In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, NBC Connecticut's Connecticut in Color helped us celebrate long-time Bulkeley High School swim coach and physical education teacher, Juan Dominguez. Mr. Dominguez has 30+ years of coaching swimming and diving under his belt. At the core of this work, he has advocated for swimmers of all backgrounds. As a child, he arrived in Hartford from the Canary Islands, not speaking any English, and joined the swim team. The rest is history.
Watch the moving profile by NBC Connecticut linked here.
Mr. Dominguez was also spotlighted in the following inspirational news stories in recent years:
2006 - Hartford Courant: BULKELEY COACH HAPPY WITH FLIP TURN
1999 - NY Times: Coaches' Success Is Not Only in the Pool
You can follow the Bulkeley-HMTCA Co-op Swim team here.