St. Olaf College Women's Swimming

Hauck is in his 28th year at St. Olaf in 2016-17 and has co-led the  mens  and  womens  swimming and diving teams alongside his father, Dave Hauck, for the past 28 years. Hauck is a 1987 graduate of St. Olaf and received his master's degree in physical education, with a concentration in sports psychology, from MSU-Mankato in 1992. Hauck spent the 1997-1998 season on a one year leave where he was an assistant coach at Brown University in Providence, R.I. Hauck has led 13 womens teams and 16 mens teams to conference championships. Under his guidance, the mens team has had 11 top 10 finishes and the womens team three top 10 finishes at the NCAA Division III National Championships.  Hauck has also coached six NCAA Division III individual national champions and 131 All-America swimmers and divers.   In 2009 Hauck and his father were named the NCAA Division III Co-Coaches of the Year for mens swimming, and they have earned coach of the year honors from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ten times.   In addition to his coaching, Hauck was a record-setting and champion swimmer at the age group, high school, college, national and masters levels. He swam at St. Olaf, where he was All-America 23 times, won seven national championships, set three national records and won the NCAA Division III Swimmer of the Year Award in 1987, making him one of the rare persons to win both NCAA awards.   Hauck went to train for the 1988 US Olympic Trials in Santa Barbara, Calif. where he became one of the premier backstrokers in the country and was ranked in the top 25 in the world in the 200 backstroke in 1988. Hauck was a multiple senior national finalist and U.S. Open finalist. In 1987-88, he was a member of the United States Post-Graduate National Team. Hauck also swam internationally for Athletes in Action in the summer of 1989.   In the fall of 1998, Hauck was inducted into the St. Olaf College Hall of Fame and in 2014 he was inducted into the Minnesota Swimming Coaches Hall of Fame. Hauck lives in Northfield with his wife Karna, their sons Cully and Marcus, and daughters Signe, Tatum and Josie. 

Hauck, one of the most successful swimming coaches in NCAA Division III history, is back for his 42nd season in 2015-16. In 1993, he was inducted in to the Minnesota Swimming Hall of Fame and in the spring of 2000, Hauck was honored by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America as the Richard E. Steadman award recipient.   During Hauck's 38 years as the men's coach, his teams have won 22 MIAC Championships, including 20 straight from 1980 to 1999. At the NCAA Division III Championships, the men have finished in the top ten 13 times and the top five on five occasions. Over 60 student-athletes have earned All-American status and four have become NCAA Division III Champions in 14 different events. In 1987, Hauck was honered as the NCAA Division III Men's Swimming Coach of the Year.   Under Hauck's guidance, the Ole women have recorded ten titles in the last 15 MIAC Championships, and have two top ten and a pair of top five finishes at the NCAA's. Five women have become national champions and 42 have earned All-America honors. In his first year coaching the women's team, Hauck was recognized as the 1989 NCAA Division III Women's Swimming Coach of the Year.   Hauck is a member of the Gustavus Adolphus College Hall of Fame. It was at Gustavus where he was a MIAC freestyle sprint champion and was recently honored as a distinguished alumnus.   Hauck completed his master's degree in physical education from Bemidji State University.   Hauck resides in Northfield with his wife Mary.