The Santa Clara Swim Club, abbreviated SCSC, is an American swimming club and team based in Santa Clara, California. It is part of USA Swimming and the Pacific Swimming local swimming committee, and it has produced more International Swimming Hall of Fame swimmers than any other club. Hall of Fame coach George Haines founded it in 1951 and led it until 1974, winning 43 national club team titles. Its swimmers have earned 71 Olympic medals, 42 gold, 18 silver and 11 bronze, and alumni include Donna de Varona, Mark Spitz, Don Schollander and Pablo Morales. The club trains at the swim center the city built in 1966, renamed the George F. Haines International Swim Center in 2001, which hosts the annual Santa Clara International Grand Prix.
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The club was founded in 1951 by Hall of Fame Coach George Haines
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