Vancouver Pacific Swim Club. Jacks became head coach with the Hyack Swim Club from 1974-1984 when he moved to Victoria, BC to become the head coach of the Victoria Amateur Swim Club. In 1988 he helped in the formation of Island Swimming, and held the position of Director of Swimming until 2002. In 2002, he and fellow coaches Rod Barratt, and Mark Lancaster formed Pacific Coast Swimming where Ron is currently in the position of Director of Swimming. Jacks is a Canadian NCCP Level IV and NCI Master Coach. He has received numerous recognitions for coaching excellence by Swim BC, the BC Swim Coaches Association, the Canadian Swim Coaches and Teachers Association, and Swim-Natation Canada. He was named as the National Open Water Coach of the Year in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005. In 2005 he was named the Swimming Canada National Open Water Head Coach. Jacks received a National Domestic Excellence in Coaching Award in 2003 and 2004, a Petro-Canada National Coaching Excellence Award in 2004, and a 2004 International CSCTA Team Award. He was also awarded the 2004 and 2005 BC Coach of the Year (SWAD), and the 2002 BC Coach of the Year (16 and under age group). Jacks coaching has produced finalists or semi-finalists at every Olympic Games since 1976. A partial list of Jacks' athletes accomplishments Olympians Bronze medals - Shannon Smith, Pam Rai and, Rivhard Weinberger World Champion Open Water swimmers: Kim Dyke, 1993 Open Water World Cup Series Champion, Greg Streppel - 1994 World Open Water Champion; Paralympic Gold Medalist/World Record Holder: Stephanie Dixon; Olympic Finalists: Christin Petelski (1996, 2000), Nikki Dryden, and Jon Kelly; Commonwealth Games athletes: Danielle Bell, John Stamhuis, Philip Weiss, Suzanne Weckend, Dino Verbrugge and Anne Barnes; FINA Open Water Championship competitor: David Creel, Karley Stutzel, Richard Weinberger. See also List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men) References External links 1948 births Living people Canadian male butterfly swimmers Canadian male freestyle swimmers Canadian swimming coaches Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Indiana Hoosiers men's swimmers Olympic swimmers of Canada Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Swimmers from Winnipeg Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1967 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Swimmers at