Mark Rauterkus
108 South 12th Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15203-1226 USA

Mark@Rauterkus.Com
home: 412-481-2540
voice mail: 412-481-2497
cell: 412-298-3432

To the Administrators at CVSC
Pittsburgh, PA

Dear Friends of Swimming,

Thanks for taking the time to meet with me next week. This brief letter of introduction and resume can help us be more effective in our time together.

Background:

A few years ago, CVSC was looking for a new head coach. I participated in the process, and sadly, the interview didn't go well for me in terms of making a fit with the parents involved at that time. My hopes were not matched well with the team's leadership at that time.

Since then, I think the team churned with four different coaches. The revolving door of the next seasons slowed with recent coaching stability. That is great news.

It is great that some coaching stability has been with the club in recent times. That is wonderful. Let's hope it can continue and that the team can flourish again far into the future. Our swimming landscape and the profession of coaching in the area needs a viable and vibrant program at Chartiers Valley.

Different Interview Purpose:

My approach with the plans I'm working on is to make outreach efforts to some key programs, such as CVSC. Our talk isn't going to be about me taking over the team in any way. I am not interested in being the CVSC Head Coach. My visit is not a threat to any local coach and his or her position. The outreach comes in a number of opportunities, but my being a head coach is NOT one of them.

Items to Share:

  • sports lecture series, S6
  • fundraising opportunities
  • literacy and library interactions
  • workforce job programs for young workers in aquatics
  • county politics and imporved access to facilities
  • outdoor sports movements

    • Swim Club Awareness:

    I've coached swimming and worked in leadership roles in many diverse aquatic programs including: Harvard University, Baylor University, City of Waco, Texas, the Peoria Park District, New Trier High School (America's best public school, Winetka, IL), Ohio University, Bradley University and a number of places around western Pennsylvania (Greater Pittsburgh Swim Club, Three Rivers Aquatics, Cannon-Mac Schools, Plum High School).

    Blending Coaching with Wider Experiences:

    My administration and academic background extends with publishing efforts. I owned and published swim magazines, helped to launched the American Relay section in Swimming World. developed more aquatics content than any other the world over in past years. The 400-page water polo text book I published in 1992 with a four-time Olympic Coach author is considered the best book ever in that sport.

    My history and the continued desires to flourish new programs allows the examination of these issues with confidence.

    Thanks for your attention to these matters.

    Sincerely yours,

    Mark Rauterkus

    Mark Rauterkus

    108 South 12th Street
    Pittsburgh, PA 15203-1226

    email: Mark@Rauterkus.Com

    home: 412-481-2540
    messages: 412-481-2497
    cell: 412-298-3432

    Objectives:
    To coach swimming in the Pittsburgh area, on a long-term basis, in a setting that will allow me to put into practice many of the theories that I have been covering in my writing and publishing career.

    To establish and direct a not-for-profit, scholastic/academic press closely affiliated with an educational institution. The press would be a revenue generating agency with a host of on-going projects that make significant contributions to the educational mission of student employees as well as the greater society in terms of literacy, fitness, sports participation and excellence in personal achievement.

    To direct special projects at an aquatic facility that will allow me to build some new programs so that allow me to put into practice many of the theories that I have been covering in my writing and publishing activities on the internet and with my publishing company, the Sports Support Syndicate.

    Present Mission in Life:
    Hobbies in Life:

    Formal Education:

    Professional Education and Certification:

    American Swim Coaches Association Level 3 Certified and attendee of more than 20 swim coaching seminars including a one-week coaches college hosted by United States Swimming at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.

    Guest speaker at the Northern California Coaches Clinic in Napa, January 1992.

    All certifications are updated or are easily updated before on-deck work begins.

    Coaching Highlights:

    In back-to-back seasons, led the girls squad at Plum to its highest ever team performance, 2nd place, at the WPIAL Championships. Coached Plum senior, Jim Rumbaugh, to two WPIAL records and the PIAA record in the 200 IM.

    Developed a team of 200 swimmers in Peoria, Illinois that won the Sportsmanship Award two consecutive years, placed swimmers at national meets, set new state records in individual and relay events, and claimed second place in the state junior and senior championships.

    Swim Coaching Positions:
    Personal and Professional References:
    A list will be provided at the interview.

    Professional Publications:
    Older Sports Support Syndicate catalogs and sample books are available review.