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Consecutive seasons (fall, winter, and spring) coached since fall 1987
494 Men’s basketball wins
34 Years at Bowdoin (1987)
LYNN RUDDY Associate director of athletics for facilities and assistant coach of track and field
129
All-Americans, and five NCAA Champions
598
Total victories (men’s basketball and men’s soccer), the most wins of any coach in Bowdoin’s history
36
Years at Bowdoin (1985)
Wins as head volleyball coach; first coach in program history (1986–2000)
NESCAC Championships
PETER SLOVENSKI Director of track and field and head coach of men’s and women’s cross country
TIM GILBRIDE Head men’s basketball coach, assistant men’s soccer coach, and assistant director of athletics for coach development
7
212
45
8
Years at Bowdoin (1976); the second full-time female coach hired at Bowdoin and currently the longest tenured member of the athletic department
Bowdoin programs coached (women’s and men’s indoor and outdoor track and field, women’s and men’s swimming and diving, softball, volleyball)
By the Numbers
THE END OF AN ERA A coach’s impact is measured in individual relationships, not in statistics—especially for the generations of Bowdoin athletes coached by Tim Gilbride, Lynn Ruddy, and Peter Slovenski, all of whom announced their retirement this spring. But these coaches, among the last of those hired by the legendary Sid Watson, have become legends in their own right, and their impressive numbers are worth noting, even as they tell just part of their long and successful stories.
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2,548 Total combined number of athletes coached by the three coaches
