ECU Athletics Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2002
Ray Scharf came to East Carolina as the head swim coach in 1967, and retired from coaching in 1982 after 15 years with the Pirates.
While at ECU, Scharf compiled a men's dual meet record of 93-55, and won 11 consecutive Southern Conference titles (1967-1977). He coached 127 individual conference champions and 24 women's All-America swimmers (eight in 1982).
Eighty-six of Scharf's swimmers were name All-Southern Conference and 40 qualified for NCAA Division I championships. In 1977, he was named Coach-of-the-Year at the Eastern Intercollegiate Meet, and received the NCAA's 15-year service award.
Scharf has twice traveled to Mexico as a guest of the Mexican government to hold swimming clinics. and he had served as a representative to the U.S. Collegiate Sports Council on Aquatics for the World Univeristy Games, and as a chairman of the NCAA Intercollegiate Competitive Subcommittee on Swimming.
