Bauerle, a native of Glenside, Pa. and a graduate of La Salle College High School, will be inducted Tuesday, Nov. 22, at Westover Country Club in Jeffersonville, Pa. Previous inductees include Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda and Connecticut basketball coach Geno Auriemma.
"Growing up in the Philadelphia area, I was introduced to several sports and I learned the importance of doing things the right way," Bauerle said. "I've always coached the same way. There are no shortcuts to being successful. You have to set your goals and do everything in your power to reach them. This Hall of Fame recognition has left me speechless. It's a tremendous honor, especially since it's coming from where I was brought up. It's for the success we've had at Georgia, but I know it started in the Philadelphia area. What I learned there was a terrific experience that prepared me well for Georgia."
Bauerle began his career at Georgia as a record-setting swimmer from 1971 to 1974. After serving as an assistant coach, he took over as the head coach for the women's program in 1979 and then added the title of men's coach in 1983. Bauerle has guided the Lady Bulldogs to four national championships and six runner-up finishes as well as eight Southeastern Conference titles. Bauerle has been chosen as the NCAA Coach of the Year five times and as the SEC Coach of the Year 15 times. He has produced 77 individual national champions, including five last season.
Bauerle also has left his fingerprints on United States swimming. He served as the head coach for the women at the 2008 Olympics, and he led Team USA to an Olympics-best 14 medals. Bauerle also has been a head coach three times for the World Championships, and he has coaching experience at the Pan Pacific Games, the World University Games and the Duel in the Pool.
The other Montgomery County Coaches Hall of Fame inductees are Tom Shirley, the basketball coach and athletic director at Philadelphia University; Barb Clipsham, the two-time field hockey state champion at Methacton High; and the late Chris Bockrath, a football coach at Archbishop Kennedy and Kennedy-Kenrick high schools.
"This is another exceptional group of coaches," said Hall of Fame president John Pergine, a standout football player for Notre Dame, the Los Angeles Rams and the Washington Redskins. "The diversity of the four coaches who are being inducted this year really shows that our selection committee searches far and wide for the best candidates to enter this prestigious Hall of Fame. I am very proud that there is such a special nature to our 10th class of inductees."
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