 1950s.