Carthage College Athletics

From Oregon, Ill., Jon Swift completed his 14th and final season as men's golf coach in 1996 and retired with 35 years of service to Carthage. Since Carthage reinstated golf in 1983, Swift brought the program to national prominence, winning four consecutive CCIW titles from 1991 to 1994 and another in 1996 and making five straight appearances in the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship from 1992 to 1996. Swift’s men’s golf record stands at 616-194-6 over 14 years. He also coached men’s cross country (327-198, 9 years, 1964-71 and 1983), winning CCIW titles in both 1966 and 1967, along with men’s basketball (126-150, 11 years from 1973 to 1983) and tennis (45-57, 14 years from 1965 to 1978). Swift was Carthage’s first certified athletic trainer, and the College’s athletic training facility is named after him.