Bill Pilczuk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American swimmer
Date of Birth: 14-Sep-1971
Place of Birth: Cape May County, New Jersey, United States
Profession: swimmer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Bill Pilczuk
- William "Bill" Pilczuk (born September 14, 1971) is an American former competition swimmer and world champion.
- Pilczuk specialized in the 50-meter freestyle, winning medals in the event in the FINA world championships, Pan Pacific Championships, and Pan American Games. Pilczuk is a native of Cape May Point, New Jersey.
- He graduated from Lower Cape May Regional High School, as a three-time All-Cape-Atlantic League swimmer, and swam for the Wildwood Crest Dolphins club swimming program. Pilczuk was a walk-on at Miami-Dade Community College, where he earned a scholarship his second year.
- After graduating with an AA, he transferred to Auburn University on a "books" athletic scholarship in Auburn, Alabama, where he competed for the Auburn Tigers swimming and diving team from 1991 to 1994.
- During his college career, he earned Academic All-American honors two consecutive years and three NCAA all-American awards.
- He graduated from Auburn with his bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, in 1994, a master's degree in exercise physiology in 1998, and completed the course work for a master's in Sociology. Pilczuk won a silver medal in the 50-meter freestyle at the 1995 Pan American Games, gold at the 1997 Pan Pacific Championships and bronze at the 1999 Pan Pacific Championships.
- He won the world title in his signature 50-meter freestyle event at the 1998 World Championships, with a time of 22.29 seconds.
- In the process, he defeated Russia's Alexander Popov in what USA Today called the "Upset of the Decade." He was also a five-time U.S.
- national champion, and was a member of the 4x50-meter medley relay world record team in 1996.
- Pilczuk also set the American Record in the 50m freestyle (scm) in 1999 on the lead off of a relay. He served as an assistant coach for the Tigers swim team from 1997 to 2003, during which the Auburn men's team won their first-ever NCAA team championship in 1997, and the men's and women's teams won additional NCAA team championships in 2003.
- Pilczuk was the National Sprint coach and National Youth coach for Great Britain from 2003 to 2008, and was a coach on several international teams including the World Championships, Junior World Championships, European Championships, European Juniors, Australian Age-Group Championships, and the FINA World Cups.
- From 2008 to 2013, Pilczuk worked with individual swimmers, club teams, camps and clinics, including several 2012 Olympic team members.
- Since August 2013, he been a coach at the Savannah College of Art and Design, where he is now the head coach.
- The SCAD Bees won their first NAIA Championship in 6 years in 2016, earning Pilczuk the NAIA Women's Coach of the Year honors.He now resides in Pooler, Georgia, with his wife Davana and their two children.
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