Bill Farley

Pan-American Games At 18 in 1963, Farley finished fourth at the Pan American Games in his signature event, the 1500-meter freestyle, in Brasilia, Brazil. As a sophomore, he took conference records in the 500 and 1,650-yard freestyle titles, and took a conference record in the 200 freestyle as well. He later took a second in the 1,650 to team mate and Olympian Carl Robie Farley was named as an All American in 1964, 1965, and 1966, and graduated from the University of Michigan around 1967. He then earned a Masters from Eastern Michigan in Education in 1969. He advanced to the event final of the men's 1,500-meter freestyle, and finished fourth overall with a time of 17:18.2. His LAAC swimming competitor, and companion Murray Rose, had competed twice in the 1500 as an Olympian. Farley completed his 1500, only 11 seconds behind bronze medalist Alan Wood. While coaching the Princeton Men's Varsity from 1970–79, he led the Tigers to six consecutive Eastern Seaboard Championships, as well as five titles in the Ivy League Conference. During his Princeton era, he earned a record in dual meets of 275-79, a noteworthy .776 winning percentage. Bill mentored a number of All American swimmers, eight finalists in NCAA competition. Among his best-known swimmers was NCAA Champion, and 1971 Pan American Games Gold Medal Winner Charlie Campbell of the class of 1973. During his short span at Michigan, Farley had an overall record of 23-5 and had eight swimmers on the NCAA All-American Team.

Management and executive positions, 1984-94 After leaving Michigan as a swim coach, he served as Aquatics and Gymnastics Director at the Philippine's International School of Manilla, where he coached swimming, and managed aquatics and gymnastics programs for a student body of over 1,800, and had supervisory responsibility for 10 teachers and coaches.

Returning to the continental United States, he then coached for ten years at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut from 2002-2014, and made a strong impact on the team's success in competition. Yoshida repeated in 2010 as a triple champion, and took two additional MAAC golds in 2011, which included a record-setting in the 100-back. In her final MAAC championship, she took a gold and two silvers.